Anna Liffey House, Lucan, Co Dublin

Anna Liffey House, Lucan, Co Dublin

Mark Bence-Jones. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London. 

p. 4. “(Shackleton, B/PB) A Georgian mill-house by the side of the River Liffey, with a noted garden. The home of the Shackleton family, cousins of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the explorer.” 

Anna Liffey House, Dublin, courtesy National Inventory.

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11361035/anna-liffey-anna-livia-mill-house-former-lower-road-woodlands-co-fingal

Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1815, with two-bay three-storey extension to east. Retaining original fenestration and door case. Gate lodge and entrance gates to grounds. ROOF: Double pitched; slate; timber corbelled eaves; rendered chimneys; red brick chimney stack to extension roof. WALLS: Nap rendered. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings; carved sandstone surrounds; granite cills; 6/6 timber sash windows; round headed door case; sandstone; leaded fanlight; raised and fielded panelled door. 

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