Knockan, Feeny, County Derry 

Bence-Jones, Mark. 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. 178. “(Stevenson/IFR) A two storey five bay gable-ended C18 house, with short single-storey gable-ended wings.” 

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Register of Parks, Gardens and Demesnes of Special Historic Interest (NI) – November 2020 

KNOCKAN AND ASH PARK, County Londonderry (AP CAUSEWAY COAST AND GLENS 05) L-045 
REGISTERED GRADE A 
Miniature woodland demesne (21 acres/8.5ha) enclosing a pair of late 18th century houses, lying 
south-west of Dungiven on the old Derry Coach Road. The main house, Knockan (Listed HB 
02/05/006), was built in 1789, incorporating a 17th century house, facing east above the north- 
west bank of the Owenbeg River. Mature woodland surrounds the property, with many trees 
planted c1780 and before, but woodlands here suffered badly in Hurricane Debbie in 1961. Inside 
the woodlands, and flanking the house on the south and east of the house are lawns, some 
ornamental gardens, now mostly gone, fringed with shrubberies. Behind the house on its west and south-west flank, lies a small (o.4ac) hedged productive garden (beech on south & yew on 
west), partly cultivated with glass house, box-edged beds and some fruit trees. Ashpark House to 
the north of Knockan, was built in 1796 (Listed HB 02/05/005), and served for many years as the 
dower house for Knockan. It also has mature woodland on its east and south sides, flanking 
lawns, but its gardens have not been maintained for decades. Both houses are mentioned in the 
OSM of 1821 as having good gardens and plantations. No walled gardens were built and there is 
no associated parkland. The gardens are open by arrangement and the houses are private.