Woodville, Lucan, Co Dublin – demolished 

Woodville, Lucan, Co Dublin since been demolished 

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. 287. (Hamilton/IFR) A rambling house…In 1837 the eat of Major-Gen Sir H.S. Scott. In the present century, stood empty for years, but from ca 1950 to their death is was the home of Eva and Letitia Hamilton, both of them distinguished painters, and their younger sisters. It has since been demolished.” 

The Hamilton Family at Woodville House, Lucan County Dublin by Letitia Hamilton.

Listed in Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.

p. 67. “An attractive two storey villa attributed to Nathaniel Clements. The main block was joined to flanking pavilions by quadrant screen walls. Much altered in 19C. The home of Major H.S. Scott in 1837. Demolished in 1960s.”

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