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Hamwood, Dunboyne, Co. Meath
Hamwood is located near Dunboyne in County Meath. It has been home to the
Hamilton family since 1764:
- Hamwood is a very important mid-sized Palladian house of unusual
design.
- The house is in good structural repair, major work having recently been
carried out reinstating and replacing sash windows as well as work to the
roof. The former was part funded by the Irish Georgian Society.
- All the rooms are in use, and the house is regularly open to visitors by
appointment.
- The original contents are largely intact with eighteenth-century Irish
furnishings and memorabilia overlain with important nineteenth and
twentieth century additions.
- The gardens of Hamwood, which are open to the public, contain a rare
collection of trees and shrubs collected in the nineteenth century. The
pinewalk contains giant Californian redwoods and Japanese maples. The
walled garden contains a rock garden created in 1802.
The house is maintained by private income. The farm which is attached is relatively
small and let on conacre.
Photograph courtesy of Hugh Doran
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