Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Burrenwood
Burrenwood in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Burrenwood is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Burrenwood is a cottage orné or country house and estate near Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland.
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Background
History
The ornamental wooded and cottaged demesne at Burrenwood was conceived by Theodosia Hawkins-Magill (5 September 1743- 2 March 1817), the Countess of Clanwilliam, a great Ulster heiress and landowner, the daughter and heir of Robert Hawkins-Magill, of Gill Hall, Dromore, Co. Down. Having inherited her father's estates centred on Dromore and Rathfriland, as a child in 1747, she married Sir John Meade, 4th Bart., (Meade was ennobled in 1766 & 1776), in 1765. The house, a 6170 sqft, horseshoe-shaped, rustic villa and cottage ornée, was built near Castlewellan in the late eighteenth century. It lies on some land conveniently halfway between Theodosia Clanwilliam's mother's famous new house at…
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- Coordinates
- 54.2460, -5.9440
- District
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Postcode
- BT31 9HT
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Down
Sources
- wikidata: Q1016916 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Burrenwood (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Burrenwood?
- Burrenwood is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT31 9HT).
- Is Burrenwood free to visit?
- Yes, Burrenwood is free to enter.
- How do I get to Burrenwood?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT31 9HT. It sits within the South Down parliamentary constituency.