Lissen Hall
- Klassifizierung
- Herrenhaus
- Land
- Irland
- Region
- County Dublin
- Adresse
- Lissen Hall, Lissenhall Demesne, Swords, Swords
- Epoche / Stil
- Mid-Georgian (c.1765), incorporating an earlier 17th-century structure
Looking over the Meadow Water near Swords, Lissen Hall presents a tranquil mid-Georgian facade typical of rural Leinster. Country houses have become rare in the suburb of Fingal, formerly North County Dublin. A pair of end bows disguise that Lissen Hall incorporates a far earlier building, possibly dating from the very end of the 17th century. The newer five-bay front is a typical mid-Georgian concept, with a tripartite door-case surmounted by a Serlian window, repeated on the upper storey with a central window flanked by blind sidelights. Principal decorative features include a pair of attached two-storey bows with half conical roofs, similar to the now-demolished Mantua house across the Meadow Water. The principal rooms are not large but the mid-Georgian interior is largely intact and original, with good joinery and chimneypieces. Architectural drawings from 1765 exist in the house, when it was owned by John Hatch, MP for Swords in the Irish Parliament. Lissen Hall has only been sold once in 250 years, passing from John Hatch to the Hely-Hutchinson family, one of whose seats was Seafield House in nearby Donabate. In 1950 the house and park were purchased and subsequently inherited through the next generation. Open by appointment only in May and June and available as a film location, with individual house visits, group visits by arrangement and individual garden visitors welcome.
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