Stackallan House (originally Boyne House) is an early 18th century unfortified house in Stackallan,

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. The house was constructed around 1712 for

Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne PC (Ire) (1642–1723) was an Irish soldier and politician. In his youth, he fought in his cousin Sir George Hamilton's regiment for the French in the Franco-Dutch War. About 1678 he obtained a commiss ...

and the Queen Anne design has been attributed to John Curle by the architectural historian Christine Casey. The house is notable for being one of the few surviving early 18th century houses in a classical pre-Georgian style. It is built largely on a square plan with 3 storeys over basement and a steep pitched roof in an almost French style. Stylistically, the house also contains other more northern European influences. The principal west front facade contains 9 bays with a 3 bay break front with the south facade having seven bays also with a 3 bay break front. The house bears some similarities to the nearby Beaulieu House which was constructed nearby around the same time and likely using many of the same tradespeople. It was built on the banks of the Boyne river in sight of the battlefield of the

Battle of the Boyne The Battle of the Boyne ( ) took place in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II, and those of King William III who, with his wife Queen Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England and Sc ...

in which the developer, Gustavus Hamilton commanded a regiment of

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soldiers. In the early 20th century the house was owned by

Henry Farnham Burke Sir Henry Farnham Burke, (1859–1930) was a long-serving Anglo-Irish officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Biography A son of Sir Bernard Burke (who was Ulster King of Arms from 1853 until his death in 1892), Henry Burke was a ...

. The home was owned by

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for a period who bought it for IRE £1.75 million in 1993, but sold it on to Martin Naughton, stating that the running costs were too high.

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Stackallan House from the Historical Picture Archive 1Stackallan House from the Historical Picture Archive 2Auction catalogue for the house from 1992Britain from above image in 1948
{{Historic Irish houses, state=collapsed Houses in County Meath Queen Anne architecture in Ireland

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