Introduction
Knockan is a late-18th-century house in a demesne with mature trees. Features included a maintained ornamental garden and a hedged productive garden. There are also gardens at Ash Park, the dower house, which are now overgrown.
Unfortunately the gardens are no longer maintained.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
028 9056 9615Access contact details
Not open to the public
Directions
Four miles south-west of Dungiven via the A6, then the B74, then a minor road north at Knockan Bridge.
- History
Period
- 18th Century
- Late 18th Century
- Features & Designations
Designations
Environment and Heritage Service of Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Inventory
- Reference: L045
Features
- Kitchen Garden
- House (featured building)
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
18th Century
Survival
Extant
- References
References
- Bence-Jones, M {A Guide to Irish Country Houses} (London: Constable, 1990) A Guide to Irish Country Houses
- Register of Parks, Gardens and Demesnes of Special Historic Interest, Northern Ireland