Great News! - Work has begun as planned on Lissan House and surrounds.

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Welcome To Lissan House and Demesne

Built in 1620, Lissan House is a country house set amidst mature woodland overlooking the Lissan River. Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The house is flanked by an extensive range of outbuildings, stables and a walled garden, with the Demesne extending to over 300 acres. Lissan came to prominence in 2003 when it featured in the BBC UK wide Restoration Programme, where its popularity helped it reach the final.

The Lissan House Trust

Following the death of Mrs Hazel Radcliffe Dolling, chatelaine of Lissan House and last of the Staples at Lissan, the Lissan House Trust has continued with the work of raising finance to restore Lissan House and the estate. Hazel established The Trust to carry on the work of revitalizing the estate as a place to visit, work and live. The Lissan House website, designed by Hazel, has been developed and extended by The Trust in a bid to raise awareness and funds. The website provides information on Lissan from its beginnings up to the present and details the work of the Friends of Lissan Trust.

Lissan Heritage

Lissan embraces two cultures and traditions, those of the Planter and the Gael. The name Lissan is derived from two old Irish words - lios, meaning a rath or a fort, and Aine, the name of a Celtic Goddess – hence Aine’s Fort; suggesting that the place had ceremonial or ritual importance. What we can be sure of is that Lissan lay at the heart of the ancient area of Glenkonkyne, a densely wooded territory that ran from the Sperrin foothills to the shores of Lough Neagh, which was once ruled by the O’ Neills, Kings of Ulster.

Lissan House is not currently available for tours.  The Lissan House Trust are pleased to announce that work has begun as planned on the house and surroundings.