{{Short description|Ruined Palladian house in County Westmeath, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox building | name = Tudenham Park House | native_name = {{Native name|ga|Teach Tudenham|paren=omit}} | former_names = Rochfort House<ref name="logainm"/> | alternate_names = | status = | image = Tudenham House.jpg | location = Rochfort Demesne | address = | location_country = Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|53|28|20.385|N|7|22|16.875|W|display=inline,title}} | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = {{start date|1717}} | construction_stop_date = | completion_date = {{start date and age|1742}} | opened_date = | inauguration_date = | destruction_date = {{start date|1958}} | architect = Richard Cassels | landlord = | owner = {{ublist|Rochfort family <small>(1742—1835)</small>|Francis Hopkins <small>(1836—1870)</small>|Tottenham family <small>(1870—1963)</small>}} | cost= | floor_area = | top_floor = | floor_count = | awards = | ren_awards = | parking = | website = | embed = | embedded = | references = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_mark = | pushpin_relief = | altitude = {{convert|92|m}} | building_type = | architectural_style = Palladian | structural_system = | ren_cost = | client = | current_tenants = | renovation_date = {{start date|1790}} | height = | architectural = | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = | observatory = | other_dimensions = | elevator_count = | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = | designations = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | number_of_rooms = | image_caption = A view of the house, 2016 | pushpin_mapsize = | etymology = | cancelled = | topped_out = | location_city = Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland | namesake = | est_completion = | topped_out_date = | relocated_date = | closing_date = | affiliation = | diameter = | circumference = | weight = | material = limestone | size = | grounds_area = | developer = | engineer = | known_for = | ren_engineer = | ren_contractor = | footnotes = }}

'''Tudenham Park House''' ({{Langx|ga|Teach Tudenham}}),<ref name="logainm">{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/108562.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Teach Tudenham / Tudenham | accessdate = 3 January 2024 }}</ref> originally called '''Rochfort House''', is an 18th-century Palladian limestone country house located in Tudenham Park on the Rochfort Demesne near Belvedere House and Gardens beside Lough Ennell, County Westmeath, Ireland.

The house is known for being involved in an ordeal with Robert Rochfort's brother, George, which resulted in Robert constructing The Jealous Wall so he would not have to look at his brother's grander house.

== History == The construction on the house began in 1717, and it was completed in 1742 for George Rochfort.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tudenham Park, ROCHFORT DEMESNE, WESTMEATH |url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15402617/tudenham-park-rochfort-demesne-westmeath |website=www.buildingsofireland.ie |access-date=19 October 2023}}</ref>

Later a glass house designed by Richard Turner was affixed to the property.<ref>{{cite web |title=CO. WESTMEATH, TUDENHAM Dictionary of Irish Architects - |url=https://www.dia.ie/works/view/3633/building/CO.+WESTMEATH%2C+TUDENHAM |website=www.dia.ie |access-date=19 October 2023}}</ref>

It was purchased by Sir Francis Hopkins in 1836, and the name was subsequently changed from Rochfort to Tudenham Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tottenham.name/Places_Tudenham.html|title=The Tottenham Family - Home|last=Tottenham|first=Ed|website=tottenham.name|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref> Hopkins' tenure lasted 34 years until the property was sold to the affluent Tottenham family in 1870.

On 7 March 1906, Charles Gore Loftus Tottenham inherited Tudenham House and land from his grandmother.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Family of Charles Gore Loftus TOTTENHAM and Georgina Alice Lizzy SOMERVILLE|url=http://rtpovey.homeip.net/familytree/fam683.html|access-date=2021-08-17|website=rtpovey.homeip.net}}</ref>

The house was used as a hospital and convalescent home for army officers during World War I and World War II and was still in military possession in 1945.<ref>{{cite web |title=Archiseek - Irish Architecture - 1742 - Tudenham Park, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath |url=https://www.archiseek.com/2020/1742-tudenham-park-mullingar-co-westmeath/ |access-date=19 October 2023 |date=2 November 2020}}</ref>

The Tottenham family had not lived in the property since 1952; and in 1958 the house was gutted by a fire that destroyed the roof but spared the walls, chimneystacks and main façade, which still stand to this day. The family decided to sell the house ruin and land in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.antaisce.org/buildingsatrisk/tudenham-park-rochfort-demesne|title=Tudenham Park, Rochfort Demesne - The National Trust for Ireland - An Taisce|website=www.antaisce.org|language=en|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref>

As of 2023, the house is largely covered with overgrown vegetation, and multiple efforts have been made to conserve the property since 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.punchconsulting.com/our-projects/conservation/tudenham-park-co-westmeath/|title=Tudenham Park, Co Westmeath {{!}} Punch consulting|website=www.punchconsulting.com|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref>

=== Sale of the property === In December 2013, the land, including the house, was sold at an auction for €681,000 to a businessman from County Westmeath.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/tudenham-park-shatters-guide-price-to-rake-in-681k-29842697.html|title=Tudenham Park shatters guide price to rake in €681k - FarmIreland.ie|work=FarmIreland.ie|access-date=2017-06-21|language=en}}</ref>

In October 2023, the property again went on the market with a guide price of €1.2m.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic house is up for sale |url=https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2023/10/04/historic-house-is-up-for-sale/ |website=Westmeath Independent |access-date=19 October 2023 |date=4 October 2023}}</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> File:Tudenham Park House, Co. Westmeath (1) - geograph.org.uk - 5029703.jpg|Tudenham House File:Tudenham Park House, Co. Westmeath (4) - geograph.org.uk - 5029715.jpg|View from the south File:Tudenham House architecture.jpg|Architectural detail of the south elevation </gallery>

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Category:Buildings and structures in Mullingar Category:1742 establishments in Ireland Category:Richard Cassels buildings