An 18th-century manor by Doon Lake gives up its many treasures

Woodfield House’s contents are to be auctioned off on August 17 and 18 by Sheppards

Woodfield House, a Queen Anne manor built in 1710 on the shores of Doon Lake, Co Clare.

A country house contents sales takes us on a trip down memory lane charting the tastes, the interests, and the obsessions of a family over centuries. This is certainly true of the contents of Woodfield House, a Queen Anne manor built in 1710 on the shores of Doon Lake, Co Clare.

As was the custom, every succeeding generation inherited a good deal of furniture and furnishings, acquiring new items on the Grand Tour through Europe, ...