1835 – Newtownstewart Gate Lodge, Baronscourt, Co. Tyrone
Gate lodge taken from Design No.4 in Robinson’s ‘Designs for Lodges &
Gate lodge taken from Design No.4 in Robinson’s ‘Designs for Lodges &
Originally a medieval house on the site was constructed in 1591,
A previously modest Georgian house was dressed up by George Papworth in the 1830s.
Fine little building with decorative pinnacles and crisp detailing.
Constructed to replace an earlier house,
Next to the Court House is St Patrick’s Church of Ireland –
Small cottage, one of a series to a common plan and appearance.
Former stores for the now defunct Ulster Canal. Originally fronted by a small harbour and alongside a humpbacked bridge over the canal which provided access to the first floor stores,
Described in the late 1830s: “The new palace is built in the Grecian Doric style and covered with Roman cement.
Blore was reponsible for alterations and enlarging of House for 1st Lord Templetown in 1836-37.