1450 – Bective Abbey, Bective, Co. Meath
Bective Abbey is a Cistercian abbey on the River Boyne, founded by Murchad O’Maeil-Sheachlainn in 1147 as a ‘daughter house’ of Mellifont Abbey.
Architecture of Meath
1450 – Dunmoe Castle, Co.Meath
The four-storey castle was originally square with four round turrets at the corners. Probably of mid 15th century construction but in an earlier style.
1630 – Athlumney Castle, Navan, Co. Meath
Constructed over several centuries – the classic form of the fortified Irish tower house visible as part of the Jacobean mansion.
1700 – Platten Hall, Co. Meath
Architect: Sir William Robinson
Construction started circa 1700 for Alderman John Graham. According to Maurice Craig, possibly designed by Sir William Robinson.
1710 – Randalstown House, Co. Meath
Randalstown House was begun about 1710 and extended twice in the later part of the eighteenth century. A three storey over basement house,
1712 – Stackallan House, Co. Meath
Stackallan House is one of the very few surviving classical Irish country houses from the early eighteenth century. The principal façades to the west and south have nine and seven bays,
1731 – Summerhill, Co. Meath
Architect: Edward Lovett Pearce / Richard Cassels
Summerhill House was a 100 roomed country house which was the ancestral seat of the Langford Rowley family.
1745 – Drewstown, Co. Meath
Architect:
Attributed to Francis Bindon by the Knight of Glin in the 1960s, Drewstown is a slightly gauche, oddly proportioned country house almost certainly designed by an amateur.
1750 – Bellinter House, Assey, Co. Meath
Architect: Richard Cassels
Bellinter House was home to the Preston family for nearly two centuries and is one of the finest examples of country architecture in Co.
1750c – Allenstown House, Co. Meath
A large five-bay, four-story house built in or around 1750 by William Waller. The final owner was Vice-Admiral Arthur William Craig who assumed the surname Craig-Waller when he inherited the property in 1920 from a distant relative.In the late 1930s the property was sold to the Irish Land Commission,
