1730 – Castle Dobbs, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim
Castle Dobbs was built in 1730 by Arthur Dobbs, Surveyor-General of Ireland;
Castle Dobbs was built in 1730 by Arthur Dobbs, Surveyor-General of Ireland;
There has been a castle at Glenarm since the 13th century,
Designs by Scottish neo-classical architect Robert Adam for a redevelopment of Castle Upton.
Also known as Jennymount, the residence of the Thomson family, prominent local merchants and bankers.
Described in the 1820s as “The finest house on this road,
The present building incorporates a Scottish style plantation house of ca 1622,
Fine three storey residence with multiple bowed bays overlooking Lough Neagh.
Blore was reponsible for alterations and enlarging of House for 1st Lord Templetown in 1836-37.
The original house was designed by Blore in a Tudor Revival style.
Designed by Lewis Vulliamy, an English architect,