1882 – Cairncastle, Co. Antrim
Architect: Samuel P. Close
Described in The Building News as “The site is on high ground,
Described in The Building News as “The site is on high ground,
The original Antrim Castle, now a ruin,
A house in Scottish Baronial style for Edward Macnaghten,
Published in Academy Architecture 1890.
In the 1880s, the architect Samuel Patrick Close extended a compact Victorian villa of around 1870 into a large rambling composition in an Italianate style for Sir Hugh Houston Smiley.
An existing house, called Cairncastle,