1880 – Magheramorne House, Co. Antrim
Architect: Samuel P. Close
Magheramorne stands in a prominent,
Magheramorne stands in a prominent,
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,