1600c – Hatch’s Castle, Ardee, Co. Louth
The smaller of the two castles on the street, Hatch’s Castle with its unusual rounded corners is a private home. The southern corner has a projecting turret.
The smaller of the two castles on the street, Hatch’s Castle with its unusual rounded corners is a private home. The southern corner has a projecting turret.
One of two castles on the main street and known locally as the Court House, this early 17th century castle has been recently restored and will be turned to civic usage.
The present nave and chancel are of nineteenth century construction but incorporate medieval fragments. It was repaired and rebuilt preserving only portions of tower of previous church –
Now a furniture store, the former Catholic church is a simple structure externally with few architectural pretensions. It was one of the earliest churches to be completed in the post-Emancipation period.
Built in the mid-1850s, the convent was designed by John Neville, County Surveyor for Louth. The three-storey seven-bay block built of coursed rubble features with an attractive cut limestone single-storey porch in Perpendicular style.