1625 – Huntingdon Castle, Clonegal, Co Carlow
Huntington Castle was built in 1625 as a garrison on the strategically important Wexford to Dublin route.
1731 – Borris House, Borris, Co. Carlow
Architect: Richard Morrison & William Vitruvius Morrison
The ancestral home of the Mcmorrough Kavanaghs,
1760s – Ballin Temple, Tullow, Co. Carlow
Ballin Temple was a fine three-storey Georgian house with a five-bay entrance front.
1817 – Gracefield Lodge, Ballylynan, Co. Laois
Architect: John Nash / Daniel Robertson
An early 19th century cottage orné,
1818 – Braganza House, Carlow, Co. Carlow
Architect: Thomas A. Cobden
Originally built for Col. Sir Dudley Hill by Thomas A.
1830 – Duckett’s Grove, Carlow, Co. Carlow
Architect: Thomas A. Cobden / John Macduff Derick
In his book A Guide to Irish Country Houses Mark Bence-Jones describes Duckett’s Grove as a “square house of two and three storeys,
1832 – Oak Park, Carlow
Architect: William Vitruvius Morrison, Richard Morrison / William Mitchell
Formerly known as Painestown,
1835 – Ballydarton House, Fenagh, Co. Carlow
Architect: Daniel Robertson
This is a detached two-storey Tudor Revival country house with half-dormer attic,
1836 – Mount Leinster Lodge, Co. Carlow
Architect: Daniel Robertson
Detached four-bay two-storey Tudor Revival house with half-dormer attic,
1840s – Dunleckney Manor, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow
Architect: Daniel Robertson
Sir Nicholas Bagenal came to Ulster as Marshal of Elizabeth 1st’s army,
