Cavan country houses

1730 – Bellamont Forest, Cootehill, Co. Cavan

Built between 1725 and 1730 for Thomas Coote, once Lord Justice of Ireland, and designed by Coote’s gifted nephew,

1733 – Ballyhaise Agriculture College, Co. Cavan

Ballyhaise House was built for the Newburghs, a local landowning family, in the 1730s. Richard Cassels (1690-1751) was of German origin and also known as Richard Castle.

1802 – Farnham House, Co. Cavan

Architect: Francis Johnston

A large addition around 1802 by Francis Johnston gave the house its current form today. This is the latter day surviving Farnham House,

1805 – Lismore Lodge, Crossdoney, Co. Cavan

Lismore Lodge is a very attractive early c1800 period house and gate lodge. The main house with six bays and two storey extends to 9,680 sq ft and is bound by a large stone wall.

1808 – Cabra Castle, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan

The current Cabra Castle was constructed in a mixture of a neo-Norman-style and the more decoratively-based Gothick-style in the first decade of the 19th-century.

1837 – Bishop’s Palace, Kilmore, Co. Cavan

Architect: William Farrell

Described in the late 1830s: “The new palace is built in the Grecian Doric style and covered with Roman cement.

1840 – Castle Saunderson, Belturbet, Co. Cavan

Castle Saunderson is a large castellated mansion in a Tudor-Revival style. The majority of the structure dates from 1840, architect unknown,

1860s – The Castle, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan

Victorian house, the home of the 1st and indeed last Lord Lisgar, who was Governor of New South Wales, and later Governor-General of Canada.