1776 – Derrymore House, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh
Architect: John Sutherland
A late 18th century thatched house in a gentrified style, Derrymore House is owned by the National Trust and open to the public.
Cottage ornée
1810s – Hollywell Lodge, Lough Sheelin, Co. Cavan
From; J.P. Neale, Views of the seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, vol.VI, London, 1823
“HOLLYWELL LODGE is situated on Lough -Shellin,
1814 – Swiss Cottage, Cahir, Co. Tipperary
Architect: John Nash
A “cottage orné” built in the early 1800s by Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall to a design by the famous Regency architect John Nash.
1815 – Lord Bantry’s Cottage, Glengarriff, Co. Cork
Glengarriff Lodge began life as a modest hunting lodge constructed in the 1760s by wealthy Bantry lawyer Richard White. The family was later granted an hereditary peerage for its resistance to Wolfe Tone’s insurrection of 1796.In 1815,
1817 – Gracefield Lodge, Ballylynan, Co. Laois
Architect: John Nash / Daniel Robertson
An early 19th century cottage ornée, originally designed by Nash but built by Robertson to a cut down version of the design.
1833 – Original Entrance, Dublin Zoo, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architect: William Deane Butler
There have been three turnstile entrances to the Zoo grounds. This, the earliest of them,
1837 – Glena Cottage, Killarney, Co. Kerry
Cottage ornée originally built by Lady Kenmare for the use of friends and visitors to the Lakes. Queen Victoria had lunch here during her 1861 visit to Killarney.
