1820 – Castle Freke, Co. Cork
Ruined for many years, currently undergoing reconstruction.
From; J.P. Neale, Views of the seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England,
Ruined for many years, currently undergoing reconstruction.
From; J.P. Neale, Views of the seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England,
Also known as Farragh, originally built in 1820 and extended several times before its demolition in 1960.
The present Gormanston Castle was built ca 1790-1820, on the site of the castle first built in 1372, as a three-storey castellated building with a quadrangular plan and with a tower at three of the four corners.
Described in Lewis as “Among the most conspicuous are Rathmines Castle, the residence of J. T. Purser, Esq., a castellated mansion in tastefully disposed grounds”.
A dignified smaller classical house with a lower service wing. Described in Lewis as “Cornacassa, of Dacre Hamilton, Esq., pleasantly situated in a highly cultivated and well-planted demesne”.
Illustrated as designed and built by William Robertson, the domestic wing developed structural problems and soon had to be rebuilt.
The beginnings of the present structure is in 1780 when Sir Benjamin Chapman,
Shankill Castle started as a Butler tower-house near the ruins of an old church. Rebuilt in the early 18th century, it received its current character in the 19th century when it was enlarged and castellated.
Fine three storey residence with multiple bowed bays overlooking Lough Neagh.
The Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland of 1835 described it “About 70 years ago Langford Lodge was a fishing lodge,
In 1823, after his succession to his title, George, 3rd Earl of Kingston,
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