1870 – Annadale House, Belfast, Co. Antrim
“The lithograph illustration given with the present number is of a hose just completed, a short distance fro Belfast,
“The lithograph illustration given with the present number is of a hose just completed, a short distance fro Belfast,
The present house was built in the early 1870s by Edward O’Brien, son of William Smith O’Brien replacing an earlier house which was the home of his grandmother the Dowager Lady O’Brien in the early 1850s.
A mid-sized Victorian house in a simple Tudor-Revival style with steep roofs and gables; and mullioned windows. It had a three-sided bow;
Work began in 1867 on what was known as Headley Towers and also, Wynnes Folly.
A large two-storey house built in 1872 for Thomas Andrews (father of the other Thomas Andrews, designer of the Titanic) in a Italianate style with a projecting eaves cornice and a hipped slate roof.
Lewis describes this house in the following terms “Near the town stands Cahirconlish House, a handsome modern residence,
Large 3-storey over basement Italianate house with campanile, designed by W.H. Lynn, and built of Ardbraccan limestone.
Built in 1871, a tall mansion in the style of a French chateau. Three storeys and attic.
Constructed in several stages after the previous house by George Semple,
Taverham Hall is built on one of the oldest estates in Norfolk, and occupies the site of an old mansion of that name,