1799 – Hope Castle, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
Architect: Robert Woodgate
Also known as Blayney Castle after the plantation castle nearby (from which the town gets its name),
Hope Castle
1840s – The Temple, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
Built as a summer house for the Blayneys and used by the Hope family. Now largely disappeared, the front columns and wall are standing but covered in vegetation.
1865 – Stableyard, Hope Castle, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
Fine stableyard with accomodation set around three sides of a square and decorative stone archways set into the centre of the fourth.
1870 – Town Gates, Hope Castle, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
Fine set of piers and gates flanked by matching gatehouses in an Italianate style. The northern gatehouse is in poor repair while the southern house (the right in the postcards) has been restored.
