1832 – Oak Park, Carlow
Architect: William Vitruvius Morrison, Richard Morrison / William Mitchell
Formerly known as Painestown,
Formerly known as Painestown,
Designed by Thomas Smith, an English architect who worked in Ireland for Sir Patrick Bellew,
This is a detached two-storey Tudor Revival country house with half-dormer attic,
Originally a four storey, 16th century castle,
Work began around 1822 and cost about 50,000 to complete.
Originally a medieval house on the site was constructed in 1591,
The estate has been home to two prominent Wexford families.
Still standing today, but with an altered and simplified roofline,
A previously modest Georgian house was dressed up by George Papworth in the 1830s.
Detached four-bay two-storey Tudor Revival house with half-dormer attic,