1867 – Craigdun Castle, Craigs, Co. Antrim
Late Victorian mansion in Scottish Baronial style. With a central 5 storey tower topped by bartizans,
Late Victorian mansion in Scottish Baronial style. With a central 5 storey tower topped by bartizans,
John Grubb Richardson had been responsible for building the nearby village of Bessbrook. He acquired Mount Caulfield,
Puxley Mansion, lies on a hillside west of the town of Castletownbere near the older Dunboy Castle.
Originally a relatively conventional Georgian residence, Bessmount was redesigned by William Barre (architect of the Dawson Monument in the centre of nearby Monaghan town) for William Henderson around 1869.
Previously known as Rockfield until rebuilt in 1860 by Colonel J.G. Irvine, who reputedly brought craftsmen from Italy to do the interior decoration.
A medium sized country house, originally finished in brick, and now rendered and painted. The stables and part of the house have been converted into apartments.
During the Second World War, the grounds were used as a training area for Belgian troops.
Built for Major-General Francis Plunkett Dunne in 1869, to a design by John McCurdy.
Originally a hunting lodge of ca 1750, enlarged as a castellated style house during the early 1800s by John Proby,
Extended and altered for Charles Talbot Ponsonby in 1867. “With this number we present our readers with a lithograph illustration of Park House,