1803 – Killymoon Castle, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone
Killymoon Castle is one of John Nash’s earliest castles, built ca 1803 for William Stewart MP,
Killymoon Castle is one of John Nash’s earliest castles, built ca 1803 for William Stewart MP,
Shanbally Castle was built for Cornelius O’Callaghan, the first Viscount Lismore and was the largest house built in Ireland by the noted English architect John Nash.
The present building incorporates a Scottish style plantation house of ca 1622, built by Patrick Agnew.
Picturesque Italianate villa, for Rev. John Molesworth Staples (nephew, by marriage, of James Staples of Killymoon Castle,
Originally built as a two storey house for General Robert King by John Nash. In 1822 an extra floor was added and after a fire in the 1860s it was rebuilt.
Originally built as a two storey house for General Robert King by John Nash. Considered on of Nash’s finest Classical work in Ireland,
Detached four-bay two-storey former hunting lodge of Rockingham Demesne, with castellated corner towers – originally five,
The estate was bought from the seventh Earl of Cork for £94,400 by James Alexander (later first Earl of Caledon) in 1776.
Appealing gothick treatment for a gate lodge to the main castle. Unusual in that the main house is in a Scottish baronial style.
Simple yet elegant design leading to the long avenue to the castle. Now unused, the gates themselves have fallen into disrepair.