Morris’ Country Seats

1740 – Powerscourt House, Co. Wicklow

Just outside the village of Enniskerry, Powerscourt Estate dates from the mid-eighteenth century. The house was built for Richard Wingfield,

1781 – Baronscourt, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone

Architect: John Soane, Richard Morrison, William Vitruvius Morrison

Originally built as a 5-bay, 3-storey house for James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn in 1781 by George Steuart.

1790 – Bishops Court House, Naas, Co. Kildare

Architect: Sir Richard Morrison

An early work of Richard Morrison in a classical style reminiscent of the work of James Gandon.

1802 – Farnham House, Co. Cavan

Architect: Francis Johnston

A large addition around 1802 by Francis Johnston gave the house its current form today. This is the latter day surviving Farnham House,

1803 – Birr Castle, Co. Offaly

Architect: Sir Laurence Parsons / John Johnston

There has been a castle on the site since 1170, and from the 14th to the 17th century the O’Carroll family ruled from here over an area known as “Ely O’Carroll”.

1811 – Caledon House, Co. Tyrone

Architect: John Nash

The estate was bought from the seventh Earl of Cork for £94,400 by James Alexander (later first Earl of Caledon) in 1776.

1828 – Lambton Castle, Durham

Architect: Joseph Bonomi the Elder & Ignatius Bonomi

Largely constructed in its present form in the early 19th century by John George Lambton,

1828 – Wynyard Park, Durham

Architect: Philip Wyatt

Wynyard Park was the family seat of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry, an Anglo-Irish aristocratic dynasty,

1835 – Dromoland Castle, Co. Clare

Architect: James & George Pain

Work began around 1822 and cost about 50,000 to complete. The Pain brothers submitted some classical designs but their client Edward O’Brien,

1846 – Dartrey, Rockcorry, Co. Monaghan

Architect: William Burn

Also known as Dawson Grove, Dartrey was built in 1846 and designed by William Burn as a large Elizabethan Revivial mansion to replace an earlier house on the site.