Tyrone country houses

1710s – Knox-Hannyngton House, Dungannon, Co Tyrone

The site contained a castle from the early 15th century, which was the headquarters of the O’Neills until the Flight of the Earls in 1607.

1765 – Pomeroy House, Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone

Built in 1765 by the Rev James Lowry, Rector of Clougherny. The entrance front had a central, three-sided bow, one bay on either side of it.

1765c – Stuart Hall, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone

Stuart Hall was built in the 1760s for Baron Stuart, later Viscount Castle Stuart. It was originally a three-storey Georgian house,

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.

1790c – Drumcairne, Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone

A fine late Georgian house, used by the Earl of Charlemont as his home after Roxborough Castle was burnt in 1922.

1803 – Killymoon Castle, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone

Architect: John Nash

Killymoon Castle is one of John Nash’s earliest castles, built ca 1803 for William Stewart MP,

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.

1812 – Garvey House, Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone

Architect: Francis Johnston

A large three-storey, seven-bay house, for local MP, Nathaniel Montgomery Moore. The house was named after his mother’s maiden name.

1825 – Favour Royal, Co. Tyrone

Architect: John Hargrave

The original house of the demense was destroyed in 1823 by an accidental fire, and replaced with a larger structure by Captain John Corry Moutray of Castle Coole.

1829 – Drum Manor, Kildress, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone

Architect: William Hastings

Rebuilt in 1829 by Major Richardson Brady in a heavily symmetrical and very flat “Regency Baronial”