Wexford country houses

1775c – Taylor’s Castle, Wexford, Co. Wexford

A georgian house, with extended windows and Irish-style castellations. Another view in the Lawrence Collection, in the National Library, taken in the early 20th century,

1820s – Ardamine, Gorey, Co. Wexford

In 1818 Solomon Richards, a Dublin Surgeon, bought Ardamine estate. In 1812, Richards had won £10,000 in a lottery. In that year,

1836 – Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford

Architect: Daniel Robertson

The estate has been home to two prominent Wexford families. The first owners were the Esmondes;

1838 – Wilton Castle, Co. Wexford

Architect: Daniel Robertson

A late 17th century house was subsumed into a much larger and ornate building designed by Daniel Robertson of Kilkenny in 1836-38 as a spectacular castle.

1840 – Castleboro, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

Architect: Daniel Robertson

Castleboro was a very large, imposing classical mansion built about 1840 for the 1st Baron Carew.

1845 – Cahore House, Gorey, Co. Wexford

Architect: Daniel Robertson

A seaside villa redesigned and enlarged into a small mock Tudor castle incorporating a fake “medieval”

1845 – Wells House, Gorey, Co. Wexford

Architect: Daniel Robertson

Tudor Gothic remodelling of house, and landscape scheme, in progress during the period 1835-45 for the Doyne family.

1867 – Courtown House, Gorey, Co. Wexford

Architect: William Burn

Courtown House, near Gorey, was the seat of the Earls of Courtown. It was significantly altered and enlarged during the 19th century,

1869 – Ballynastragh, Gorey, Co. Wexford

Architect: G.C. Ashlin

Largely remodelled by G.C. Ashlin in the late 1860s for local MP Sir John Esmonde, and destroyed in an arson attack in March 1923 when it belonged to his son Sir Thomas Esmonde,

1871 – Loftus Hall, Fethard-on-Sea, Co. Wexford

Loftus Hall is a gaunt, three-storey nine-bay mansion of 1871, with rows of plate-glass windows and a parapet. It incorporates parts of a previous,