1189
Co. Longford
country houses
Irish country houses
J.J. McCarthy (1817-1882)
Longford country houses
Newtownforbes
Random Building
1864 – Houses, Ardagh, Co. Longford
1830 – Castle Forbes, Newtownforbes, Co. Longford
Architect: J.J. McCarthy
A 19th century castle of random ashlar, built about 1830, replacing an earlier house destroyed by fire. It has two storeys over a high basement, with two adjoining fronts dominated by a lofty, round corner tower. The house has heavy battlements and machiolations; lancet windows separated by stone mullions; and a few Early English tracery windows. There is a service wing and a gateway to the yard in the French style, with a high roof and conical-roofed turret and bartizan added about 1870 to designs by J.J. McCarthy. Illustration published in The Irish Builder, November 15 1880.
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