1796 – Parkmount House, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Described in the 1820s as “The finest house on this road, or perhaps in the parish, is Parkmount, built by the late Mr Cairns,
Described in the 1820s as “The finest house on this road, or perhaps in the parish, is Parkmount, built by the late Mr Cairns,
Designed by amateur architect William Leeson, and commissioned by the fourth Lord Nugent of Riverston. This building was considerably enlarged by the tenth Earl of Westmeath after he inherited the title and estate in 1879.
The Castle was designed in 1798 by one of Ireland’s leading architects of the day, Francis Johnston and not finally completed until 1812.
Richmond Lodge was a substantial mansion built c.1798 and later extended in the Victorian era, on the site of which now stands the Knocknagoney housing estate.
Turvey House was demolished in 1987. Originally built in the 16th Century by Sir Patrick Barnewall using the stones from the ruins of Grace Dieu Nunnery.
In 1788 Francis Bernard, the 1st Earl of Bandon demolished much of the old O’Mahony castle that previously stood on this site,
Suggested to be the work of Francis Johnston, Drumbaragh House is a large substantial block of a house with a stuccoed exterior and a single massive central chimney stack.
The original Castlecomer House, the family seat of the Wandesfordes, was built in 1638. It was burned down during the battle of Castlecomer in 1798.
A large addition around 1802 by Francis Johnston gave the house its current form today. This is the latter day surviving Farnham House,
The castle, as we see it today, dates from 1802 with exterior changes by the architect Francis Johnston and with some changes made,