1790 – Knocklofty, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Built for the 1st Earl of Donoughmore c.1790, it received alterations and additions in the 19th and 20th centuries in the Georgian style.
Built for the 1st Earl of Donoughmore c.1790, it received alterations and additions in the 19th and 20th centuries in the Georgian style.
A fine late Georgian house, used by the Earl of Charlemont as his home after Roxborough Castle was burnt in 1922.
The earlier main block of seven bays was quite plain; while the 19th century wings had balustraded parapets. The three-bay side of the left wing served as the entrance front.
The Coole estate was purchased in 1768 by Robert Gregory on his return to Ireland following service with the East India Company.The family house was a large Georgian block with a central Venetian window under a top floor Diocletian window.
In the late eighteenth century, the 2nd Earl, afterwards 1st Marquis of Waterford,
Fine Georgian residence of three storeys with single storey wings. Demolished in the late 1950s and replaced with a georgian-style house.
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.
Castle Coole was constructed between 1789-1798 as the summer retreat of Armar Lowry-Corry, the 1st Earl of Belmore.
The Castle was designed in 1798 by one of Ireland’s leading architects of the day, Francis Johnston and not finally completed until 1812.
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