Architecture of Armagh

1620s – Charlemont Fort, Co. Armagh

Charlemont Fort was a garrison built in Charlemont in 1602 by Lord Mountjoy. It was destroyed in 1920 by fire and the only building remaining today is the gatehouse.

1690 – Richhill Castle, Richhill, Co. Armagh

Richhill Castle is a 17th-century Grade A listed country house in the large village of Richhill. The house is a U-shaped two-storey building with a gabled attic in the high pitched roof.

1692 – Carrickblacker House, Portadown, Co. Armagh

The Blacker family, founded an estate at Carrick, on the Portadown–Gilford road. The land had been bought by Colonel Valentine Blacker from Sir Anthony Cope of Loughgall,

1724 – Vicar’s Hill, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Built by Archbishop Boulter in 1724 as accomodation for clegy widows, this intact terrace facing the west front of the Church of Ireland Cathedral has fine Gibbsian door surrounds.

1770 – Archbishop’s Palace, Armagh

Architect: Thomas Cooley / Francis Johnston

Constructed as a large two-storey house, 7 bays wide by 4 bays deep,

1771 – Public Library, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Thomas Cooley

Fabulous Library building on an awkward sloping corner site by Thomas Cooley, the architect of Dublin’s City Hall which was started just two years earlier.

1774 – Former Hospital, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: George Ensor

Built as the city hospital in 1774, and now an outreach campus for Queens University Belfast.

1776 – Derrymore House, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh

Architect: John Sutherland

A late 18th century thatched house in a gentrified style, Derrymore House is owned by the National Trust and open to the public.

1780 – Ardress House, Co. Armagh

Architect: George Ensor

Originally a modest farmhouse which was transformed into a mansion around 1780 by Dublin architect George Ensor,

1780 – Former Jail, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Thomas Cooley / William Murray

The old jail building is sited at the opposite end of the Mall from the Court House.