1742 – Tudenham Park, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
The construction on the house began in 1717, and it was completed in 1742 for George Rochfort on the Rochfort Demesne near Belvedere House and Gardens beside Lough Ennell.
The construction on the house began in 1717, and it was completed in 1742 for George Rochfort on the Rochfort Demesne near Belvedere House and Gardens beside Lough Ennell.
Originally Kildare Place consisted of four houses onto a small square bordered by Kildare Street.
In 1739, the 19th Earl of Kildare employed Richard Castle to build the existing house replacing an earlier buildng.
Bellinter House was home to the Preston family for nearly two centuries and is one of the finest examples of country architecture in Co.
Originally built in 1740 as a hunting lodge for Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere by architect Richard Cassels,
Summerhill House was a 100 roomed country house which was the ancestral seat of the Langford Rowley family.
The Gill Hall estate was named after a Captain Magill an officer in Cromwell’s Army, prior to the 1641 rebellion he is said to have obtained half the townland of Ballynagarrick from Art Og Magennis for the sum of £150,
A substantial house in the Palladian manner of a central block flanked by wings and curved sweeps.
Large three storey mansion with two storey wings connected by simple curved sweeps. Similar in design to houses at Strokestown and the Bishop’s Palace at Elphin.
Former gateway to Leinster House which terminated the vista of Molesworth Street from Dawson Street. Demolished with the development of the National Museum and Library adjacent to Leinster House in 1883.