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Historic Houses In Ireland
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Originally a simple 17th-century farmhouse, Ardress was gentrified in the 18th century and boasts an elegant Adam-style drawing room, as well as neo-classical plasterwork, good furniture and pictures. Farm implements and livestock can be seen in the farmyard, and there is an attractive garden with woodland and riverside walks
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64 Ardress Road, Annaghmore, Portadown, Co. Armagh BT62 1SQ
TEL: (44) 028 8778 4753
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A bizarre 18th-century mansion with opposing façades in different styles; the west front is classical, the east front Gothick, reflecting the divergence in taste of the owner and his wife. There is a Victorian laundry and pastime centre, as well as a sawmill and cornmill, driven by an outflow from the Temple Water. The setting for the house is magnificent, within a beautiful walled landscape park running down to the shores of Strangford Lough.
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Strangford, Downpatrick, Co. Down BT30 7LS
TEL:(44) 028 4488 1204
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A James Wyatt masterpiece and certainly one of the finest neo-classical buildings in the British Isles. The clean and elegant exterior contains opulent Regency rooms, still with their original décor and furniture. Upstairs there is a magnificent state bedroom, refurbished in typical Regency style in 1821 for George IV.
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Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh BT74 6JY
TEL:(44) 028 6632 2690
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An elegant late 18th-century thatched cottage, built by Isaac Corry, who represented Newry in the Irish House of Commons for thirty years from 1776. Set amidst a picturesque estate, it is typical of the informal thatched retreats boasted by many estates in the 18th century
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Bessbrook, Newry, Co. Armagh BT35 7EF
TEL:(44) 028 8778 4753
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One of Ulster's most important houses, built in the mid-18th century by John Cole, father of the 1st Earl of Enniskillen, and famous for its rococo plasterwork and fine pieces of Irish furniture. 1998 saw the return of many original paintings, furniture and other artifacts to the house. The house is surrounded by garden, parkland and woodland, and there are outstanding views to the mountains beyond. The walled garden contains a holiday cottage, and the pleasure grounds boast interesting features such as a summer-house and water-powered sawmill.
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Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh BT92 1DB
TEL:(44) 028 6634 8249
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