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Ireland

Rossmore Park (Rossmore Castle)

Near Monaghan

Co. Monaghan

Ireland

Circa Date: 1827 w/1858 & later alterations and additions

Status: Destroyed

Demolished 1975

House Open to Public: No

Country House: Yes

The House from "Morris's Views of Seats," circa 1875.

  • Built / Designed For: 2nd Baron Rossmore

    House & Family History: Rossmore was noted for its three prominent towers and its 117 windows in 53 different shapes and sizes. After World War II the Castle was discovered to be riddled with dry rot; this forced the Westenra family to abandon Rossmore and move to Camla Vale, a smaller Georgian house on the Estate's grounds. After the the family decamped, the Castle fell into disrepair and was finally demolished in 1975. In 1912 the 5th Lord Rossmore, who was a member of the Prince of Wales's Marlborough House Set, wrote a frothy memoir entitled "Things I Can Tell."

  • Architect: William Henry Lynn

    Date: 1858
    Designed: Scottish Baronial style additions and alterations for 3rd Lord Rossmore

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    Architect: William Vitruvius Morrison

    Date: 1827
    Designed: Tudor-Gothic style House for 2nd Lord Rossmore

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  • Title: Guide to Irish Country Houses, A
    Author: Bence-Jones, Mark
    Year Published: 1988
    Reference: pg. 247
    Publisher: London: Constable and Company
    ISBN: 0094699909
    Book Type: Hardback

  • House Listed: Demolished

    Park Listed: Destroyed

  • Past Seat / Home of: Warner William Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore, 1827-42; Henry Robert Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore, 1842-60; Henry Cairnes Westenra, 4th Baron Rossmore, 1860-74; Derrick Warner William Westenra, 5th Baron Rossmore, 1874-1921; William Westenra, 6th Baron Rossmore, 1921-circa 1940.

    Current Ownership Type: Demolished

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished

  • House Open to Public: No

    Historic Houses Member: No

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