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: 1858Architect: William Vitruvius Morrison
Date: 1827
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