Bishopscourt (Man)
Bishopscourt (previously in Manx also Balla Curry , dt .: Farm of McCurry or O'Curry) is a country house from the 17th century St. Nicholas chapel and the former estate of the rectory Ballachurry or Bishopscourt . The house is north of Kirk Michael on the road from Castletown to Ramsey on the British Isle of Man , was formerly the residence of the Bishop of Sodor and Man and is now privately owned.
Bishopscourt is a historic spot in the Tourist Trophy races near the 16th milestone of the Snaefell Mountain Course .
history
The current residence dates from the 17th century. Bishop Thomas Wilson left off in 1698 the former, with a ditch provided Orry's Tower and the former residence of wood rebuild after he had found "the house in ruins and only one tower and a chapel completely". Bishop Wilson had the new residence with battlements provided Scottish Baronial style built. From 1784 it was expanded for Bishop Claudius Crigan . The Orry's Tower had Bishop Crigan repaired because he “wanted to reside in Bischopscourt, repair the ruins and even have new builds, which required high expenses”. The chapel from 1651 next to Orry's Tower was demolished around 1815 and a Georgian chapel was replaced in the same place, which was in turn replaced by Bishop Horatio Powys with a Victorian - neo-Gothic St. Nicholas chapel at a slightly different location. There were further renovations after a fire in 1893 destroyed the hall wing of the country house.
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Kneen: Place Names of the Isle of Man . Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh, The Scolar Press, 1970. p. 446.
- ↑ Athol Papers 117-10.
- ^ David T. Webber: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Isle of Man . (Revised by Frank Cowin and FJ Radcliffe) in The Manx Experience , 1997. ISBN 1-873120-25-7 . P. 22.
- ↑ RA Curphy: The Fort at Bishopscourt, Isle of Man in Medieval Archeology . P. 8.
Coordinates: 54 ° 17 ′ 59 " N , 4 ° 34 ′ 15" W.