Castle Leslie
Castle Leslie is a country house on a 4 km² estate near the village of Glaslough , 11 km northeast of Monaghan in County Monaghan, Ireland .
description
Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet , MP , had the house built in 1870 in the Scottish Baronial style by the construction company Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon . It replaced an earlier castle at this point, but was never used for defensive purposes. Castle Leslie has a rather rigid, austere facade and was built to hide the gardens from incoming visitors. Behind the house, these gardens are in the style of Renaissance - cloister created and connect the main house with a ground floor annex building in which the library and which billiard room are located. In contrast to the exterior appearance of the house, which was designed by William Henry Lynn , the interior shows the hands of Lanyon and the builder John Leslie himself, who were inspired by the Italian Renaissance.
estate
There are three lakes on the property: the largest, Glaslough (Eng .: Green Lake), shares its name with the nearby village; Kilvey Lake is north of it and finally there is Dream Lake with a crannóg in it. Parkland, meandering streams and several forests can be found on the 400 hectare property . The Leslie family still lives in the country house today. Sir Jack Leslie, 4th Baronet, (December 6, 1916 - April 16, 2016) returned to Castle Leslie at the age of 78; the main owner is now Samantha Leslie. Other family members secured their influence on the running of the property through a family trust .
today
The property is open to paying visitors who can stay in the former hunting lodge, the main house, the recently completed traditional style cottages in the village or the fully restored and refurbished Old Stable Mews .
The restoration of the house and property is still ongoing and many new facilities have been added such as: B. a wellness bath, a bar, a restaurant and a cooking school. A new pavilion, adjacent to the long gallery in the main building, enables conferences, weddings and other large events. The restoration work on the enclosed garden is also ongoing, but it is currently still overgrown and inaccessible.
In 2002 Paul McCartney and Heather Mills were married at The Holy Savior Church . After that, the guests flooded the property and the rental costs soared. The money was used to carry out renovations that had been planned about three years in advance.
In 2004 the riding center and the hunting lodge came back to the property; they had been sold by the family 20 years earlier. There are now miles of new bridle paths and courses, a modern, covered riding arena and new stables on the site. There are also many well-developed and signposted hiking trails; a new map of the property is available in the hunting lodge.
In 2005, five new bedrooms were added in the basement, the Desmond Leslie Room , the Agnes Bernelle Room , the Helen Strong Room and - the only one not named after a family member - the Calm Room .
At the end of 2007, many modernizations were completed on the property and made available to paying guests, such as: B. the riding center, the hunting lodge, the wellness bath.
Events and visitors
Castle Leslie made the front pages of the newspaper when Sir Paul McCartney married Heather Mills in the family church on the property in 2002 and then hosted a 300-seat wedding banquet prepared by Chef Noel McMeel .
Many famous people have been guests in the house over the years, e. Irish poet WB Yeats , Irish politician Michael Collins , Rolling Stones lead singer Sir Mick Jagger (1966), British astronomer Sir Patrick Moore and the Duc de Valentinois . Many members of the Churchill family were also guests on the property because there are family connections between the Leslies and the Churchills.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b McCartney and Mills arrive at Castle Leslie . In: The Irish Times . June 9, 2002. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ↑ a b c Castle Leslie Estate . Retrieved April 2, 2019.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 18 ′ 40.8 " N , 6 ° 53 ′ 13.4" W.