Drumbanagher House
Drumbanagher House (also Drumbanagher Castle or Closes Castle , Irish Teach Dhroim Beannchair ), near the village of Poyntzpass in County Armagh , Northern Ireland , was a large country house . William Henry Playfair built it in 1829 for Maxwell Close as "one of the greatest country houses".
After US Army and British Army units had been billeted in World War II , the owner had Drumbanagher House demolished in 1951 because he could no longer bear the costs of maintaining it. The property remained in the ownership of the Close family . In 1962 the owner at the time announced in the Belfast Telegraph :
"No mortal could have afforded to keep the castle going. So I had demolished it. Death duties, upkeep and financial difficulties meant I just had to get rid of it (...) It was perfectly sound and in good order when it was demolished (...) Now it looks like a nuclear bomb hit it. " (Eng .: "No mortal could have afforded to keep the country house. So I had it demolished. Inheritance taxes, maintenance costs and financial difficulties meant for me that I simply had to get rid of it (...) It was completely undamaged and in good condition when it was torn down (...) Now it looks like it was hit by an atomic bomb . " )
Today all that is left of the house is the arched entrance hall, which Charles Brett describes as " resembling a Roman Arc de Triomphe ".
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Brett: Buildings of County Armagh . UAHS 1999. p. 272.
- ^ The Castles of Ireland - Ulster Province - County Armagh: Drumbanagher House . Rootsweb. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
Coordinates: 54 ° 16 ′ 0.1 ″ N , 6 ° 22 ′ 59.9 ″ W.