Castle - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 15 June 2016

Castle marked here on Down Survey (1655-6) map. This castle appears to be incorporated in Borris House. Bence-Jones (1988, 44) describes Borris House as, 'A plain 3 storey late C18 block, incorporating part of an old castle' badly damaged 1798 and restored ca 1820 by Richard and William Vitruvius Morrison who gave it a Tudor exterior and a rich and largely Classical interior. According to the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Borris House is a, 'Detached seven-bay three-storey over basement Tudor Revival country house, dated 1731, incorporating fabric of earlier castle, pre-1700, with render and cut stone façade enrichments. Renovated and extended, c. 1870, with projecting arcaded porch and crenellated parapet added having turret finials and service wing added to rear. Interior retains original appearance. Stable complex to rear. Walled garden to site. Freestanding folly tower, dated 1817, to site' (http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CW&regno=10400802).

References

Bence-Jones, M. 1988 A guide to Irish country houses. London