Castletown Cox, or Castletown House, is a restored Palladian mansion and

demesne A demesne ( ) or domain was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, or support. This distinguished it from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants. The concept or ...

located in

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...

, Ireland.

Design

Davis Ducart designed the three storey over basement, seven bay building in the Palladian style. The design was commissioned by the Lord Archbishop of Cashel, The Most Reverend Michael Cox in 1767. Buckingham House in London inspired some of the details.

Restoration

The house was extensively restored in the early 21st century by

George Magan, Baron Magan of Castletown George Morgan Magan, Baron Magan of Castletown (born 14 November 1945), is a former Conservative member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom who was declared bankrupt in September 2020. He comes from an Anglo-Irish family, and is the son ...

. The house and 513 acres of land was offered for sale in 2017 and sold in 2018. In 2019, Lord Magan was evicted from Castletown Cox for failure to make rental payments of €100,000 per annum to the trust he had placed the estate into.

The estate

The formal gardens were designed by the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage lists the grounds as having the main features substantially present (ref. KK-75-S-428257). Also listed on the estate are two gate lodges of special architectural interest, one a gothic styled three bay home from 1911, the other a two bay home c 1825. Both gateways from c 1825 are also listed as being of special artistic and architectural interest. The farmyard, farm managers house and remains of an ice house are all listed as being of special architectural interest.

References

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