The White House is a ruined 17th century dwelling house at
Ballyspurge, near
,
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...
,
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
on the
Ards Peninsula
The Ards Peninsula () is a peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the north-east coast of Ireland. It separates Strangford Lough from the North Channel of the Irish Sea. Towns and villages on the peninsula include Donaghadee, Millisle ...
. It is situated about one mile (1.2 km) south-east of Cloghy, overlooking Slanes Bay.
It is a State Care Historic Monument at grid ref: J6248 5506.
History
Roland Savage died in 1640 and bequeathed Ballygalget to his eldest son, Roland,
Kirkistown to his second son, John, and Ballyspurge to his third son, Patrick. Soon afterwards Patrick built the White House. Other sources indicate that the house appears to have been built about 1634 by Roland Savage, a "cadet of the Ardkeen family".
Features
References
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Archaeological sites in County Down
Buildings and structures in County Down
Houses completed in the 17th century