Killeavy Castle is a Grade A listed 19th-century castle in

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. It was built for the Foxall family between 1810 and 1820 and was later designed to resemble

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, also in County Armagh. Plans for castle's restoration were announced in 2013 with a £1 million grant from

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History

Starting life as a country farmhouse, the building was owned by the Foxall family between 1810 and 1820 who later commissioned architect

George Papworth George Papworth (1781–1855) was a British architect who practised mainly in Ireland during the nineteenth century. Early life and career Papworth was born in London in 1781 and was the third son of the English stuccoist John Papworth (1750–1 ...

to add four towers, outbuildings and add

Tudor-style Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...

windows to the building in 1836. By 1881 the castle had come into the ownership of the Bell family where it remained until the death of Maureen Bell in 2000. The castle has since been sold at auction for £1.19 million and was granted £1 million by

for restoration.

References

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