| Blessington House | |
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 A 1745 engraving of the house and grounds by Irish landscape artist Joseph Tudor | |
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| Alternative names | Downshire House |
| General information | |
| Status | Private dwelling house |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | unknown |
| Classification | Demolished |
| Town or city | Blessington County Wicklow |
| Country | Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°10′27″N 6°32′17″W / 53.174291°N 6.537954°W |
| Construction started | 1673 |
| Estimated completion | unknown |
| Renovated | c. 1785-1791 |
| Demolished | 1798, and in a ruinous state by the 1840s |
| Cost | at least £1,900[1] |
| Dimensions | |
| Diameter | 106 feet[1] |
| Other dimensions | 61 feet wide, with walls at least 10 feet high[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Material | lime, stone, brick and sand[1] |
| Floor count | two storeys (above a wine cellar)[2] with a dormered attic in a high-pitched roof. Five-bay centre recessed between two, three-bay projecting wings joined by a balustraded colonnade[3] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Thomas Lucas (original) and Charles Lilly (renovation) |
| Developer | Michael Boyle |
Blessington House,[3] Blessington Manor,[4] the Manor House of Blessington,[5] or Downshire House (post-1789)[6][7][8] was a large estate house in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland built in 1673, and destroyed during the 1798 Rebellion.[3] It was never rebuilt.
- ^ a b c d Trant 2004, p. 32.
- ^ Byrne 2003, p. 11.
- ^ a b c "1673 - Blessington House, Blessington, Co. Wicklow". archiseek.com. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ James & Ó Maitiú 1996, p. 18.
- ^ Phibbs 2002, p. 7.
- ^ Phibbs 2002, p. 82.
- ^ "Downshire House, Lower Talbotstown, Blessington, Blessington Demesne". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Blessington". heritage.wicklowheritage.org. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2024.