Castlewellan Castle, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

Details

Sir Albert Richardson, Houfe and Partners (1946-1964)
Castlewellan Castle, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
inscribed 'Castlewellan Castle - Co. Down - Northern Ireland - International Resort - Hotel and Sporting Club (lower centre) /E.A.S. Houfe Delt (lower left). Sir Albert Richardson, Houfe and Partners. Architects' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour, on paper
22 x 32 in. (55.9 x 81.3 cm.)

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1963, no. 1146.

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Lot Essay

Castlewellan was a large estate in Northern Ireland originally acquired in 1741 by Lord William Annesley from the Magennis family. The estate stretched from Slieve Croobe to Slieve Donard taking in Castlewellan and part of Newcastle. The Castle remained the property of the Annesley family for many years, passing from Lady Mabel Annesley to her son Gerald Francis Annesley on the occasion of his marriage in 1927 to Lady Elizabeth Jocelyn. Gerald Francis lived in the Castle from that time until it was sold to the Department of Agriculture in 1967.

We are grateful to John Harris and Charles Hind for their assistance with cataloguing the group of architectural drawings.

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