Castle Ward
Castle Ward | |
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Coordinates | 54°22′23″N 5°34′44″W / 54.373°N 5.579°W |
Built | early 1760s |
Built for | The 1st Viscount Bangor |
Architect | not known, possibly James Bridges of Bristol |
Owner | National Trust |
Castle Ward is an 18th-century
Castle Ward is open to the public and includes 332 hectares (820 acres) of landscaped gardens,
Features
The most interesting aspect of Castle Ward is that of its dual architecture, representing the differing tastes of Lord Bangor and his wife, Lady Ann Bligh. While the entrance side of the building is in a classical Palladian style with columns supporting a triangular pediment, the opposite side is Georgian Gothic with pointed windows, battlements and finials.[2] This difference in style continues throughout the interior of the house with the divide down the centre.[3]
There is a tower house in the estate's farmyard, built as a defensive structure during 1610 by Nicholas Ward.[citation needed]
History
The north end of Strangford Manor was originally called Carrick na Sheannagh (from
The architect of the current building, built during the early 1760s for Michael Ward's son, Bernard Ward, is unknown, although he may have come from the Bristol area, with which the Ward family had associations. It may have been James Bridges, who practised in Bristol between 1757 and 1763 and whose work there has some similarity to Castle Ward.[3] Bernard Ward was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as The 1st Baron Bangor in May 1770. In January 1781, Lord Bangor was further advanced in the Peerage of Ireland when he was created The 1st Viscount Bangor.
The property was inherited in May 1781, under a settlement made in 1748, by the 1st Viscount's eldest son and
On 10 February 1973, Leonard O'Hanlon (age 23) and Vivienne Fitzsimmons (age 17), both members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, were killed when the bomb they planted exploded prematurely in the grounds of Castle Ward estate.[6][7][page needed]
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The dining room.
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Castle Ward Gothic (north-east) Facade, June 2011.
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Walled Garden, June 2011.
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Grand hallway to front entrance.
In popular culture
Castle Ward was used as a filming location for Winterfell in the HBO television series Game of Thrones.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Trust - Castle Ward". web page. National Trust. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ Dixon, Hugh (1975). An Introduction to Ulster Architecture. Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society. p. 108.
- ^ a b O'Neill, B (ed). (2002). Irish Castles and Historic Houses. London: Caxton Editions. p. 22.
- ^ a b Maxwell, David (2015). "Some Aspects of Strangford History". Lecale Review (13).
- ^ "The Ward Paers" (PDF). PRONI. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ "Index of Deaths from the conflict in Northern Ireland". Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ McKittrick, David (2004). Lost Lives.
- ^ "HBO's Game of Thrones at Castle Ward". web page. National Trust. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
External links
- Castle Ward - official site at National Trust
- Virtual Tour of Castle Ward Northern Ireland - Virtual Visit Northern Ireland