Rathfarnham Castle

Castle/fortified house in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1580–1600

Detached multiple-bay three-storey over basement former castle built c.1583 by Adam Loftus. Early example of plan form castle with angle bastions or corner towers. Remodelled and refenestrated between 1726 and 1767, and further decorative work completed internally by 1783. External appearance today shows typically diminishing window depths to top floor separated by string courses, raised parapet with large urns, sectional hipped roof, bowed asymmetric infill in east elevation, Venetian pillared porch, eighteenth-century kitchen wing. Internally has hall with Doric columns and ornate ceilings and panels. A few ancillary buildings survive as garden and courtyard features.

Type:

Castle/fortified house

Period:

1580–1600

Where:

Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:

53.30°N, 6.28°W

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