Johnstown Castle

Country house in Wexford, Ireland, dating from 1835–1875

Detached three-bay three-storey over basement country house, built 1836-72, on an asymmetrical plan centred on single-bay full-height breakfront with single-bay (four-bay deep) single-storey projecting porch-cum-"porte cochère" to ground floor; five-bay three-storey Garden Front (south) with single-bay four-stage turrets on circular plans centred on single-bay full-height bow on an engaged half-octagonal plan. Occupied, 1911. Donated, 1945. Renovated, 1950, with interior remodelled to accommodate alternative use. Vacated, 2005. Now disused. Interior including (ground floor): corridor on a rectangular plan retaining encaustic tiled floor, Gothic-style timber panelled wainscoting supporting carved timber dado rail, clustered colonette-detailed carved timber surrounds to window openings framing Gothic-style timber panelled shutters on Gothic-style timber panelled risers, and groin vaulted ceiling with carved timber ribs on portrait-detailed oak leaf corbels; Tudor-headed door opening into "Apostles Hall" with clustered colonette-detailed carved timber surround framing glazed timber door having overlight; "Apostles Hall" on a rectangular plan retaining tessellated "Asphaltum" tiled floor, clustered colonette-detailed carved timber surrounds to window openings framing Gothic-style timber panelled shutters on Gothic-style timber panelled risers, crocketed Gothic-style timber panelled

Type:
Country house

Period:
1835–1875

Where:
Wexford, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.29°N, 6.51°W

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