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Glenwilliam Castle

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Glenwilliam Castle
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Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built in 1796, with curved bow to centre bay to the front and rear of house. Two-storey castellated block added in the 1830s attached to south elevation. Square-headed window openings. Steps up to block-and-start door. Walled garden to rear. Stables with clock tower and bellcote enclosed on three sides by a cobbled courtyard, built in the 1830s. Castellated tower added to stable complex in the 1830s.
Glenwilliam Castle is an important house architecturally within County Limerick. The main house was built by the Rev. William H. Massy. The presence of the bows, at the centre bay of the house at both the garden and front elevations, indicates the architectural importance of the building. The castellated additions to the house in the 1830s, possibly by the Pain brothers, with the tower to the front and the range of outbuildings and the turret, shows the development of the high standard of architectural development on this site throughout the years.

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