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Once the largest private house in Ireland. Despite its medieval look it dates back only to c. 1819 and was designed for the Acheson family by Thomas Hopper along the lines of a Norman castle. Nowadays it is divided up into a series... more · Photo: Robert Ashby · CC BY-SA 2.0

What is recorded here

Gosford Castle is a huge Norman revival house in County Armagh, built for the Acheson family and said to be Ulster's largest. It has gone through military use, a failed hotel, severe decay, and conversion into apartments, while the surrounding land became a forest park. The castle is no longer one grand home but a divided building where several lives now share the rooms and memories of a much larger estate.

Gosford Castle is recorded as a castle in County Armagh. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

Gosford Castle in County Armagh was built in the late 17th century by the Stewart family, who were prominent in the region during the Plantation of Ulster. The castle is remembered as a historic example of early Irish architecture and as a symbol of the Stewart family's influence in the area.