Waterford Castle
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Waterford Castle is a historic house on Little Island in Waterford City, Ireland. The house was owned by a branch of the Fitzgerald family for hundreds of years, but was developed into a hotel in the 1980s.
Previous Castle
The original Fitzgerald castle was probably a tower-house or fortified house and was described as a square building with battlements erected in the 16th century, with a pointed doorway and a window flanked by a stone head.[1] The branch of the Fitzgerald family that owned Waterford Castle were the descendants of Patrick Fitzgerald, son of the de jure 6th Earl of Kildare.[2]
Current House
The current castle is a Gothic-style house in built 1895 for Gerald Purcell-Fitzgerald (1865-1946)[3] which incorporates the fabric of an earlier (pre-1845) house, and parts of the medieval (pre-1645) tower-house. The designs were prepared by Romayne Walker and supervised by Albert Murrary (1849 - 1924). The construction is in unrefined rubble stone with fine cut-stone quoins and window frames and topped with Irish-style battlements.[4]
References
- ↑ Irelanhttp://webgis.archaeology.ie/NationalMonuments/FlexViewer/
- ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p15142.htm#i151414
- ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p38777.htm#i387767
- ↑ http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WA®no=22901002
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