Castletown Cox

Davis Ducart designed the three storey over basement, seven bay building in the Palladian style.[1] The design was commissioned by the Lord Archbishop of Cashel, The Most Reverend Michael Cox in 1767. Buckingham House in London inspired some of the details.[2]

The house was extensively restored in the early 21st century by George Magan, Baron Magan of Castletown. The house and 513 acres of land was offered for sale in 2017[3] and sold in 2018.[4] In 2019, Lord Magan was evicted from Castletown Cox for failure to make rental payments of €100,000 per annum to the trust he had placed the estate into.[5]

The formal gardens were designed by the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury.[4] The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage lists the grounds as having the main features substantially present (ref. KK-75-S-428257). Also listed on the estate are two gate lodges of special architectural interest, one a gothic styled three bay home from 1911,[6] the other a two bay home c 1825.[7] Both gateways from c 1825 are also listed as being of special artistic and architectural interest.[7][8] The farmyard,[9] farm managers house[10] and remains of an ice house [11] are all listed as being of special architectural interest.