Drumbanagher House

Coordinates: 54°16′00″N 6°23′00″W / 54.2667°N 6.3833°W / 54.2667; -6.3833 Drumbanagher House (also known as Drumbanagher Castle and Closes Castle), near Poyntzpass, County Armagh, was a large country house in Northern Ireland designed for Maxwell Close by William Playfair in 1829, being "one of his grandest country houses."^[1]^[2]

Following occupation by the American and British armies during World War Two Drumbanagher was demolished by its owner in 1951 due to the expense in up keeping the property; the estate remains in the possession of the Close family. Writing in the Belfast Telegraph in 1962 the then owner said;

"No mortal could have afforded to keep the castle going. So I had it demolished. Death duties, upkeep and financial difficulties meant I just had to get rid of it...It was perfectly sound and in good order when it was demolished...Now it looks like a nuclear bomb hit it."

Today, all that remains of the house is the "vast arched porte-cochere" (Bence-Jones), which Sir Charles Brett described as "resembling a Roman Arc de Triomphe."

References

↑ Brett, Sir Charles, Buildings of County Armagh, UAHS, 1999, p. 272
↑ Castles in County Armagh

Places of Interest in County Armagh

Castles and military sites	Charlemont Fort Creevekeeran Castle Fathom Castle Gosford Castle Moyry Castle Tandragee Castle

Churches and religious sites	Creggan Church Drumcree Church Killeavy Old Church Church of Ireland Cathedral Catholic Cathedral Primate’s Chapel, Armagh Seagoe Parish Church

Museums and cultural sites	Archbishop's Palace, Armagh Armagh County Museum Armagh Court House Armagh Gaol Armagh Public Library Armagh Observatory Armagh Planetarium Bessbrook Institute Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive Dan Winter’s Cottage Franciscan Friary, Armagh Newry Town Hall (Part) Rokeby Obelisk Royal School, Armagh Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum Sloan’s Inn Museum

Natural landmarks and outdoor spaces	Gosford Forest Park Maghery Country Park The Mall, Armagh Peatlands Park Slieve Gullion Forest Park

Prehistoric landmarks	Slieve Gullion Passage Tomb Annaghmare Ballykeel Dolmen Ballymacdermott Clontygora Dorsey Haughey's Fort Kilnasaggart Pillar Stone King's Stables Navan Fort

Stately homes	Abbey House Adress House The Argory Ballymoyer House Brownlow House Castle Dillon Darton Dean’s Hill Derrymore House Drumbanagher House Eden House Fairview House Fellow’s Hall Forkhill House Hockley Lodge Killeavy Castle The Manor House, Loughgall Raughlan Richhill Castle Tynan Abbey Umgola

Transport and industry	The Barn Museum, Lurgan Craigmore Viaduct MacNeill's Egyptian Arch

See also	Newry Canal

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