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The house is 27 metres (89 feet) square, built in local stone with simple neoclassical lines, broken only by a Doric portico. The interior is dominated by a spiral staircase in a domed rotunda. The building replaced a previous house which once stood some 100 metres (330 feet) to the north of the
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for used as an agricultural school. In 1969 the college sold 200 hectares (490 acres) of farmland to the Land
Commission and 150 hectares (370 acres) of woodland to the Forestry Department.
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The house is now owned by the School of
Philosophy and Economic Science, a registered charity based in Ballsbridge Dublin, who use it as a residential study centre.
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1474:Lissan House
1369:Castle Coole
1271:Vernon Mount
1211:O'Dea Castle
1076:Dough Castle
1041:Croom Castle
1031:Castle Otway
1021:Castle Maine
996:Cahir Castle
971:Black Castle
961:Bantry House
903:Townley Hall
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878:Slane Castle
853:Mount Loftus
708:Castle Roche
693:Carton House
688:Butler House
653:Bargy Castle
525:Iveagh House
520:Howth Castle
408:Tyrone House
393:Menlo Castle
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1519:Tynan Abbey
1469:Inch Castle
1464:Hope Castle
1394:Crom Castle
1354:Burt Castle
1334:Baronscourt
1246:Ross Castle
1051:Damer House
1046:Curraghmore
931:Adare Manor
908:Trim Castle
823:Loftus Hall
808:Leap Castle
678:Birr Castle
535:Lucan Manor
1587:Categories
1557:53°43′46″N
1409:Doe Castle
1116:Fota House
182:References
176:Dowth Hall
46:Tullyallen
1560:6°26′50″W
1281:Woodhouse
1226:Red House
753:Emo Court
515:Hillcourt
505:Farmleigh
490:Deerfield
116:Residents
86:Belturbet
37:Staircase
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918:Munster
249:26 June
72:History
1296:Ulster
432:Dublin
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