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Dramatically sited overlooking Dromore lake, the castle was built in the late 1860s to a design by E.W.Godwin (including the interiors and its furniture) for the Earl of Limerick. The castle was sold out of the family in the early twentieth centre and had its contents sold before its roofs was removed in the 1950s. The castle’s design echoes the vernacular style of mediaeval castle and monastic building in Ireland.
Project undertaken for Hampshire County Council and with the Parks Agency proposing an approach to the restoration and rejuvenation of the Museum and the conversion of an adjoining Victorian store house into apartments to better help the Museum’s economic viability.
