Milltown Castle, Charleville, Co Cork   

Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London. 

p. 206. “(Evans-Freke, sub Carbery, B/PB; Bruce/LGI1958) A two storey house of late C18 appearance; three bay entrance front, with one bay pedimented breakfront framed by straight-edged quoining; triple window above fanlighted doorway. Three bay side. Splendid curved cantilevered central staircase. The entrance to the demesne could date from before the present house; it has impressive cut-stone piers, surmounted by balls and eagles; and a remarkable gate-lodge with a cut-stone gable-end in which there are niches sheltering busts of gentlemen in periwigs. The gable itself is surmounted by a lion. The stable court has further busts in niches.”