Coleraine Manor House (formerly Jackson Hall), Coleraine, County Derry 

Coleraine Manor House (formerly Jackson Hall), Coleraine, County Derry 

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. 88. “A house of two storeys over a basement with a dormered attic, and six bays, originally built 1680; but enlarged and remodelled 1770s by R. Jackson, who gave it an unusual roof parapet of curving open-work, in the Chinese taste; with what look like miniature open porches, surmounted by ball finials, in front of all the dormers. At the same time, the windows were given octagonal glazing. The house was originally faced in brick, but was cement rendered in 1920s; the windows have mostly been re-glazed and the parapet balustrading has gone. It is now the County Council offices.” 

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