Craigavon, Strandtown, County Down 

Craigavon, Strandtown, County Down 

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. 93. “(Craig, Craigavon, B/PB) A two storey Victorian house with a front of two bays on either side of a central bow. Round-headed windows in lower storey, camber-headed windows above. Pavilion with pedimented portico at back of house, joined to main block by orangery. The home of James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Given to the nation.” 

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