Mosstown House, Co Longford – demolished

Mark Bence-Jones. 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. 211. (Newcomen, V/DEP) A double gable ended C17 house, of two storeys with a dormered attic in the high-pitched roof. Long 11 bay entrance front; doorway with blocking not central; massive chimneystacks. Tower-like building at back. Tall octagon, probably a dovecote. Originally a seat of the Newcomen family; by 1798 it was owned by Alexander Crawford Kingstone. From the Kingstones it passed by inheritance to James Watson Murray, who owned it 1914. The property remained in the family until 1950s, but the house was abandoned 1930s, derelict until ca 1960 and afterwards demolished.”

Listed in Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988. 

p. 107. “Very important large 17C gable ended house with early Georgian alterations. The high-pitched roof had attractive early 18C pedimented dormer windows and massive chimneystacks. The interior contained early 18C panelled rooms and a good staircase. Demolished in the early 1960s.”