Milestown, Castlebellingham, Co Louth 

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. 205. “(Woolsey, sub Barrow/IFR) A long plain two storey house of late-Georgian aspect. The principal front has two wide three sided bows, joined by an iron verandah. There are two narrower three sided bows on the end of the house. Prominent eaved roof, on bracket cornice. Burnt 1923 but rebuilt 1925, using the old walls.” 

Not in national inventory 

Casey, Christine and Alistair Rowan. The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster. Penguin Books, London, 1993.  

p. 186. An early C18 house burnt out in 1920 and rebuilt within the old walls by W. S. Barbert in 1925, thus at least the shape of the original building is preserved. A large, two-storey rectangle with a hipped rofo and extended entrance front. This has a three bay centre with a Georgian porch flanked by exceptionally wide canted bays like an English rectory.”