Stormont Castle, County Down

Stormont Castle, 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. 265. “(Cleland/LGI1912) An earlier house rebuilt as a large Scottish Baronial castle 1858 by the Belfast architect, Thomas Turner, with a ta tower reminiscent of the Prince Consort’s tower at Balmoral Castle. Classical interior. Subsequently the official residence of the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland; the Northern Ireland Parliament house having been built on the grounds.” 

http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2014/04/stormont-castle.html