Bloomfield, Claremorris, Co Mayo

Bloomfield, Claremorris, Co Mayo – 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. 45. “Ruttledge/IFR) A three storey Georgian block, enlarged, altered and refaced ca 1769 and later. Five bay front, doorway with shallow fanlight over door and sidelights below a central Wyatt window. Good ceiling decoration and chimneypieces. Sold 1924, subsequently 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. 110. “An early Georgian house enlarged c. 1769. The house was further altered in the late 18C and early 19C. Good interior. In 1814 the seat of Robert Rutledge. Demolished.”