Longtown, Clane, County Kildare

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. 191. “(Burdett/IFR; Sweetman/IFR) A late-Georgian house built by Captain George Burdett; leased ca 1819 and sold ca 1829 to Michael Sweetman, who greatly enlarged it. Three storey; five vay centre recessed between two bay projections; single-storey Ionic portico. Roof parapet with dentil ornamentation. Sold 1944 by Gerard Sweetman, TD, sometime Minister of Finance; 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.

a large plain 18C house much enlarged later in the century by Captain George Burdett. Early 19C Ionic portico. Demolished.