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Brownlow House, also known as Brownlow Castle and Lurgan Castle, is a Grade A listed 19th century house located in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. It was built for Irish politician Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan in 1833 by Scottish architect William Henry Playfair and was used as a military headquarters in both world wars.
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This striking mansion was built for Charles Brownlow M.P. in 1833, and designed by Edinburgh architect William Henry Playfair (1790 – 1857). Brownlow was made 1st Baron Lurgan in 1839 in thanks for his services to the Whig Party. Brownlow House, also known as Brownlow Castle and Lurgan Castle, is built of golden Scottish sandstone in the Elizabetha...
One very famous inhabitant of the Brownlow Estate was the celebrated greyhound Master McGrath. Born in Waterford in 1867, he was a sickly pup, but went on to be the most successful racing dog of the era. Owned by the 2nd Lord Lurgan, Master McGrath won the coveted Waterloo Cup an unprecedented three times. Indeed Queen Victoria herself, asked to se...
Unfortunately for the Brownlows, a downturn in the family’s fortunes forced the 3rd Baron to sell the house in 1893 to the Lurgan Real Property Company Ltd. The property was subsequently bought by the Lurgan District Orange Lodge in 1903. During World War 1 the house acted as the headquarters of the 16th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles and the 10th Ba...
This building has a particular significance for this author, as my great granny Jane, together with her six sisters, was a servant here in the early 1870’s. The size of the property required the employment of a small army of servants. When first working here one of her tasks was to feed the geese, a job she hated as they would peck her ankles. Grea...
Contact: Brownlow House, Windsor Ave, Lurgan, Co. Armagh BT67 9BJ Tel: +44 28 38326049 Websites: Brownlow House Weddings & Functions Brownlow House Tea Room
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Brownlow House, known locally as 'Lurgan Castle', is a distinctive mansion built in 1833 with Scottish sandstone in an Elizabethan style with a lantern-shaped tower and prominent array of chimney pots. It was originally owned by the Brownlow family, and today is owned by the Lurgan Loyal Orange District Lodge.
History of Brownlow House. IBrownlow House or Lurgan Castle, so named presumably after the Rt. Hon. Charles Brownlow, who built it in 1833, was created Baron Lurgan in 1839, was owned by the Brownlow family until the turn of the century.
Brownlow House in Lurgan, Co. Armagh lays claim to being the largest Orange Hall in the world, coming under the ownership of Lurgan District of the Orange Order in the early 1900s. They had purchased the house from Lurgan Real Property Company Ltd., who had come into ownership when the Brownlow family fell upon hard times.
Built in the Elizabethan style for the Rt. Hon. Charles Brownlow it was called Lurgan House, until Mr. Brownlow was raised to the peerage in 1839. William Henry Playfair To design this mansion Charles Brownlow engaged one of the most outstanding architects of his day, the celebrated William Henry Playfair, whose many fine classical buildings gave Edinburgh the title of the Athens of the North.
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Brownlow House, also known as Brownlow Castle and Lurgan Castle, is a Grade A listed 19th century house located in Lurgan, Northern Ireland.It was built for Irish politician Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan in 1833 by Scottish architect William Henry Playfair and was used as a military headquarters in both world wars.
