Drumbanagher House

54°16′00″N 6°23′00″W / 54.2667°N 6.3833°W / 54.2667; -6.3833 Drumbanagher House (also known as Drumbanagher Castle and Closes Castle), near Poyntzpass, County Armagh, was a large country house in Northern Ireland designed for Maxwell Close by William Notman, working under William Playfair^[1] in 1829, being "one of his grandest country houses."^[2][3]

Following occupation by the American and British armies during World War Two, Drumbanagher was demolished by its owner in 1951 due to the expense in up keeping the property; the estate remains in the possession of the Close family. Writing in the Belfast Telegraph in 1962 the then owner said;

"No mortal could have afforded to keep the castle going. So I had it demolished. Death duties, upkeep and financial difficulties meant I just had to get rid of it...It was perfectly sound and in good order when it was demolished...Now it looks like a nuclear bomb hit it."

Today, all that remains of the house is the "vast arched porte-cochere" (Bence-Jones), which Sir Charles Brett described as "resembling a Roman Arc de Triomphe."

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Places of Interest in County Armagh

Castles and military sites

• Charlemont Fort
• Creevekeeran Castle
• Fathom Castle
• Gosford Castle
• Moyry Castle
• Tandragee Castle

Churches and religious sites

• Creggan Church
• Drumcree Church
• Killeavy Old Church
• Church of Ireland Cathedral
• Roman Catholic Cathedral
• Primate’s Chapel, Armagh
• Seagoe Parish Church

Museums and cultural sites

• Archbishop's Palace, Armagh
• Armagh County Museum
• Armagh Court House
• Armagh Gaol
• Armagh Robinson Library
• Armagh Observatory
• Armagh Planetarium
• Bessbrook Institute
• Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive
• Dan Winter’s Cottage
• Franciscan Friary, Armagh
• Newry Town Hall (Part)
• Rokeby Obelisk
• Royal School, Armagh
• Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum
• Sloan’s Inn Museum

Natural landmarks
and outdoor spaces

• Gosford Forest Park
• Maghery Country Park
• The Mall, Armagh
• Peatlands Park
• Slieve Gullion Forest Park

Prehistoric landmarks

• Slieve Gullion Passage Tomb
• Annaghmare
• Ballykeel Dolmen
• Ballymacdermot Court Tomb
• Clontygora
• Dorsey
• Haughey's Fort
• Kilnasaggart Pillar Stone
• King's Stables
• Navan Fort

Stately homes

• Abbey House
• Ardress House
• The Argory
• Ballymoyer House
• Brownlow House
• Castle Dillon
• Darton
• Dean’s Hill
• Derrymore House
• Drumbanagher House
• Eden House
• Fairview House
• Fellow’s Hall
• Forkhill House
• Hockley Lodge
• Killeavy Castle
• The Manor House, Loughgall
• Raughlan
• Richhill Castle
• Tynan Abbey
• Umgola

Transport and industry

• The Barn Museum, Lurgan
• Craigmore Viaduct
• MacNeill's Egyptian Arch

See also

• Newry Canal

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