Historic houses · Northern Ireland
Blessingbourne House
In or near Fivemiletown.
Blessingbourne House in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Kenneth Allen — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Blessingbourne House is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Official information
Blessingbourne Estate is a historic 550-acre country estate in Northern Ireland, offering self-catering accommodation and a variety of outdoor activities. Visitors can enjoy mountain biking, walking trails, fishing, and explore the unique Costume & Carriage Museum that showcases the heritage of the Lowry family.
From the Wikipedia article
Blessingbourne House is a large Elizabethan style manor-house located in parkland near Fivemiletown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, stands as a notable historical and architectural site. Designed by Frederick Pepys Cockerell, the current structure was constructed between 1870 and 1874. The house was built in an Elizabethan style of grey stone, overlooking Lough Fadda and is surrounded by landscaped gardens with yew trees, a gravel terrace, and a rhododendron walk. Woodland trails lead round the lake. The entire estate now spans approximately 550-acre (2.2 km2)s, the property functions as a working farm. In recent years, the coach house has been made available for private functions and the outbuildings converted to holiday apartments. An 8 km mountain bike trail has been newly laid out.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Blessingbourne Estate became part of the Montgomery family through marriage to the Armar family in the early 18th century. However, the first Montgomery to reside on the estate was Hugh Montgomery, famously known as "Colonel Eclipse", who was born in 1779. Initially, he vowed to never marry and built himself a romantic thatched cottage on the estate as a retreat for his bachelor life. Eventually, he married and had a son, Hugh Ralph Severin Montgomery. Upon inheriting the property in 1838, Hugh Ralph Severin Montgomery constructed a Tudor style gate lodge c. around 1845. The current larger house was built by Hugh Ralph Severin Montgomery's only son, Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery.…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.3850, -7.3100
- District
- Mid Ulster
- Postcode
- BT75 0QS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Fermanagh and South Tyrone
- Phone
- +44 (0) 28 8952 1188
- Opening
- Daily 9am–late (Spring/Summer/Autumn); Daily 9am–5pm (Winter)
- Official site
- www.blessingbourne.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q4926340 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Blessingbourne House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Blessingbourne House?
- Blessingbourne House is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT75 0QS).
- What is Blessingbourne House?
- Blessingbourne House in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Blessingbourne House?
- Drivers can use postcode BT75 0QS.
- Who owns Blessingbourne House?
- Blessingbourne House is owned by Colleen and Nicholas Lowry.
- How do I get to Blessingbourne House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT75 0QS. It sits within the Fermanagh and South Tyrone parliamentary constituency.