Palace & château
Gosford Castle
NIR Northern Ireland
Gosford Castle is a 19th-century country house situated in Gosford, a townland of Markethill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was built for Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, and designed in the Norman revival style by London architect Thomas Hopper. It is a Grade A listed building, and is said to be Ulster's largest. The Earls of Gosford occupied the castle until 1921, and the estate was later purchased by the Ministry of Agriculture to form Gosford Forest Park. The building subsequently deteriorated and in 2006 was sold to a development company who converted the castle into private dwellings.
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Gosford Castle ranks #30 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #1 of the 14 mapped in Northern Ireland. See how Northern Ireland compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Gosford Castle?
Gosford Castle stands in Northern Ireland, at 54.346°, -6.515°.
How famous is Gosford Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #30 of 6,412 worldwide, and #1 in Northern Ireland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Gosford Castle?
Hope Castle, about 29 km away.
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