Gosford Castle

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 #2,694 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #8 of the 36 mapped in Northern Ireland. Founded c. 1801, it is older than 13% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 607 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,920 times in the last 60 days, more than 66% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Belfast, 47 km away. See how Northern Ireland compares in the castle statistics.

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