Westport House 
Material Source(s)
- County:
- Mayo
- Townland:
- Westport Demesne
- Coordinates:
- 53.8006, -9.5355
- Date:
- 1732-1734
- Architects:
- Castle, Richard (DIA)
- Other architects:
- Wilkinson, George (DIA); Wyatt, Benjamin Dean (DIA); Wyatt, James (DIA)
- Builders:
- Stoneworkers:
- Patrons:
- Browne family; Browne, John, Earl of Altamont; Marquess of Sligo
- Alterations/Renovations:
- 1778-1783: Extended. Wyatt, James (Dining Room decoration, 1781); 1826: Drawing Room; 1857-1859: Renovated. Wilkinson, George remodelled stair hall in 1858.
Notes:
Exterior constructed of limestone (cut stone and basement story) and sandstone (ashlar for upper stories) quarried from the Farm Quarry on the demesne. Wilkinson also remarked that in situ in the building the sandstone could be mistaken for limestone: "any one unacquainted with the circumstance, would give notion of a carefully worked limestone wall".References
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