Gowran Castle/House

Lord ButterSlip

Anyone know who owns Gowran House/Castle?

Im asking here as well as the county forum.

JohnnyCrash

Is that the one at the top of the village on the r.h.s. ?

Lord ButterSlip

Yeah with the big entrance gates and the little gate house.

JohnnyCrash

Last i heard,it was owned by Morans,but that was a number of years ago.

PhilipMarlowe

Don't know.
Planning refused for this in '06
http://www.kilkennycoco.ie/PlanningDetails.aspx?FileNo=042069

Lord ButterSlip

Licksy wrote: »

Don't know.
Planning refused for this in '06
http://www.kilkennycoco.ie/PlanningDetails.aspx?FileNo=042069

Hey thats interesting, wow 106 new homes they applied for and countless holiday homes thank god they were refused also isnt Tarajan gone bust now i think i heard something like that....

PhilipMarlowe

I had heard some years ago that there was a delay to planning due to archaeological stuff going on in there... there is a .doc attached to my link but I only glanced over it... I didn't hear or spot what the significance of the archaeological heritage was.

PhilipMarlowe

www.cro.ie says Tarajan Trading Ltd. is dissolved (not sure if it's the same company?)

Lord ButterSlip

Well it didnt seem to go into specific remains but id imagine along the lines of a large house built in 1700's must have some thing around it. Also its not built on the site of a previous tower house and it had a lot of building done to it over the last century.

purplechowball

I loved this house I used to pass it on the bus to college in Waterford.. I always wanted to go in and now i recently heard it is nearly ruined after a fire
http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/Raging-fire-at-39derelict39-Gowran.6320473.jp

Such a shame

catbear

purplechowball wrote: »

I loved this house I used to pass it on the bus to college in Waterford.. I always wanted to go in and now i recently heard it is nearly ruined after a fire
http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/Raging-fire-at-39derelict39-Gowran.6320473.jp

Such a shame

You'll enjoy this website.
http://www.abandonedireland.com/

purplechowball

Only looked at one house so far and I already love it!!

purplechowball

Got in to the house recently well outside but looked in... its fairly damaged and despite the council saying they are gonna take action and make it safe its been open to the elements for months.. front door locked but all the windows smashed... silly
http://www.panoramio.com/user/4325784 I took some pics

Lord ButterSlip

Thanks for that I didnt know it had gotten so bad. Shame the council dont start already and fix it up or at least make it secure.

fabbydabby

I know this is an old thread but this place is now for sale. It might interest some to see the pics.

http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=672916

What an awful state. Are there no laws against philistine 'developers' buying and destroying our architectural heritage?

catbear

750K for something that could possibly cost as much to restore, can't see it selling for that.

Einhard

catbear wrote: »

750K for something that could possibly cost as much to restore, can't see it selling for that.

I dunno, I think that's quite a good price. say you spend €750k doing it up, you get a large period pile on 68 acres for €1.5 million. Not too bad IMO, and I imagine you'd probably get a bit knocked off if you haggled a bit.

Hey....I know...let's all throw a bit in and buy it as HQ of the Kilkenny City and County Forum!! I have a fiver in my pocket...:pac:

hi5

Sale agreed, supposedly to a local who plans to restore it as his family home.

Sky King

That's great - awful pity seeing it in ruins.

Hope it works out for them.

Connollyam

I was in this house as a child possibly in or around 1980/82. My parents were visiting people there. I remember going into the basement and looking at the servants quarters an the bells on the walls when upstairs would ring down it was a cool building back then