What's the story with the big white house

Bussywussy

Anyone know what's going on at that big house next to Kilsaran? Seems to be a big project.

Dr Turk Turkelton

I believe they are constructing a motorcycle wall of death.

chewed

Bussywussy wrote: »

Anyone know what's going on at that big house next to Kilsaran? Seems to be a big project.

Shire Pharmaceuticals are setting up there.

http://www.idaireland.com/newsroom/shire-to-expand-biotechno/

scudzilla

So what's the story with the big white house by the old Plantagen nr Dunboyne?

I drive past it most days and was always intrigued by the warning signs of Loose Dobermans on site, was totally surrounded by tree's.

Now all the tree's are gone, the house is so lit up you can probably see it from space and there's some big construction work going on behind it

martinr5232

Thats where the new pharmacutical plant is going.

PauloMN

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/shire-receives-planning-permission-for-co-meath-plant-1.2894932

scudzilla

Thanks

What has the white house got to do with it all, if anything? Wondering why all his tree's have been lobbed down

bladespin

Isn't it part of the site? I can remember when it's 'grounds' were huge, one of those 'someday' houses we pass occasionally, it'd be a shame it it was to go.

Vego

Always reminded me of Dallas ... Chances if them keeping it and converting to offices ...

heldel00

Is this the house that you can see from the M3 going into blanch?

BANES

Actual fact: that house was based on Southfork ranch from Dallas on the telly. Classy

NufcNavan

So they're the lads mucking up the roads. One JCB sent a big clump of muck at my window that I'm surprised didn't leave a crack.

Argo foc yourself

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

I believe they are constructing a motorcycle wall of death.

ha ha eat the peach!

PauloMN

NufcNavan wrote: »

So they're the lads mucking up the roads. One JCB sent a big clump of muck at my window that I'm surprised didn't leave a crack.

Yep they're making a bit of a mess of the road there alright!

paul71

Argo foc yourself wrote: »

ha ha eat the peach!

Am I really so old that only me and a few others know about this and the motorcycle wall of death?

Dr Turk Turkelton

paul71 wrote: »

Am I really so old that only me and a few others know about this and the motorcycle wall of death?

Unfortunately I'm there with ya buddy.
Used love that movie when I was a kid.

paul71

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Unfortunately I'm there with ya buddy.
Used love that movie when I was a kid.

It got me thinking of films made in Meath on my way to work this morning, so the one mentioned here, Eat the Peach, Braveheart are obvious but there was a WW2 film made in Trim Castle back in the 1970s too. I think it had Lee Marvin in it but cannot remember the name.

Pudsey64

paul71 wrote: »

It got me thinking of films made in Meath on my way to work this morning, so the one mentioned here, Eat the Peach, Braveheart are obvious but there was a WW2 film made in Trim Castle back in the 1970s too. I think it had Lee Marvin in it but cannot remember the name.

The Big Red One.

Kintarō Hattori

Interesting.... is it viewable from Google Maps or does anyone have any photos?

andreac

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Interesting.... is it viewable from Google Maps or does anyone have any photos?

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.4471983,-6.4736351,3a,75y,105.8h,80.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sb-LLbPURv-o71pN3aERiFQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Cant really see it as the trees are covering it.

chewed

Here's a better photo.

PauloMN

JR's house from the private jet.... can just about see the pillars.

https://goo.gl/maps/993rZrdQhJS2

chewed

I think the house used to be owned by the Peters family (County Club owner).

heldel00

As a child I was always told that that house was owned by yer woman from "where in the world" and her husband that played the piano on the late late!

MastiffMrs

heldel00 wrote: »

As a child I was always told that that house was owned by yer woman from "where in the world" and her husband that played the piano on the late late!

The guy who played the piano owned a red brick house near Rathbeggan lakes. It's in behind black railings

MastiffMrs

chewed wrote: »

I think the house used to be owned by the Peters family (County Club owner).

Yep it was

kc66

heldel00 wrote: »

As a child I was always told that that house was owned by yer woman from "where in the world" and her husband that played the piano on the late late!

That was another house close by.

heldel00

kc66 wrote: »

That was another house close by.

We were also told that Jack and Vera Duckworth lived in another house further up the road so my parents were never the most reliable source of information!

Scotty #

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Unfortunately I'm there with ya buddy.
Used love that movie when I was a kid.

Twas on the telly over the xmas. Great for a bit of Ireland in the 80's nostalgia. I'd forgotton Pay Kenny had made a cameo in it.

https://youtu.be/aDYHjG5Tnds?t=1h14m11s

The whole movie is on Youtube.

JupiterKid

I remember when this house was built - back in the early 80s. It was THE original "McMansion!"

BTW why on earth is a pharmaceutical plant going in there as opposed to in a town such as Navan or Trim? That seems like very very poor planning to me.

bladespin

JupiterKid wrote:

BTW why on earth is a pharmaceutical plant going in there as opposed to in a town such as Navan or Trim? That seems like very very poor planning to me.

Motorway with easy airport access, not to mention colleges close by, ticks many boxes for the company.

CUCINA

Interesting aerial shot of the site in the Meath Chronicle this week. I was surprised to read that the house is to be demolished, seems a shame.
Certainly a dramatic change in the landscape there compared to some months ago when there were cows in the field. At one point, the County Club had a 40-foot trailer right in the middle of the field, used as signage to advertise their restaurant. The words "steak on a stone" were written in large letters. I remember driving by one time and thinking how it would be a great photo if one of the cows milling around the sign stood on a large rock!

scudzilla

just found this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XTB6yk44J4

CrabRevolution

It''s a shame they couldn't just build around it and incorporate it into the development, would have added a nice bit of character to a sprawling industrial site!

GeneHunt

Looks like the big house's days are numbered, I passed by the site today and noticed a few lads throwing rubble out the upstairs windows (windows appeared to be gones), so I'm guessing they have finished using the house as a "Site Office" as there is a new big office compound at the back of the site now.

CUCINA

A real shame that such a fine building (and a well-known landmark) has to go...

I am hoping to get a couple of photos of it, maybe this week-end, if it is still standing!

chewed

CUCINA wrote: »

A real shame that such a fine building (and a well-known landmark) has to go...

I am hoping to get a couple of photos of it, maybe this week-end, if it is still standing!

Really? It's a tacky 80s tasteless build!

GeneHunt

CUCINA wrote: »

A real shame that such a fine building (and a well-known landmark) has to go...

I am hoping to get a couple of photos of it, maybe this week-end, if it is still standing!

That sounds good. If you do, could to post a few photos here! If I had the time I'd have taken a progress photo each week of the site from say the M3 bridge since the week before Christmas (2016) when they started on site.

pullandbang

This whole development was chugging along nicely until I noticed the dreaded traffic light signs going up in the last few days. I can't believe the council is going to clog up a main road with unnecessary lights. What's wrong with a stop sign or a mini roundabout? It's ridiculous having traffic lights when it's only a couple of times per day that there will be major traffic going in and out of the factory. The rest of the time the main road traffic will be stopped at red lights with no one going in or out of the factory.
Then why am I surprised. These are the same overpaid geniuses that put the lights at Beechmount (Trim/Navan Road) which cause mayhem at peak times. They also designed, what has to be the most ridiculous junction at Newtown/Lackanash ( Trim).

chewed

pullandbang wrote: »

This whole development was chugging along nicely until I noticed the dreaded traffic light signs going up in the last few days. I can't believe the council is going to clog up a main road with unnecessary lights. What's wrong with a stop sign or a mini roundabout? It's ridiculous having traffic lights when it's only a couple of times per day that there will be major traffic going in and out of the factory. The rest of the time the main road traffic will be stopped at red lights with no one going in or out of the factory.
Then why am I surprised. These are the same overpaid geniuses that put the lights at Beechmount (Trim/Navan Road) which cause mayhem at peak times. They also designed, what has to be the most ridiculous junction at Newtown/Lackanash ( Trim).

I feel there was always a deliberate plan to make this road as difficult as possible for commuters trying to avoid paying the tolls (e.g. those going to Trim, Dunshaughlin, Navan on the old road). Now with the introduction of Avoca, Shire, Bus lanes, 60 km/h limit, and now traffic lights, this is going to be a nightmare at peak times!!!

marketty

chewed wrote:

I feel there was always a deliberate plan to make this road as difficult as possible for commuters trying to avoid paying the tolls (e.g. those going to Trim, Dunshaughlin, Navan on the old road). Now with the introduction of Avoca, Shire, Bus lanes, 60 km/h limit, and now traffic lights, this is going to be a nightmare at peak times!!!

Yes this is definitely done to push commuters onto the motorway, its sickening

bladespin

chewed wrote: »

I feel there was always a deliberate plan to make this road as difficult as possible for commuters trying to avoid paying the tolls (e.g. those going to Trim, Dunshaughlin, Navan on the old road). Now with the introduction of Avoca, Shire, Bus lanes, 60 km/h limit, and now traffic lights, this is going to be a nightmare at peak times!!!

I remember speaking to a former councillor when the M3 opened and the old N3 limits were reduced, he said exactly that - 'plan is to force drivers onto the motorway, how else are we going to pay for it?'
Wasn't impressed.:mad:

chewed

bladespin wrote: »

I remember speaking to a former councillor when the M3 opened and the old N3 limits were reduced, he said exactly that - 'plan is to force drivers onto the motorway, how else are we going to pay for it?'
Wasn't impressed.:mad:

Even when we do end up fully paying for it.....we'll still continue to pay!

paul71

chewed wrote: »

Even when we do end up fully paying for it.....we'll still continue to pay!

Yeap the m50 bridge has been paid for 100 times over

jeffk

I’ll use the motorway but not pay the toll after one day with the bad rain the tag didn’t read, red light and whack of barrier at the same time, then snotty attitude from customer service.

Dunsaughlin all the way, or turn off towards the GAA pitch onto loop road and back onto motorway
Batterstown and come out onto the motorway at the same place as above

GeneHunt

I passed the Shire site this evening, looks like they manually removing the slates, a lot of the main roof & timber work is now removed & the slates on most of the lower roof are gone too.

CUCINA

No more tacky 80's build! Demolition well underway when I last went by the other day. I did manage to take a few photos last Sunday when the house was still intact. The peach well and truly eaten now!

bladespin

Pity. thought it was lovely, plenty of tacky 90s and naughties builds about to scowl at though.

GeneHunt

https://www.dropbox.com/s/krjfzhe8y63edrc/Peter%27s%20House%2007.jpg?dl=0

I took this photo yesterday afternoon, and I passed the site again, after 7pm and the gable end wall including the chimney on the RHS was gone, so I think the house is not going to see this weekend!

Silverfish

Well thats a bags now, I always planned on living in that house when I grew up.
I'm well grown up now but I thought there was still time!

GeneHunt

I passed the Shire site yesterday (13th July 2017) afternoon and the "big white house" was gone. The end of an era...