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Westport House in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, is a Georgian country house, historically the family seat of the Marquess of Sligo and the Brownes. The house was designed by the architect Richard Cassels with later additions by Thomas Ivory and James Wyatt .
Built for Browne in 1730, Westport House is a beautifully sited two-storey over basement ashlar stone house overlooking Clew Bay in County Mayo. Cassels decided to relocate the village of Westport to improve the outlook from the house to the east. [5] The original house was quite small and was later extended by others.
Pirate Adventure Park was a small theme park located beside Westport House in Westport, Ireland. The Park is home to the first flume ride in Ireland (Pirates Plunge). The Park is Pirate themed due to Wesport House's association with Grace O'Malley. The Park was developed by The 11th Marquess of Sligo on the grounds of Westport House. It was ...
John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont (c. 1709 – 4 July 1776), styled Lord Mount Eagle between 1760 and 1768 and Viscount Westport between 1768 and 1771, was an Irish peer and politician. He began the building of Westport House and the town of Westport .
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The Cadman–White–Handy House, also known as the Handy House, is a historic house museum in Westport, Massachusetts.The house, built in stages between about 1710 and 1825, provides a window into architectural trends of 18th-century southern Massachusetts.
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