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It includes buildings and structures in the Isle of Man designated by Isle of Man's Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA) "as having special architectural or historical interest". Over 250 buildings and structures are listed, and 275 more have been identified as having potential for listing. [ 1 ]
Summerland was opened on 25 May 1971. It was a climate-controlled building covering 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) on Douglas's waterfront, consisting of 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m 2) of floor area constructed at a cost of £2 million.
The Nunnery is an estate outside of Douglas on the Isle of Man, named after a religious foundation on the site, at grid reference. The Nunnery is located on Old Castletown Road, Braddan. In 1999, the estate was acquired for the Isle of Man International Business School, now part of the University College Isle of Man. [1]
Bishopcourt House on the A3 Castletown to Ramsey Road, Isle of Man. Bishopscourt (previously known as Ballacurry, in Manx: the farm of McCurry or O'Curry) [1] consists of a 17th-century mansion house, the St Nicholas (Private Chapel) in the Church of England Diocese of Sodor and Man, and the former estate of Ballachurry or Bishopscourt Manse.
Castle Mona is a former private residence later used as a hotel in Douglas, Isle of Man. The house was built between 1803 and 1804 for the 4th Duke of Atholl during his term as Governor of the Isle of Man. [2] Before 1850, Queen Victoria proposed buying it as a more suitable royal residence than Osborne House. [3]
St Mary's Isle (also known as Conister Rock or the Tower of Refuge, Manx: Kione y Sker or Creg Voirrey) is a partially submerged reef in Douglas Bay on the Isle of Man.Prior to 1832 the rock was the property of the Quane family until John Quane, Attorney General of the Isle of Man, presented the rock to Sir William Hillary, in his capacity as President of the Isle of Man District of the Royal ...
'lookout or cairn mountain') [1] is the second highest peak in the Isle of Man at 565 metres (1,854 ft). [2] From the summit the northern plain of the Isle of Man can be viewed along with the coastlines of Ireland, Cumbria, Wales and Scotland. [3] North Barrule is located at OS grid reference SC442909 and forms the north-eastern end of a ridge.
The South Barrule (Manx: Baarool Jiass) is the highest hill in the south of the Isle of Man. It has the remains of a fort on its summit, which is traditionally the home of the Manx god of the sea Mannanan beg mac y Leir. The hill is largely surrounded by conifer plantations.