Castle Blunden

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Castle Blunden
Castle Blunden is located in Ireland
Castle Blunden
General information
LocationCastleBlunden, Kilkenny,
Ireland
Coordinates52°38′16″N 7°17′49″W / 52.637719°N 7.297081°W / 52.637719; -7.297081Coordinates: 52°38′16″N 7°17′49″W / 52.637719°N 7.297081°W / 52.637719; -7.297081

Castle Blunden is a historic country house in Kilkenny, home to the Blunden family.

House[]

The house itself is a classical style three storey detached country house with a single story Doric portico. The house dates from about 1750 and is believed to have been designed by Francis Bindon and is considered to have been designed in a style like that of nearby contemporary . The house has been maintained so that the original character remains. The house is limestone with heraldic plaques in the centre of the top floor.[1][2]

History[]

Entrance gate to Castle Blunden

Overington Blunden of Southwark, London was granted lands in Kilkenny in 1667 along with land in Offaly, Waterford and Tipperary. He is listed as a Cromwellian Adventurer and at least some of his lands were taken from the Kilkenny local Shee family.[3][4] His descendant was the barrister Sir John Blunden, 1st Baronet who built and lived in Castle Blunden. Like his father he was a member of the Irish House of Commons, elected for the constituency of Kilkenny City in 1761. He was made a Baronet on 12 March 1766.[5] It remains the seat of the Blunden baronets with the 8th Baronet Blunden taking over the title on 9 April 2007 though he had to wait until 2017 to take over the house itself.[6][4]

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References[]

  1. ^ Ltd, Hot Horse. "Historic Houses of Ireland". Historic Houses of Ireland. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. ^ FUSIO. "Castle Blunden, Castleblunden, County Kilkenny". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  3. ^ John G. A. Prim (1855). "Muster List, Kilkenny City, 1667". Proceedings and Transactions of the Kilkenny and the South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society. 3: 231–274.
  4. ^ a b "Blunden". landedestates.nuigalway.ie. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Page 2 - Issue 10601, 15 February 1766 - London Gazette". The Gazette. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Your favorite newspapers and magazines". PressReader.com. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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