Florence Court is an 18th-century country house and estate in the foothills of Cuilcagh Mountain, about eight miles southwest of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Its central block, built for John Cole and named after his wife Florence Bourchier Wrey, was constructed between about 1730 and 1764 and is attributed to the architect Richard Cassels, with flanking colonnades and pavilions added around 1771, some attributed to Davis Ducart. The house is noted for its baroque plasterwork and later rococo interior decoration, and the estate contains the Florence Court Yew, from which nearly all Irish yews grown worldwide are said to descend. A fire in 1955 destroyed the upper floors before the National Trust, which has owned the property since 1953, carried out an extensive restoration. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Completed YearBuilding history is conjectural: the central block's construction is proffered at dates between 1730 and 1764, and has been attributed, without certainty, to the architect Richard Cassels; the architects of the current house are formally unknown. Building Type LocationEnniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland 1 Classification
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Florence Court is a large 18th-century house and estate located eight miles (13 km) south-west of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
History section
The architects of the current house are unknown. The central block was built first and various dates from 1730 to 1764 are proffered for its construction.
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Florence Court is an 18th-century country house and estate in the foothills of Cuilcagh Mountain, about eight miles southwest of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Its central block, built for John Cole and named after his wife Florence Bourchier Wrey, was constructed between about 1730 and 1764 and is attributed to the architect Richard Cassels, with flanking colonnades and pavilions added around 1771, some attributed to Davis Ducart. The house is noted for its baroque plasterwork and later rococo interior decoration, and the estate contains the Florence Court Yew, from which nearly all Irish yews grown worldwide are said to descend. A fire in 1955 destroyed the upper floors before the National Trust, which has owned the property since 1953, carried out an extensive restoration.
In Style: Palladian Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Palladian Revival architecture in the United Kingdom
Uses Element: Limestone, Wikipedia article
These are built of dressed sandstone as opposed to the rendered limestone rubble of the central block.
Uses Element: Sandstone, Wikipedia article
These are built of dressed sandstone as opposed to the rendered limestone rubble of the central block.
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