Crom Castle

Crom Castle

Crom Castle (Irish: Caisleán na Croime) is situated on the shores of the Upper Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and set within a 1,900-acre (7.7 km2) estate.[1]

History

The present structure was built in 1820 and, although Queen Victoria's reign began in 1837, the building was built in the Victorian style and has since been the home to the Creighton (later Crichton) family, Earls of Erne.[2][3][4]

Crom Estate also contains the ruins of the Old Castle, a tower house, which was previously owned by the Balfour family until the Creightons acquired it in 1609.[5]

Today

The castle is privately owned by the Creighton family, Earls of Erne,[6] and the estate is managed by the National Trust.

The estate includes many features of times past including the old farmyard and visitors centre, The boathouse, once the home of Lough Erne Yacht Club, the tea house, the church, schoolhouse, etc. Guests are able to use the west wing for weddings, or to stay in the West Wing of Crom Castle on weekly or long weekend basis.[7][8]

Crom Old Castle and garden (grid ref: H3645 2380) are Scheduled Historic Monuments.[9]

The 2013 BBC television production of P. G. Wodehouse's Blandings was filmed on location at the castle.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "LOUGH ERNE". The W.a. Record. XXX, (1311). Western Australia. 11 November 1905. p. 19. Retrieved 10 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "PEEL VERSUS THE ORANGEMEN". Australasian Chronicle. IV, (349). New South Wales, Australia. 1 February 1842. p. 4. Retrieved 10 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia. , ..."Lieut.-Col. John Crichton, Crom.Castle, Belturbet."..
  3. ↑ "ENGLISH NEWS". The Sydney Morning Herald. XXIX, (4248). New South Wales, Australia. 27 December 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 10 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia. ...He was to visit the Earl of Erne, at Crom Castle,for a day ; and then to spend for a day...
  4. ↑ "THE NEWS OF THE DAY". The Age (2, 533). Victoria, Australia. 8 December 1862. p. 5. Retrieved 10 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia. ...At Crome Castle, the seat of the Earl of Erne, in Ireland, a tree Datura is one of the glories of the place...
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  6. ↑ "West Wing, Crom Castle". Discovernorthernireland.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  7. ↑ "Domain Default page". Cromcastle.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  8. ↑ "VICEROY IN PERIL". The Scrutineer And Berrima District Press. New South Wales, Australia. 20 December 1905. p. 5. Retrieved 10 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012)" (PDF). NI Environment Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "Blandings". BBC Media Centre. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

Coordinates: 54°09′44″N 7°26′39″W / 54.16233°N 7.44427°W / 54.16233; -7.44427

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