爱尔兰County WestmeathMullingar房产的本住宅位于爱尔兰韦斯特米斯郡穆林加尔门诺克德林城堡。
爱尔兰County WestmeathMullingar房产的该物业是一栋宏伟的十八世纪“哥特复兴”风格城堡，该物业巍然屹立于一片占地1000多英亩地势起伏的公园般的土地上。
诺克德林城堡是爱尔兰建于19世纪上半叶的乡村城堡中，风景上佳的一栋。这座城堡由理查德·莱温格爵士（Sir Richard Levinge） [1785-1848]建造，最初于1810年，他委托理查德·莫里森爵士（Sir Richard Morrison）设计一座新的哥特复兴风格城堡式住宅。
然而，莫里森的两套设计方案都没有付诸现实，当前这栋城堡的设计方案出自詹姆斯·希尔（James Shiel）之手，他是爱尔兰最著名的建筑师之一弗朗西斯·约翰斯顿（Francis Johnston）的助手，也是哥特复兴风格的代表人物之一。然而，该物业正立面的细节设计的确受到了莫里森的影响。
值得一提的是，该城堡是古典主义向哥特风格过渡的一流范例，当时，哥特还只是一种样式，并未形成理论体系。透过哥特式的装饰风格，依然能看到先前的古典主义准则。诺克德林堡的中世纪晚期装饰风格略显沧桑，从本质上来说，这是一座披着哥特外衣的古典式乔治亚风格乡村别墅。建筑整体并没有哥特复兴风格通常会有的压抑感，城堡设有多个大窗户，主会客室面向南方，因此，住宿区域显得高雅而明亮。
诺克德林最引人注目的特色是城堡各处均设有橡木雕刻而成的带顶部照明的楼梯和房门。充沛的自然采光透过玻璃制成的中央穹顶洒进室内。精心设计的画廊位于一楼，装饰有槽轴形饰条。墙上设有一列顶端以双曲线装饰的壁龛。底层设有多间会客室，包括会客大厅、绘画室、餐厅、舞厅和图书馆。城堡内的住宿面积约为19,375平方英尺，有7间主要卧室[共有12间卧室]。爱尔兰独立战争期间，英国首相温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士曾下榻在皇家卧室[他的父母经常来庄园打猎]。庄园内的住宿设施还包括4间小屋。
城堡之外风景如画，整个庄园内地势起伏，十分迷人，其中包括高产耕地带、商业林地和一个小湖[德里恩湖（Lough Drin）]。该庄园的核心地带绵延1000英亩，完好无损。您很难在爱尔兰找到同样的地产，城堡坐落于私有领地正中，您可以在此欣赏一望无际的土地和远方的山丘。
拥有不需要建筑物能源等级证书的豁免
该住宅配套设施包括自来水、公共电网供电、固定电话、化粪池、污水排放、燃油集中供暖[散热器、2012年全面翻新的锅炉]
占地面积总共约1,000英亩[405公顷]包括以下部分：500英亩[202公顷]可耕地；400英亩[162公顷]林地；其余约100英亩[40.4公顷]位于湖泊、花园和农场
距离都柏林市中心52英里[84公里]。驾驶时间为60分钟。距马林加（Mullingar）镇5英里或8公里。距M4高速公路交叉口1.1英里或1.8公里。驾驶时间为5分钟。距克鲁克伍德（Crookedwood）村2.2英里[3.6公里]，距都柏林国际机场56英里[91公里]。走M4和M50高速公路需驾车行驶60分钟
Eircode N91 AOK7 [物业专用代码]
全球定位系统位置坐标53.567419，-7.323021
销售中介大卫·阿什莫尔[地产服务监督局（PSRA） 执业证书编号003640]
KNOCKDRIN CASTLE, MULLINGAR, COUNTY WESTMEATH, IRELAND
A splendid eighteenth century Gothic Revival Castle majestically positioned within a rolling parkland estate of over 1,000 acres.
Knockdrin Castle is one of the finest picturesque castellated country houses built in Ireland during the first half of the nineteenth century. The castle was built by Sir Richard Levinge [1785-1848], who first commissioned Sir Richard Morrison to design a new Gothic Revival style castle residence circa 1810.
However, neither of Morrison’s two designs were built and the built design is attributed to James Shiel, assistant to Francis Johnston, one of Ireland’s best known architects, and a noted exponent of this idiom of architecture. Elements of the front façade do appear to have been influenced by the Morrison designs.
The castle is noteworthy as one of the leading examples of the transition from Classicism to Gothic, when the latter was still a style and not yet an ideology and the former classical principles very much survive beneath a veneer of ornamentation. Knockdrin’s late-mediaeval trappings are lightly worn and the castle is in essence a classical Georgian country house in Gothic dress. Possessing none of the heaviness customarily associated with the Gothic Revival Movement and benefiting from large windows, the principal reception rooms facing south, the accommodation is elegant and bright.
A most striking feature at Knockdrin is the top-lit staircase made of carved oak, like the doors throughout the castle. An abundance of natural light provided by a central glazed dome. The elaborate first floor gallery is decorated with fluted shafts and a sequence of ogee-headed niches around the walls. Reception rooms on the ground floor include a reception hall, drawing room, dining room, ballroom and library. The accommodation within the castle extends to some 19,375 square feet and provides 7 principal bedrooms [12 in total], including the Crown Bedroom where British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill stayed during the War of Independence [his parents being regular hunting visitors to the estate]. 4 estate lodges complete the accommodation.
The picturesque is also celebrated beyond the castle with an attractive undulating topography throughout the estate, which includes belts of highly productive arable lands along with commercial woodland and a small lake [Lough Drin]. The core estate demesne extending to over 1,000 acres is intact, relatively unique in an Irish context, with the castle privately and centrally positioned within the lands and enjoying uninterrupted views over estate lands to the distant hills beyond.
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Services include mains water, mains electricity, landline telephone, septic tank, foul drainage, oil fired central heating [radiators, boiler upgraded 2012]
In all some 1,000 acres [405 hectares] comprising some: 500 acres [202 hectares] in arable lands; 400 acres [162 hectares] in woodland; and the balance of circa 100 acres [40.4 hectares] in lake(s), gardens and farmstead
Dublin city centre 52 miles or 84 kilometres. Driving time of 60 minutes. Mullingar town 5 miles or 8 km. M4 motorway intersection 1.1 miles or 1.8 km. 5 minutes driving time. Crookedwood village 2.2 miles or 3.6 km Dublin International airport 56 miles or 91 kilometres. Driving time of 60 minutes via M4 and M50 motorway
Eircode N91 AOK7 [Property Specific Code]
GPS location 53.567419, -7.323021
Selling Agent David Ashmore [PSRA Licence 003640]
