An old photograph of the Bishop's Palace, Dromore, County Down.
Mark Bence-Jones describes the palace as "a fine, three-storey, late 18th century block, built in 1781 by the Rt Rev and Hon William Beresford, Lord Bishop of Dromore, afterwards Lord Bishop of Ossory; Lord Archbishop of Tuam"; and subsequently elevated to the peerage as 1st Lord Decies.
The palace was enhanced by Beresford's successor, the Rt Rev Thomas Percy, who laid out plantations, gardens and a glen, adorned with obelisks.
Dromore Palace was sold in 1842, when the diocese of Dromore was merged with Down and Connor.
It was in use for some years in the late 1800s as a school.
Has it been swept away?
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I teach in a school near the site of the old palace, and can confirm that it was demolished in the 1970s. There is a photograph of the palace in its derelict state in the UAHS list for Mid Down. By the way, I visit this blog every day - super!
The current Lord Bishop lives not to far from the Lord Belmont. BT5 I believe.
Ah, it was demolished in the 70s. Is the site vacant now?
My lord Bishop, indeed I live relatively close to the present Lord Bishop of Down and Dromore!
There is a modern house either on - or near - the site and it is called "Bishopscourt".
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