tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post6189471211274382390..comments2024-03-28T07:36:37.715+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Castle Archdale PicturesTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-79281756353367787532014-05-30T11:49:50.190+01:002014-05-30T11:49:50.190+01:00Does anyone know what happened to the fine cut-sto...Does anyone know what happened to the fine cut-stone door frame? They were usually saved when a house was demolished...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096314675302490332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-39290325223852031542014-03-28T14:28:59.360+00:002014-03-28T14:28:59.360+00:00If anyone has interior photographs of the Archdale...If anyone has interior photographs of the Archdale manor house I would be very interested in seeing them. <br /><br />Conaire McNeary (Warden Castle Archdale)<br />conaire.mcneary@doeni.gov.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-61313939861356128152014-01-07T16:45:34.740+00:002014-01-07T16:45:34.740+00:00I was at RAF Castle Archdale 1955-7.
Lived on the...I was at RAF Castle Archdale 1955-7. <br />Lived on the top floor with others in the Armory. SAC Accounts with office on second floor. Pity it was demolished, since the ops room was still there with the last chalk board ops on the wall. The old library was still there too!!<br /><br />Roy Bealroy bealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-22932563791029494522010-08-18T16:34:46.478+01:002010-08-18T16:34:46.478+01:00What a tragic loss. Very pleasing looking house, ...What a tragic loss. Very pleasing looking house, despite later window abberation. On the larger side of manageable these days. Must have been a great burden in the post-war era, with few mod cons. Might have survived if it had been in Co Down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-71905457675256660232010-08-18T13:53:56.929+01:002010-08-18T13:53:56.929+01:00LB,
Regarding the upstairs window alteration, you...LB,<br /><br />Regarding the upstairs window alteration, you are correct. This was pointed out to us in the RAF Castle Archdale museum at our visit there last summer.<br /><br />LB.Lord Ballygowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446297263231221482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-32976122052630249342010-08-18T11:04:53.408+01:002010-08-18T11:04:53.408+01:00I think you're right, 'Sandy' ...it...I think you're right, 'Sandy' ...it's very close to the water's edge (looks to be practically built on the marshes). <br /><br />W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-88169393571399420572010-08-18T10:52:07.080+01:002010-08-18T10:52:07.080+01:00Must have been a damp old pile, as all the sash wi...Must have been a damp old pile, as all the sash windows are open in the first photograph!<br />Great pics.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09377477402766591095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-45742998163979914742010-08-18T10:15:11.534+01:002010-08-18T10:15:11.534+01:00I wonder why the extreme left side window on the u...I wonder why the extreme left side window on the upper floor was enlarge (an offence to symmetry!)?<br /><br />W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com