The Wonderful Barn is a corkscrew-shaped building on the edge of Castletown House Estate, formerly of the Conolly family, in Celbridge, County Kildare, ...
The Wonderful Barn was built in 1743 as a famine relief scheme by Katherine Conolly of Castletown, widow of William 'Speaker' Conolly.
The Wonderful Barn was built in 1743 as part of a famine-relief project, and was intended to serve as both a functioning grain barn and as an English garden- ...
The Barn is 22.25 metres high and affords views over the surrounding countryside from the top, including nearby Castletown House.
Apr 26, 2023 ˇ Ireland's oddest building. This odd-looking structure is The Wonderful Barn. It was commissioned as a famine relief project by Katherine Conolly ...
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Jun 11, 2017 ˇ It is taller than your average barn, however, and stands seven storeys high. Some of the floors were used as living quarters for servants. There ...
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Mar 15, 2017 ˇ the wonderful barn (the wundy) is cantastic, and class for the sesh. Me and the boys went there with a few cans of dutch back in first year ...
Jun 13, 2015 ˇ Built on the original grounds of Castletown House, this amazing and beautifully named building really is wonderful and well worth a post all of its own.
Jul 15, 2010 ˇ Made out of rock and shaped like a corkscrew it towers above the surrounding countryside, looking more like a medieval keep than a barn.
