The Wonderful Barn is owned by Kildare County Council since 2005. The Council has invested in conservation and structural repairs to the brick and stone masonry, and extensive roof repairs to the wings.
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
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Building in the Republic of Ireland
The Wonderful Barn is a corkscrew-shaped building on the edge of Castletown House Estate, formerly of the Conolly family, in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. The barn itself is formally in neighbouring Leixlip.
Address: Celbridge Rd, Barnhall, Leixlip, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Hours: Open 24 hours
The Wonderful Barn was built in 1743 as a famine relief scheme by Katherine Conolly of Castletown, widow of William 'Speaker' Conolly.
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Jun 5, 2014 ˇ Kildare County Council acquired the site in 2005 from the developers of the Albany Homes scheme. It was placed on the World Monuments List of ...
Jun 11, 2017 ˇ The widow of Speaker Conolly, the owner of the farmhouse, decided upon a huge barn project to give locals relief work after their crops had ...
Jun 13, 2015 ˇ In 2005, as part of the planning permission when the nearby housing was built, the barn became the property of Kildare County Council, and they ...
Dec 2, 2019 ˇ The Wonderful Barn is owned by Kildare County Council since 2005. The Council has invested in conservation and structural repairs to the brick ...
Jun 14, 2024 ˇ Good morning Kate. I think we can be confident about the future: the barn is owned by the local council and I know they are committed to ...
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- ...
Jul 26, 2019 ˇ The Wonderful Barn (for that is its name) is known to have been built in 1743 but nobody actually knows what its purpose was.