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Rockingham House again burned down in a fire started by an electrical fault in 1957. What remained of the estate was sold by Sir Cecil Stafford-King-Harman, to the Irish Land Commission in May 1959. [12] The Land Commission officially took control of the estate in November 1959. [13] The remains of the house were finally demolished in 1971. [14]
Photo by 4h4.photograhy Rockingham House, County Roscommon. Lough Key Forest Park is an 800-hectare park on the southern shore of Lough Key, 40 km south east of Sligo town and 3 km east of Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. Formerly part of the Rockingham Estate laid out by the King family, it is open to the public.
The park covers 800 acres (3.2 km 2), and was formerly part of the Rockingham estate. This was the seat of the Stafford-King-Harman [ 14 ] family who at the end of the nineteenth century held over 30,000 acres (120 km 2 ) in north County Roscommon and County Sligo .
There are other ice houses still surviving in Ireland, for example on the Woodstock Estate near Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny and at the former Rockingham Estate in Boyle, Co. Roscommon, now accessible at Lough Key Forest Park.
His father was the younger son of Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton and inherited from him the estates of Rockingham, County Roscommon, and Newcastle, Ballymahon, County Longford. King-Harman was educated at Eton and became a lieutenant in the 60th Rifles and captain in the Longford Militia.
A home on the real estate market in Fredericksburg, Texas, is a historic wonder that was dramatically transformed into a sparkling oasis. Exterior of the home. And it’s listed for $2.625 million.
King House may refer to: . in the Republic of Ireland. King House (Boyle, Ireland), Boyle, County Roscommon in the United States (by state, then town) King House (Montevallo, Alabama), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Shelby County
The Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places, as of 2024, lists the following seven state registered places within the City of Rockingham.An eighth place, the Rockingham Hotel, was added to the State Register of Heritage Places in 2008 but removed again on 7 June 2011: [3]