Castle Ward
Country house in Northern Ireland
Key Information
Construction
Strangford 54°22′22.8″N 5°34′44.4″W / 54.373000°N 5.579000°W / 54.373000; -5.579000 (Castle Ward)
Castle Type
Current Status
Tower house
Historical Overview
Castle Ward is an 18th-century National Trust property located near the village of Strangford, in County Down, Northern Ireland, in the townland of the same name. It overlooks Strangford Lough and is 7 miles from Downpatrick and 1.5 miles from Strangford. Castle Ward is open to the public and includes 332 hectares (820 acres) of landscaped gardens, a fortified tower house, Victorian laundry, theatre, restaurant, shop, saw mill and a working corn mill. It has a shore on Strangford Lough. From 1985 to 2010 it has also hosted Castleward Opera, an annual summer opera festival.
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