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Woburn House
Woburn House is a B2 listed grand mansion located on the grounds of Lisnevin Training School. An Italianate property that was once the private summer mansion for John Gilmore Dunbar, a wealthy mill owner who passed it down to multiple generations of his family. Used as a convalescent home during WWII, Woburn house went on to be an open borstal before being taken over by the Police Service of Northern Ireland for training and office purposes.
Ewart Park
Ewart Park, built by Sir Horace St. Paul, is a Grade-II listed mansion located in rural Wooler. Used as a Battalion HQ building in World War II with soldiers having to walk 4 miles into Wooler for entertainment. It has been left abandoned since the end of the war.
Balnamore House
Balnamore House was owned by local Linen merchant John Caldwell in the 18th Century who was banished to America in 1799 after being accused of being an Irish radical.
Ardavon House
Ardavon House was once a grand Victorian mansion, nestled among mature woodland and just a short walk from the coast of the Belfast Lough.
Cairndhu House
Cairndhu House, an abandoned Victorian mansion near Larne, Northern Ireland, is steeped in history. Discover its architecture, wartime hospital era and eerie ghostly legends.