Ireland · Still standing
Birr Castle
Birr Castle is a large Gothic-revival country house-style castle in Birr, County Offaly, long associated with the Parsons family, Earls of Rosse. The estate is notable for the 19th-century 'Leviathan' telescope on the demesne and for its public gardens, museum and ancillary buildings around an entrance courtyard.
Its prime
1845
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1845
The shape it held in its prime.
A bulky, rectangular grey-masonry castle with crenellated parapets and short, square and rounded corner towers; a recessed central arched entrance framed by projecting diagonal 'flanker' towers; a mix of mullioned rectangular windows and tall pointed-arch (lancet) windows on a projecting wing; several tall chimneys and low pitched roofs with greenish metal detail; the castle sits directly above formal lawns, shrub beds and parkland with a flag flying from the roofline.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1845.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Birr Castle — including 1 interior: ireland's historic science centre interior (gallery and darkroom). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Birr Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1845 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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