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Blackrock College today

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Blackrock College

Williamstown Castle (commonly called 'The Castle') is the castellated boarding house of Blackrock College in Williamstown, Blackrock, County Dublin. Built around 1780 and later given a battlemented finish, it serves as the college's boarding accommodation and oratory within the wider school estate and parkland.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1860

Its prime

1938

Today

Still standing

As it stood in 1938

The shape it held in its prime.

A long, rectilinear grey-stone building with a continuous castellated parapet and a square battlemented tower at one end; regular tall rectangular sash windows in rhythmic bays run along the three-storey façade. The structure sits well back from an expansive lawn and sports field, with mature trees in front and floodlight posts on the playing surface. At the castle's prime it appears complete and occupied, the crenellated roofline uninterrupted along the main range.

Step inside

9 places to explore in 1938.

The record describes 9 distinct spots at Blackrock College — including 4 interiors: the oratory (former portrait room), house corridor with stained glass, boarding dormitory wing and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Approach across the sports lawnMain façade close-upSquare battlemented towerFront gates and driveThe oratory (former portrait room)House corridor with stained glassBoarding dormitory wingRugby pitch with castle backdropCollege swimming pool

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