Borris House

Borris House in County Carlow, again perhaps due to its medieval origins, is one of the few Irish country houses to be built beside a town. In the late 18th century the owner, Thomas Kavanagh, represented Kilkenny in the Irish Parliament and, after its abolition in 1800, at Westminster. His large 17th century house, which incorporated an earlier castle on the site, was damaged in the 1789 rebellion, so Sir Richard Morrison and his son, William Vitruvius, were engaged to restore and enlarge the building in the newly fashionable Tudor-Revival style.