Castle Ward

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.

This article is about the castle in Northern Ireland. For the Castle electoral ward in Swansea, see Castle, Swansea. For Ward's Castle in Rye Brook, New York, see William E. Ward House. For the district of Northumberland, see Castle Ward Rural District.

Castle Ward
Castle Ward Classical (south-west) Facade, September 2014
Coordinates54.373°N 5.579°W / 54.373; -5.579
Builtearly 1760s
Built forThe 1st Viscount Bangor
Architectnot known, possibly James Bridges of Bristol
OwnerNational Trust
Location of Castle Ward in Northern Ireland

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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