The owner of a 234-year-old Armagh house in a conservation area that was allegedly demolished without planning permission has said storm damage brought it down.
The Belfast Telegraph writes:
Bronagh Curran, director of PC Construction and Development Ltd, said the former farmhouse in the city of Armagh posed a health and safety risk and had become ‘totally unstable’.
She hopes to rebuild it in the same style. The ‘White House’ is thought to have been built sometime between 1761 and 1835, as a farmhouse with outbuildings. It pre-dates the St Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, one of its neighbours.
It was demolished on February 13 and building work began on the site. However, planners have now issued a stop notice.
