Westport House

Summary

Westport House is a house^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Westport House is located in County Mayo^[3].
• Westport House is in the country of Ireland^[4].
• Westport House's image is recorded as Westport House in Co. Mayo 7.jpg^[5].
• Westport House's image is recorded as East front of Westport House - Richard Cassels.jpg^[6].
• Westport House's instance of is recorded as house^[7].
• Westport House's instance of is recorded as castle^[8].
• Westport House's instance of is recorded as stately home^[9].
• Westport House's instance of is recorded as country house^[10].
• Westport House's instance of is recorded as garden^[11].
• Westport House's instance of is recorded as Irish architecture^[12].
• Westport House's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction^[13].
• Westport House's architect is recorded as Richard Cassels^[14].
• Westport House's owned by is recorded as Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo^[15].
• Westport House's owned by is recorded as John Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo^[16].
• Westport House's location is recorded as Westport^[17].
• Westport House's Commons category is recorded as Westport House^[18].
• +1730-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Westport House^[19].
• Westport House's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.8006, 'lon': -9.53556}^[20].
• Westport House's official website is recorded as https://www.westporthouse.ie/^[21].
• Westport House's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2960968^[22].
• Westport House's Art UK venue ID is recorded as westport-house-3172^[23].
• Westport House's date of official opening is recorded as +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z^[24].
• Westport House's Wiki Loves Monuments ID is recorded as IE-MO-0035^[25].
• Westport House's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1506172^[26].
• Westport House's Irish National Inventory of Architectural Heritage ID is recorded as 31212001^[27].

Body

Geography

Westport House is in the country of Ireland^[4]. It is located in County Mayo^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include house^[7], castle^[8], stately home^[9], country house^[10], garden^[11], and Irish architecture^[12].

History and Context

+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Westport House^[19]. Owners include Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo^[15], a civil servant^[28], 1788–1845^[29], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[30], awarded the Knight of St. Patrick^[31] and John Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo^[16], a politician^[32], 1756–1809^[33], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[34].

Why It Matters

Westport House ranks in the top 2% of house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35]