Manderley Castle
| Manderley Castle | |
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| Caisleán Mhanderley | |
| County Dublin Near Killiney in Ireland |
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View of Manderley Castle
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| Area | 14,000 m2 |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Enya |
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| Built | 1840 |
Coordinates: 53°15′46″N 6°06′47″W / 53.2627°N 6.113°W Manderley Castle (Irish: Caisleán Mhanderley), formerly "Victoria Castle" and "Ayesha Castle", is a large castellated Irish mansion built in Victorian style, in Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland. It is currently owned by the singer Enya.
From the roof of the crenellated turret of the castle, one may look beyond the Irish coast as far eastward as Wales. The building is surrounded by 14,000 m2 (3.5 acres) of manicured garden threaded with walks. A secret tunnel at the bottom of the garden originally gave access to Killiney beach but now is sealed off.
Judge Robert Warren built Victoria Castle in 1840 to commemorate Queen Victoria's accession to the throne. The interior was gutted by fire in 1928, then magnificently restored by Sir Thomas Power of the celebrated whiskey family; he renamed the mansion "Ayesha Castle", after the goddess who rose from the flames in Rider Haggard's novel She. In 1995, the Aylmer family decided to turn Ayesha Castle into a place of tourist interest, "conver[ting ] existing stables to a ground floor apartment and a first floor craft room". The Stable Gallery was established there, and many artists displayed their pictures.
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