Castle Ward
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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 is an 18th-century[1] 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.
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Coordinates | 54.373°N 5.579°W / 54.373; -5.579 |
Built | early 1760s |
Built for | The 1st Viscount Bangor |
Architect | not known, possibly James Bridges of Bristol |
Owner | National Trust |
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Castle Ward is open to the public and includes 332 hectares (820 acres) of landscaped gardens,[1] 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.