Wonderful Barn

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Wonderful Barn is an 18th-century, corkscrew-shaped grain store and folly located near Leixlip in County Kildare, Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folly
grain store
historic building
architecturalStyle corkscrew-shaped
associatedWith Castletown House
Conolly family
builtInPeriod 18th century
category 18th-century architecture in Ireland
barns in Ireland
follies in the Republic of Ireland
tourist attraction in County Kildare
commissionedBy Katherine Conolly
completionDate 1743
country Ireland
designedPurpose grain storage for estate
functionDuringConstruction employment for local poor
hasCondition partially restored
hasFeature adjacent smaller towers
conical tower
domed top
external staircase spiralling around the exterior
loophole-style windows
hasFunction famine relief project
ornamental structure
hasStaircase external stone staircase
spiral staircase
hasStoreys several internal floors
hasView surrounding countryside
height approximately 22 meters
heritageDesignation recorded monument in Ireland
heritageStatus protected structure
locatedIn County Kildare
Ireland
location Leixlip
managedBy local authorities
material brick
stone
near Castletown House
Leixlip town
linked to: Leixlip
notableFor prominent landmark near Leixlip
unusual corkscrew design
openToPublic partially
ownedBy Kildare County Council
plan circular
roofType conical roof
shape corkscrew
surroundedBy two smaller dovecote-like towers
use grain storage

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Leixlip hasHistoricBuilding Wonderful Barn