The Manor House Resort Hotel, also known as the Manor House Country Hotel, is a hotel near Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It occupies a former manor house which dates to the 19th century.[1] A four star hotel,[2] its facilities include a swimming pool, gymnasium, restaurants and conference centre.[3]
Captain John Irvine, whose brother was Colonel Christopher Irvine of Castle Irvine, acquired the Killadeas estate in 1660. The house was then known as Rockfield.[4] The name was changed to Killadeas Manor House by Major John Irvine, who acquired Killadeas in 1835 and died in 1860.[5] During World War II, the building was requisitioned by the government and used as an officers' mess and headquarters for the nearby Killadeas seaplane base.[4] The house, described by Mark Bence-Jones as being of "Victorian Italianate" design,[6] was sold in 1957 for conversion to a hotel.[4] Subject to renovation in 2002,[7] as of 2016, the hotel was owned by members of the McKenna family.[8]
. Mark Bence-Jones . A Guide to Irish Country Houses . 1988 . Four Courts Press . London . 9780094687509 . 168 . (Irvine/LGI1912) A two storey Victorian Italianate house [..] on the shores of Lough Erne. Entrance front with pediment and porch in the form of a three arched loggia, flanked by a square tower [..] Now a hotel.