The goal is to create a hotel castle resort in stages, with 43 guest rooms and refurbished hospitality and function spaces on the upper ground floor. This will help establish and grow the Killeen Castle brand.
The approach taken for restoring the previously derelict building has been sensitive to conservation, and the restoration aimed to bring the castle back to its original splendour. The project included repairing and reinstating the complete exterior and part of the interior of the castle. This involved protecting the building from the elements; cleaning, repairing and repointing all exterior stonework; providing new roofs where necessary and repairing existing ones; conserving and repairing remaining plasterwork; providing new rainwater goods and drainage systems, extensive structural repairs, and adding new steel and concrete floors at lower and intermediate levels.
Work has already begun on the castle's exteriors and interiors. The restoration work aims to preserve the existing castle condition and prepare the building for subsequent internal fit-out works.
Specialist subcontractors were appointed for the lead repair and replacement work for all turrets, repairs to the flashings, gutters and towers, raking out pointing repair works, and replacement of all existing sealant joints between stone and lead. The existing Fall Arrest Protection System has been inspected, tested, and re-certified, and all existing Lightning Protection installations are being repaired, tested, and re-certified.
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