Desart Court
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Desart Court was a palladian house in County Kilkenny, Ireland, built around 1733 for the first Lord Desart, John Cuffe. The architect is believed to have been Sir Edward Lovett Pearce.
William and Ellen Cuffe on the lower front steps of Desart Court
John Cuffe, Second Baron Desart, 1751
Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart, by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, 1769
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Edward Lovett Pearce
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Edward Lovett Pearce was an Irish architect, and the chief exponent of Palladianism in Ireland. He is thought to have initially studied as an architect under his father's first cousin, Sir John Vanbru
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