Milford House

"Mass kidnappings, inventions which revolutionised the world of business and sport, letters to and from Stalin.
If there was a house with a more fascinating story than Milford House I'd be surprised!"
- BBC Newsline

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Milford House

3 Victoria Street

Visiting Milford House is a truly magical experience. The creation of Robert G. McCrum who revolutionized the linen industry. The house was the wonder of its age. Experience the world of the first house in Ireland to have hydroelectricity. Marvel at the first telephone system in the County and immerse yourself in the lives of fascinating people. Victoria Street is world famous as last home of William McCrum inventor of penalty kick rule. It is a warm welcoming family home of McCrum Miller family- magnificent interiors packed with family treasures and artworks. Discover the upstairs downstairs world and the later history of Milford House when it was Manor House School, Northern Ireland’s only country house school with a fascinating story of mass kidnappings

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Our guided tours give you the full story of Milford House, its rise and decline and the work of Milford Buildings Preservation Trust to save the house today.

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Milford House was considered very modern by the McCrum family. Robert Garmany McCrum collected modern artists which where popular at the end of the 19th century.

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Celebrate your event at Milford House . With our sumptuous and elegantly furnished rooms you and you will have an unforgettable experience surrounded by a unique heritage.

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Georgian afternoon tea

Visitors can book Afternoon tea in the graceful Dining Room where you will partake of Tea using silver and china while the Mc Crum family portraits look down on you.

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As a registered charity Milford Buildings Preservation Trust relies on the generosity provided by our visitors, volunteers and donors to continue our work.

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This section allows you to discover more about individual items in the Milford House collection. These are only some of our favourite items in our vast collections.

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Milford House

About the house

At risk

Milford House, a building in danger

Milford House was once the talk of 19th century Ireland the wonder of its age and Milford linen was known throughout the world. Today the factory is gone, Milford House derelict and is one of the top twelve listed buildings at risk in Northern Ireland...

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The Penalty Kick

In the context of when the penalty kick was invented in 1890, there were few rules in football and games were rather uncivilized. There was a mad scramble to create them and so inevitably when William McCrum suggested it, it was not taken seriously.

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The McCrum Family

The Mc Crum family of Milford is a fascinating story of a family who rose from being farmers to one of the most prominent and powerful linen manufacturing dynasties in Ireland, and how they amassed and spent a fortune in three generations.

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The Manor House School

In 1936 Mrs. Miller leased the house and forty acres to the Manor House School Ltd. The school was a country house residential school run along English guidelines but on a smaller scale with less domestic staff.

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Milford Buildings Preservation Trust

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13th Mar, 2025

BURNING QUESTIONS OVER LOST FIREPLACES FROM MILFORD HOUSE

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13th Sep - 15th Sep, 2024
EOHD2024 MILFORD VILLAGE WALKING TOURS

EOHD2024 MILFORD VILLAGE WALKING TOURS

By popular demand for first time ever on European Open Heritage Days from 13th tp 15th September, Milford Buildings Preservation Trust is providing walking tours of the world famous model village of Milford.Discover the extraordinary architectural and social history of the world famous model…

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