Grevisk

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 26 houses.

Houses within 5km of Grevisk

Displaying 26 houses.

House name	Description
Rockingham	Sir Robert King, Viscount Lorton, built Rockingham House around 1810 and the family moved there from King House in Boyle. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Rockingham was valued at £180. In 1903 Rockingham became the county residence of the Lord Lieutenant Lord Dudley. It was destroyed by fire in 1957 and subsequently demolished. Only some of the servants' tunnels as well as other estate buildings remain. The site is now occupied by Lough Key Forest Park.
Estersnow Glebe	At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Ecclesiastical Commissioners were leasing a house at Cavetown valued at £10 to Rev. Frederick Hamilton. It is described as "a good glebe house, the residence of the incumbrant of Estersnow" at the time of the 1st Ordnance Survey. It is still extant and occupied.
Ardcarne House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Hackett was leasing Ardcarne House, valued at £25, from Viscount Lorton's estate. The house is still extant and used as a farmhouse.
Glencarne House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Samuel Handy was leasing a house valued at £18 at Ardcarne, barony of Boyle, from Viscount Lorton's estate. Glencarne is now a guesthouse.
Castle Island	Also known locally as the Rock of Lough Key, at the time of Griffith's Valuation Viscount Lorton's estate owned a house on Castle Island valued at £14. The original building on the island was a medieval stronghold of the McDermott family to which additions were made in the early 19th century. Renovation work was taking place on these buildings in 2007.
Ardcarn Glebe	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Viscount Lorton was leasing the Glebe House in Ardcarn parish to Rev. George Griffith when it was valued at £12. It is still extant and is part of a large farming enterprise.
Knockvicar	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Charles J. Peyton was leasing a house at Knockvicar, parish of Ardcarn, valued at £15 to Edward Jones. Lewis records the house as the seat of C.J. Peyton in 1837. In 1814 it was the seat of Randal Peyton.
Oakport	Oakport was the home of the Reverend William French, fourth son of John French of French Park, in the early 18th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Oakport House, the property of Thomas William Goff, is recorded as "unoccupied". A house is still extant at the site.
Mount Erris	At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Duckworth was leasing this house valued at £26 from Viscount Lorton's estate. There is still an inhabited house at this site.
The Warren	Caleb Robertson is recorded as the lessor of a property in the townland of Warren or Drum at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £25 and leased to a Captain Butler. A house at this site is labelled The Warren on the 25-inch map of the 1890s and a house still exists there.
Moylurg House	In 1837 Lewis records Moylurg house as the seat of the Dick family. Rev. William Robertson was leasing a property valued at £25 to John Johnston, at Clogher, parish of Eastersnow, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This appears to be Moylurg House which is still extant. Moylurg was the home of Major Henry Taaffe Ferrall in the 1870s.
Cavelawn	Guy Lloyd was leasing a house at Faus valued at £10 to James Acheson at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house at this site is labelled Cavelawn on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A house is still extant at the site.
Havarine Cottage	Anna Maria Fry was leasing a house valued at £11 from Lord Lorton's estate at Tullyvohaun, barony of Boyle, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey Havarine Cottage, at Tullyvohaun, was described as a ''gentleman's seat', the residence of Mrs. Fry.
King House	King House was built between 1720-1740 by Sir Henry King. In 1786 Wilson wrote "the Earl of Kingston has a very fine house at Boyle, situated near the ruoins of an ancient abbey". Following a fire in 1788 the King family vacated the house and moved to Rockingham on the shores of Lough Key. King House was used as a military barracks until the 1960s. It is now in the ownership of Roscommon County Council and is open to the public.
Lough Key House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Alicia Peyton was leasing a house valued at £13 at Ballykeevican, barony of Boyle, from Viscount Lorton's estate. This property is now Lough Key House guesthouse.
Carrickard House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Charles Peyton was leasing a house at Keeloges, valued at £25, from Lord Lorton's estate.
Riversdale House	John R. French was leasing a house valued at £25 at Kilateasheen from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at the time of Griffith's Valuation. There is no substantial house marked on the 1st edition OS map. This house is still extant and known as Riversdale House.
Woodbrook House	Keenehan and others state that Woodbrook House was built around 1780 by the Phibbs family although there may have been an earlier house on the site. The Kirkwood family purchased the property sometime in the early nineteenth century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Sarah Mary Kirkwood was leasing a house at Usna, barony of Boyle, valued at £14, from Robert H. Brewster French. From the 1890s-1911 Woodbrook was a very successful racing stables run by Colonel Tom Kirkwood. Life in the house in the post-WWI era has been made famous by the memoir ''Woodbrook'' written by the Scottish author David Thomson, a tutor to the daughters of the family. In 1946 over 50 acres of the estate was sold to the local golf club while the Land Commission subsequently divided the remainder. Woodbrook House is still extant.
Hughestown	The seat of the Mulloy family is described as Hughestown but at the time of Griffith's Valuation the buildings at this location are described as "offices" and have a low valuation. C.M. Mulloy was resident at "Husetown"in 1749. Wilson refers to Hughes-town as the seat of Mr. Molloy in 1786. In 1814 Hughestown was the seat of Mulloy McDermott.
Ellesmere	Harloe Powell was leasing a house valued at £18 at Ardcarn, barony of Boyle, from Viscount Lorton's estate, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house is still extant and occupied.
Abbey View House	Morgan Crofton, agent to Lord Lorton, was residing here at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Caleb Robertson and valued at £34. A house is still extant at Abbey View.
Coote Hall	In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Coote Hall was owned by the Coote family. The 4th and 5th Baronets, both named Charles, lived there and it was one of the houses O'Carolan visited and for whom he composed tunes. It was bought by Maurice O'Conor in the 18th century and later again by the Barton family. There is still an extant house at the site.
Cavetown	In 1786 Wilson notes Cavetown as the seat of the Rev. Dean Mahon and the Reverend Arthur Mahon resided there in 1814. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey a ''gentleman's seat of two stories'' is noted in Cavetown. Guy Lloyd is recorded as the proprietor. This may be the property, valued at £5, leased from the Lloyd estate by Geo. Laird at the time of Griffith's Valuation. There are buildings still extant at this site.
Rushfield	At the time of the first Ordnance Survey Mr. A. Irwin is noted as the occupier of one of two ''gentlemen's seats' at Tullyvohaun, barony of Boyle. In 1814 it was the residence of John Irwin. This property was valued at £8 and was occupied by William Phibbs at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A substantial farm still exists at the site.
Drum Lodge	One of the many surviving gatelodges on the Rockingham Demesne.
Cloontykilla Castle	This building was constructed after the publication of the first Ordnance Survey Map. It appears to have functioned as a shooting/fishing lodge for the King estate. It is now a ruin.