Landed Estates
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Springfield House

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 17 houses.

Houses within 5km of Springfield House

Displaying 17 houses.

House name Description
Hatley Manor This house was built c. 1830. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Charles St. George was leasing it to Diana Faris. It was later inherited by the Whyte family of Newtown Manor and is recorded by Slater as the seat of Charles C. Beresford Whyte in 1894. It is still extant and had been in use by the Bank of America. In April 2007 it was offered for sale. Photo of Hatley Manor
Castlecarra (Leitrim) This house was occupied by the Peyton family later in the 19th century. In 1814 it was the address of Mr. A. O'Beirne. In 1906, when it was the property of Mrs. William Peyton it was valued at £10.
Shannon Lodge Alexander or Alick Faris leased property from the St. George estate in Carrick-on-Shannon. His wife Diana is recorded as the occupier of the house known as Shannon Lodge at the time of Griffith's Valuaiton, when it was valued at £30. Pyle states that after Alick Faris died Diana married a French aide of the St.George's, Victor de l'Herrault. She resided at Shannon Lodge for some time but after her second husband died she moved to Sligo and rented Shannon Lodge to her brother, James. She died in 1890. Photo of Shannon Lodge
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. Photo of Glencarne House
Killukin Glebe/Killukin House At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Archdeacon Henry Irwin was occupying the Glebe House in the parish of Killukin, valued at £11. This property is labelled Killukin House on the 25-inch Ordnance survey map of the 1890s. A house is still extant at the site.
Danesfort (Roscommon) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Roycroft was leasing the house at Danesfort, valued at £12, from Miss M. O'Connor. In 1814 it was recorded as the seat of Gilbert Roycroft. Lewis also describes "Deansfort" as the seat of the Roycroft family in 1837. Keenehan and others state that the Roycroft house was demolished c.1890 and another house constructed on the site by the Duignan family.
Cloongownagh Thomas and Andrew Kirkwood had houses in this locality in 1814. Thomas resided at Hermitage and Andrew at Lakeview. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Andrew Kirkwood was occupying a property at Cloongownagh, barony of Boyle, valued at £13. Keenehan and others state that Cloongownagh House was built in 1690. It was occupied by the Kirkwood family until 1939 when Col. Moore Kirkwood sold the house and 109 acres. The house is still extant and occupied and is now part of a farm.
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.
Carrowreagh Richard O'Farrell Caddell was leasing a "herd's" house valued at £8, together with over 350 acres, at Carrowreagh, barony of Boyle, to Thomas Boylan, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house and farm are still extant at the site. Patrick Fox was leasing a mill property from the Caddell estate in the same townland. Some stone buildings remain at the site though the mill was described as "in ruins" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s.
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. Photo of Ellesmere
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. Photo of Coote Hall
Holywell Holywell was built in the 1790s. In the early nineteenth century it was leased from the St. George estate by the Dockery family who in turn leased it to the Munns family, doctors in Carrick-on-Shannon. It was later the home of the Kiernan family and is now a country guesthouse. Photo of Holywell
Caldragh Eliza Lawder was leasing a house valued at £7 10s at Caldragh, parish of Kiltoghert, from George Muntz at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of the McDermott family. This house is still extant and run as a guesthouse by the Jackson family. Photo of Caldragh
Cartown In 1783 Taylor and Skinner recorded Cartown, close to the town of Carrick-on-Shannon, as a seat of the Cunningham family and Wilson, writing in 1786, also refers to it as the seat of Mr. Cunningham. At the time of Griffith's Valuation George Church was in possession of a property in this townland, valued at £12, described as "unfinished". The house shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s is substantially larger than the 18th century house. The house now at this site has had commercial premises attached to it but is still extant. Photo of Cartown
Hartley At the time of Griffith's Valuations Charles St. George was leasing a house valued at £10 at Hartley, barony of Leitrim, to Robert Burns. It is unclear if this house has survived due to dense forestry and building of modern mansions.
Gallowshill A house built for the St George family at the end of the eighteenth century but used as a hospital for the Carrick-on-Shannon area until the 1940s. Photo of Gallowshill