Ballyglass House

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Ballyglass House

Displaying 30 houses.

House name	Description
Ellenville or Ardaghowen	The first edition OS Map suggests the house on this site was known at that time as Ellenville. It is now known as Ardaghown, still extant but derelict and was under renovation in 2006. McTernan indicates that it was originally built as a dower house for the Wynne estate. In the 1850s it was held by Owen Wynne from Capt. James Martin and valued at £35.
Percymount	At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Wynne held this property at Kiltycahill, when it was described as "Painter's house" and valued at £5. The property had been owned by the Gethin family until its sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in the early 1850s. McTernan states that races were frequently held on the lawn at Percymount between the 1870s and the 1940s. The house is now in a derelict condition.
Hazelwood	Hazelwood was designed for Owen Wynne by the architect Richard Castle and built between 1720 and 1740. Reverend William Henry's account of Sligo in 1739 contains a detailed account of the house. Wilson describes it in 1786 as "a fine and elegant seat". It remained the home of the Wynne family for 200 years. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by John Wynne and was valued at £120. The estate was sold to the Land Commission in the 1920s and the house has had various uses including army accommodation, psychiatric hospital and more latterly, part of an industrial building. Though neglected it survives intact.
Doonally	The Parke family were granted lands at Doonally (or Dunally) in the 17th century. These lands had previously belonged to the O'Connors. The building currently at this site was built c.1830. It was the property of Roger Parke at the time of Griffiths Valuation and was valued at £40. In 1906 it was valued at £44. In the mid-twentieth century it was sold to the North West Cattle Breeders Association and used as an administrative headquarters. It is now vacant but rapidly becoming derelict.
Cleveragh	Capt. James Martin was the lessor of a property valued at £18 at Cleaveragh Demesne, barony of Carbury at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was being leased by Robert Wilson. It continued in Martin ownership until the twentieth century though frequently occupied by tenants. The house and demesne were eventually bought by Sligo Borough Council with the intention of creating a town park though this was only partially realised. The house was demolished in 1999.
Rathbraughan	The 1st edition OS map indicates the house at this location was known as Auburn Cottage. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Edward Smith {Smyth] leasing from William Green and valued at £23. McTernan writes that Smyth was the agent for Lord Palmerston's estate. At times it was leased by members of the Gethin family. It was demolished in the 1980s when Rathbraughan housing estate was built.
Clogherevagh	The house at Clogherevagh now forms part of St. Angela's College, a constituent college of NUI, Galway. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage estimates that the house was built c.1890. At the time of Griffith's Valuation much of the townland was the property of John Wynne's estate. In 1894 Slater notes it as the residence of John Cochrane.
The Hermitage	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Harper Campbell was leasing a property at The Mall, Sligo, valued at £41. It had been purchased by him in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1855, having previously been the property of a member of the Wynne family. McTernan notes that it was destroyed by fire in 1976 and the site is now occupied by educational buildings.
Willowbrook	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Andrew McCullough was leasing a property at Willowbrook, valued at £13, from Mrs. Ormsby Gore. In 1906 Lord Harlech's estate owned property valued at £3 at Willowbrook, barony of Carbury. McTernan notes that the house was accidentaly destroyed by fire in December 1867. The ruin is still visible.
Wynnesfort House	In 1906 Alexander Lyons owned a property valued at £8 at Rahaberna, barony of Carbury. At the time of Griffith's Valuation this property was leased from the Lyons estate by George Robinson. McTernan states that the lands passed from the Knox to the Wynne estate in the late eighteenth century. In the early nineteenth century William C. Wood of Rathellen had possession and the house was let to a succession of tenants. It was sold in the Encumbered Estates court in 1853 when the purchaser was Henry Lyons.
Mount Shannon	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Francis Olpherts was leasing Mount Shannon, barony of Carbury from John Wynne. The house was then valued at £35. McTernan states that Olpherts had recently been appointed agent to the Wynne estate and later married Marianna Wynne of Ardaghowen. The house is still recorded by Slater as being in his possession in 1894. It has had a number of owners since the early twentieth century but is still extant and occupied.
Faughts Cottage	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Phillip Parke was leasing a property at Faughts, barony of Carbury, valued at £7, from John Wynne. This appears to be the house described on both the First and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps as "Faughts Cottage". A house is still extant at the site.
Castlegal House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation George Dunne was leasing two properties in the townland of Castlegal to the Parke family. John Parke was renting a house valued at £7 together with 50 acres while Phillip Parke was leasing a house valued at £5 and 98 acres. McTernan states that prior to being owned by the Dunn family this property belonged to the Cope estate. Castelgal is still extant and occupied.
Millbrook House(Drumcliff)	Edward Simpson was leasing a house, mill and associated buildings at Ballincar, barony of Carbury valued at £16 from the Wynne estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He offered the property for sale in the Landed Estate's Court in April 1873. The sale notice indicates that he held it on a Fee Farm Grant from Owen Wynne dated 1868. The original house is no longer extant.
AbbeyView	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Alexander Phillips was leasing a house valued at almost £14 at Abbeyquarter North, barony of Carbury, from the Cooper estate. McTernan states that it was built in the later eighteenth century and described in 1878 "as a beautifully situated villa residence with attractive grounds". The Phillips family continued in residence until the 1860s after which it was occupied by a succession of owners until the 1990s when it was sold to the Electricity Supply Board who demolished the house.
Holywell	In his 1802 description of the Wynne estate McParlan mentions that Rev. Richard Wynne was about to build at Holywell, along the shore of Lough Gill. At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Wynne was leasing the house in Cloghermore to James Patterson when it was valued at almost £7. In 1894, Slater refers to it as the seat of Captain Gethin. This house is still extant and has recently been extensively renovated.
Springfield	The Phibbs estate owned several houses as well as the townland of Springfield or Magheralgillerneeve, barony of Carbury at the time of Griffith's Valuation. One house, valued at £12, was being leased by John Mullan.
Tully House (Carbury)	Charles Simpson was leasing a house valued at £6 at Tully, barony of Carbury, from the Wynne estate, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house is still extant at the site.
Lisnalurg House	George Robinson was leasing Lisnalurg House from the Wynne estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £14. McTernan notes that it was sometime the accommodation of the estate agent. It is still extant and occupied by descendents of the Wynne family.
Belleview Cottage	Robert Whiteside was leasing the property at Lisnalurg, known as Belleview Cottage from the Wynne estate, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £8. The site is now occupied by a house known as Ardeevin
Summerhill (Carbury)	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Gowan was leasing a house valued at £6 at Lisnalurg, from the Wynne estate. This is the house known as Summerhill which, in the 1870s, was acquired by the Anderson family who remained in possession until 1922. It is still extant.
Violet Hill	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas McDonnell was leasing an extensive mill complex and a house at Shannon Oughter, from the Martin estate. The entire property was valued at over £30.
Colgagh House	Edward Homan was leasing a property valued at £18 from the Ffolliott estate at Cogagh, parish of Calry at the time of Griffith's Valuation. McTernan writes that the Homans continued in residence until the 1880s. Colgagh House is still extant and occupied.
Ballytivnan House	McTernan writes that this was a 2-storey eighteenth century residence, occupied by the Griffith family until the 1830s. Following them it was the home of Jack Taaffe and was damaged on the night of the Big Wind in January 1839. It was later occupied by the Kelly family. Afterwards acquired by the Health authorities and subsequently demolished.
Cairnsfoot	McTernan indicates that Maj. De Bromhead is the reputed builder of Cairnsfoot, probably in the early decades of the nineteenth century, when he leased the lands from the Cooper estate. He had married Judith Wood in 1823. In the 1840s he returned to England and the house was let to a number of different families, notably the O'Connors. In 2004 it was partially destroyed by fire and subsequently demolished.
Rathanna	Col. Knox Barrett held this property from Jane Mullin at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £20. It remained in the Barret family until the early 1900s when it was sold to the Monahan family who owned it until the 1960s. McTernan writes that it was sold to the Jurys Hotel Group who built the Sligo Park Hotel in front of the original house which was demolished in the 1980s.
Rathellen	McTernan writes that Rathellen was built at the beginning of the nineteenth century as a dower house for the Wood of Woodville estate.. It was purchased by Henry Lyons in 1860 and remained in the Lyons family until the 1940s. It is still extant but unoccupied.
Rose Hill (Sligo)	McTernan writes that this was originally the residence of Thomas Reed and known as Lakeview. It passed to his son-in-law, Vernon Davys, in the early 1830s. After the 1840s it was leased to a succession of tenants. It was demolished in the 1980s to make way for modern housing.
Lower Shannon House	John Duncan was leasing this property from the Wynne estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10.McTernan notes that it was purchased by his relatives from the Wynne estate in the early twentieth century. The property was sold again in the 1920s to the Donaghy family and continues in their possession.
Belvoir (Sligo)	Wilson refers to Belvoir, situated on the other side of the Garavogue river from Hazelwood, as the seat of Mr. Ormsby in 1786. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, the property here is held by John Wynne and referred to as "a servant's house", valued at £2 15s. Buildings are still extant at the site.