Leekfield

Houses within 10km of this house

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Houses within 10km of Leekfield

Displaying 26 houses.

House name	Description
Seafield or Lisheen	At the time of Griffiths Valuation, William Phibbs owned a house at Lisheenacooravan valued at £55. This house was known as Seafield or Lisheen at different times. In 1906 Seafield/Lisheen was valued at £55. The property is now a ruin
Culleenamore	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Samuel Barrett was leasing the house at Culleenamore, barony of Carbury, from Edward Nicholson, when it was valued at £16.
Longford House	Longford House was built in the mid-18th century but was destroyed in a fire in the early 19th century,c1816. It is this house to which Wilson refers as the seat of Mr. Crofton in 1786. Another house was built adjacent to the original. McTernan notes that this house also suffered fire damage in both 1840 and again in 1916. At the time of Griffith's Valuation a house at Longford Demesne was valued at £13 and was the property of Sir Malby Crofton. In 1906 this was the property of Sir Malby Crofton and was valued at £30. The later Longford House is still extant and occupied. The original is an impressive ruin.
Port Royal	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Henry Griffith was leasing a property at Buninna, including a mill from the Cooper estate. The property was valued at £12. McTernan notes that this house is described in early nineteenth century documents as a "marine villa". It was later occupied by the McMunn and Hart families. It is stil extant but dilapidated.
Tanrego	In 1786 Wilson writes that Mr. Irwin's property was situated "on the right of Strandhouse Inn" and nearby was Tanrago, the seat of Mr. Dodwell. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Capt.Richard Olpherts was occupying a house at Tanrego, barony of Tireragh. In 1894 Slater refers to Tanregoe as the seat of Richard Verschoyle. In 1906 Tanrego was the property of Richard J. Verschoyle and was valued at £25. It is still extant and occupied.
Beltra Rectory	This house, part of the Irwin estate, was on perpetual lease from the Cooper estate. It principally functioned as the local rectory. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property was occupied by Rev. St.George Knox and was valued at £13.
Charlesfort House	Charlesfort House was the home of Rev. William Grove in 1836. It was also occupied by him at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £13.
Carrowculleen House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Lecarrow was the property of Thomas Guilfoyle and was valued at £14. In 1906 Anthony Guilfoyle was the owner of the house at Lecarrow, valued at £31. McTernan notes that the property was purchased by Anthony Gilfoyle, a leading Sligo merchant, c.1806. It was extended in the 1840s. From the 1920s until the 1990s it was owned by the Mercy Order. The house is now part of the Holy Hill Hermitage complex.
Toberpatrick (Skreen)	Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to "Tubberpatrick" as the seat of Captain Jones. In 1837 Lewis recorded Tubberpatrick House as a seat of the Jones family. At the time of the estate sale in the Encumbered Estates court in April 1852, the house at Tubberpatrick was described as "a dwelling house fit for the reception of a gentleman, with offices and garden on the demesne". At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was the property of Peter O'Connor and was valued at £15. Toberpatrick House is still extant and occupied. In 2008 it was offered for sale through Knight Frank estate agents [Irish Times, 13 March 2008].
Seafort House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Richard Wood was leasing a property valued at £14 at Carrowbrickeen, barony of Tireragh, from the representatives of Arthur Cooper. Lewis records Seafort House as a residence of the Wood family in 1837. In 1814 it was the seat of Richard Wood. McTernan notes that Seafort House was demolished in the twentieth century and a modern house stands at the site.
Seaview or Doonecoy	The Hillas family seem to have occupied the house at Carrowmacrory since the eighteenth century as McTernan notes that it was built by Robert Hillas who was High Sheriff of Sligo in 1772. Mrs. Esther Hillas was occupying the house, valued at £25, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1906 it was the property of Robert G. Hillas and was valued at £23. The house was eventually sold in 1955 to the O'Beirne family by whom it is still owned.
Corkhill House	Sir Malby Crofton is recorded as the lessor of two properties in the parish of Templeboy at the time of Griffith's Valuation. One property is noted as a herd's house, valued at £1 while the second, valued at £1 5s, was leased to Thomas Fury. McTernan notes that in the eighteenth century this house had been leased from the Crofton estate by the Wood family. It eventually fell into disrepair and was demolished.
Belville (Kilmacshalgan)	According to McTernan, Belville was built by Peter Rutledge on the occasion of his marriage to Catherine Ormsby in 1808. The house was occupied in the 1830s by James Rutledge. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Margaret Ormsby Ruttledge, leasing from the Cooper estate and was valued at almost £4. By 1876 it was the seat of Robert McMunn who owned 582 acres in county Sligo. It was partly demolished in the twentieth century.
Carrowgarry	In 1906 Alexander Crichton was the owner of Carrowgarry House, valued at £37. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, a herd's house, valued at £3 and part of the Crichton estate, was located here.
Doonaleragh Lodge	This house was built as a summer house for the family residing at Rathcarrick. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Amy Eliza Walker was leasing it and over 300 acres from the representatives of Roger Walker. It was valued at £10. It is still extant and occupied.
Dirk Lodge	Alexander Crichton's address is given as Dirk Lodge, Drumard, in 1870s Landowners Listings. In the 1850s the house is described as a "steward's house" valued at £8. In 1906 he was the owner of a house valued at £8 at Derk Beg, barony of Tireragh. McTernan notes that this property had been a herd's house in the early ineteenth century but was enlarged in the 1880s. It is still extant and occupied.
Glen Lodge	Around 1780 James Sandford Nicholson settled in the newly built family seat which he named Glen Lodge. It was in the possession of Thomas White at the time of Griffith's Valuation who was leasing it to James Coghrane when it was valued at £15. At the time the estate was sold in the Landed Estates Court in 1876 Glen Lodge is described as "a good residence, leased by the Court of Chancery to Andrew James for 7 years from 1869". The house is still extant and occupied.
Ballygreighen	In 1906 Henry E. King owned over 350 acres of untenanted land and buildings valued at £10, at Ballygreighen, barony of Tireragh. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Andrew Finnegan was leasing a property valued at £8 from the King estate at Ballygreighen. The original buildings is no longer extant.
Castle Lodge	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Richard Beatty was leasing a property valued at £6 from the Fury estate at Ballinphull, barony of Tireragh. McTernan notes that the Fury/Furey family owned this property up to the end of the nineteenth century but did not live there. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Books refer to Castle Lodge as "a handsome cottage in good repair". The house was burned during the Civil War but subsequently repaired. It is still extant but in disrepair.
Highpark House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, James Dowdican was leasing property from the Webber estate in the parish of Skreen including a house valued at £2 at Carrowgilhooly. This may be the property named as Highpark House both on the First and 25-inch editions Ordnance Survey Maps. There is still a house extant on the site.
Fort Laurel	Patrick and Hugh Maguire were leasing over 60 acres from the Palmer estate at Ardogelly at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Fort Laurel House was later built at this property. It was renovated in the late twentieth century and is now a family home.
Strandhill House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation George D. Meredith was leasing Strandhill House, valued at £9, from the estate of William Phibbs. McTernan states that the house remained in the Meredith family until the 1960s. It is now a roofless ruin.
Rockville (Carbury)	Edward Homan was leasing two properties, both valued at over £4 and described as Bathing Lodges, at Culleenamore, from Samuel Barrett, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. One house is noted on the OS 1st edition sheet as Rockville and the second as Bocage.
Altanelvick	A summer residence of the Jones family of Benada. In 1857 held in fee by Daniel Jones and valued at £3. The house became derelict in the twentieth century but has since been restored.
Ardnaglass	Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Ardnaglass as the seat of Mr. Jones, "half a mile beyond the ruins of a castle". The castle he refers to is Ardnaglass Castle, also associated with the Jones family. Earlier, in 1739, Reverend William Henry mentions Ardnaglass as the seat of Loftus Jones. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, this townland was part of the Webber estate, leased by William Graham. He was occupying a property valued at £4. The castle ruins are still extant.
Grangemore (Tireragh)	In 1786 Wilson refers to Grange as the seat of Mr. Jones. It is possible that he is referring to the house then at Grangemore, in the parish of Templeboy. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, this townland was part of the estate of William Phibbs and the house, occupied by Thomas McKinn, was valued at £3. McTernan writes that in the mid-17th century, this property was known as Curhow and was owned by Theophilus Jones. It was subsequently sublet to the Wood family and purchased by Phibbs from the Cooper of Coopershill estate in the 1790s.