Leekfield

Houses within 15km of this house

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Houses within 15km of Leekfield

Displaying 58 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
Lissadell or Lissadill	The Gore Booth family built the first Lissadell House between 1750-1760, in front of the current house. The current house was built in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century and continued to be the home of the Gore Booth family until the 1990s. In 1906 the house and buildings were valued at £347. The house has been open to the public for many years. It is now owned by E. Walsh and C. Cassidy and is being restored. See www.lissadellhouse.com.
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.
Grange/Primrose Grange	Richard Gethin was leasing a house at Primrose Grange to Christopher Allen at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £14. McTernan notes this as Grange House, built in the eighteenth century and enlarged c.1820. It was leased to a succession of families thoroughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and was eventually demolished in 1981. A building formerly used as a school is stil extant and lived in.
Cummeen (also spelt Cummin)	The Ormsby family had a house at Cummeen, Coolera in the eighteenth century. Wilson noted it as the residence of John Ormsby in 1786, when he describes it as "a magniificent and beautiful seat". At the time of Griffith's Valuation the representatives of Charles Ormsby were leasing the house and land at Cumeen to William Phibbs who in turn leased the house to Alexander Wylie. It was valued at £13. Some building remains and a possible folly are still visible at the site.
Rathcarrick	At the time of Griffith's Valuation there were two substantial houses at Rathcarrick, barony of Carbury, both belonging to the Walker estate. John McHutcheon was leasing one property valued at £18 while Amy Eliza Walker was leasing the second, valued at £28. In 1906 John F. Walker was the owner of a house at Rathcarrick, then valued at £63. Rathcarrick house is still extant and has recently been renovated.
Cloverhill	Cloverhill was part of the Earl of Erne's estate in county Sligo. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was leased to William C. Chambers when it was valued at £28. In 1786 Wilson had noted it as a seat of "Mr. Chalmers" so it had been occupied by that family since the eighteenth century. Cloverhill House was demolished in 1988. Some remains of estate walls visible.
Breeogue	Matthew Walsh was leasing this property from the Earl of Erne's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £6. Breeogue House is still extant and occupied.
Kevinsfort	Kevinsfort House was built c.1820. It was the home of various other families at different times in the 19th century, including Capt. George Dodwell. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it seems to have been leased by Alexander Popham to John Stoll and valued at £52. McTernan notes that Popham was Dodwell's son-in-law. The property was sold by the Pophams in 1923. Kevinsfort is still extant and occupied.
Woodville	Woodville House is still extant and occupied by the Wood family who operate an open farm there. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was being leased by Alicia Martin from Capt. James Wood and was valued at £42.
Annaghmore (Nymphsfield)	Annaghmore has been the principal seat of the O'Haras since medieval times. An earlier house on the site had been demolished by 1684. It's successor was replaced by the present house c.1820. That house was known in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century as Nymphsfield and is described by McParlan in 1802. In 1786 Wilson refers to Nymphsfield as the pleasant seat of Mr. O'Hara. The name of the house was changed back from Nymphsfield to Annaghmore in the early 19th century and the house was further enlarged. In 1894 it was the seat of Capt. Charles K. O'Hara. In 1906 the house was valued at £68. Annaghmore is still extant and occupied by the O'Hara family.
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.
Temple View	The house now known as Temple View was built in the later 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation there was a building at this location owned by Peter Hale and leased to George Fenton. In 1906 Temple View was the property of James Hale and was valued at £32 as well as other buildings in the townland. McTernan states that it had a succession of owners through the twentieth century but has been vacant for long periods. In 2005 it was derelict and for sale.
Dromore	At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house at Dromore was the property of John Fenton and was valued at £15. Both Leet in 1814 and Lewis in 1837 also record it as a residence of the Fenton family. In 1864 Thomas Fenton offered it for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The house was occupied at the time by Jas. McMunn, MD. In 1906 the house at Dromore was valued at £16 and was the property of William Browne Loughead.
Woodhill House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Lewis Jones was leasing Woodhill house, valued at £25, at Knockaculleen, barony of Tireragh, from Anne Jones. When the property was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in May 1875 the house is described as " a handsome modern residence valued at £30". The Wingfield King estate sold their interest in the property in 1879 and the sale notice mentions Thaddeus Tiernan as occupying the house at that time. In 1906 a house here valued at £20 was the property of Thaddeus Tiernan. McTernan states that this gentleman had amassed a fortune in Australia and South America. He became involved in public life, including Board of Guardians and County Council, on taking up residence at Woodhill. The house is still owned by his descendents.
Farrenmacfarrell	James Ormsby was occupying this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £6. McTernan states that the house was built by Thomas Ormsby at the end of the eighteenth century. In 1906, the house at Farranmacfarrell was owned by Alexander Cuffe and was valued at £7. The house is still extant but appears to be unoccupied.
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.
Knockadoo	At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house at Knockadoo was occupied by Meredith Thompson and was valued at £11. McTernan indicates that it had previously been owned by the Savage family and sold to the Thompsons in the 1840s, leaseholders since the eighteenth century. In the 1880s, Knockadoo was sold to the Heather family who ran a horse-breeding business there until the 1930s when the property was acquired by the Land Commission. The house was subsequently damaged by fire but has been extensively restored in recent times.
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.
Ardtermon Castle	Ardtermon was the first property held by the Gore family before the building of Lissadell. McTernan notes that it was granted to Sir Francis Gore and had previously been the property of the O'Hart family. The Gore Booth family moved to Lissadell in the mid eighteenth century. Since 1979 it has been the home of the Schiller family who have restored it to its former glory from total ruin. See www.ardtarmoncastle.com
Avena	McTernan indicates that this house was originally owned by Robert Culbertson, mill owner of Ballysadare. His property was purchased in the Landed Estates Court in the 1860s by Messers. Middleton and Pollexfen and became a regular residence of Wiliam Middleton. It is still extant and occupied.
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.
Elsinore	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Edward Cooper owned a property at Rosses Upper, barony of Carbury, valued at £16. In 1906 the representatives of William Middleton held a property here valued at £18 as well as over 350 acres of untenanted land. The property also has associations with W.B. Yeats who used to spend holidays here with the Middleton family. The house is now a ruin.
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.
Abbeytown	In 1906 Mrs. H. Campbell owned a property valued at £5 as well as over 100 acres of untenanted land at Abbeytown, [Grid reference is approximate]
Cregg House	Michael Jones, formerly of Lisgoole, county Fermanagh, is described as of Cregg House in 1854. His representatives still held the property in the 1870s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Capt. Alex Lumsden, son-in-law of Michael Jones, leasing from John Wynne, when it was valued at £25. Cregg House afterwards came into the possession of the Sisters of La Sagesse and is now a Special Needs facility.
Carnaleck or Carrownaleck	At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Gray was leasing a property valued at £8 together with 178 acres from Adam Mossman at Carrownaleck, barony of Leyny. This would originally have been part of the Nicholson estate. McTernan notes that the Grays surrendered their lease in the 1880s. The property is still extant and occupied.
Cuffe House or Camcuil	Camcuill townland was part of Peter Niddrie's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house with highest value was that of Edward Larrinan, leasing a property valued at £3 from Peter Niddrie. McTernan states that the house had originally belonged to the Brownes and later the Jones family of Fortland. In 1874 the sale notice referring to the Niddrie estate mentions Camcuill as "a comfortable dwelling house with extensive offices, recently erected". In 1906 a house in this townland is recorded as the property of the representatives of Grace Niddrie.
Knockaculleen A	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Rutledge was leasing a house valued at almost £10 at Knockaculleen, barony of Tireragh, to Catherine Rutledge. [Grid reference is approximate].
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.
Kilboglashy	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Harloe Phibbs was leasing a house valued at £8 as well as mill buildings valued at £300 to Robert Culbertson, at Kiboglashy, Almost all traces of the huge mill complex in Ballysadare have now been demolished and modern building development has taken place there.
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.
Greenfield Cottage/Greenville	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Henry Burrowes was leasing a property valued at almost £8 from the O'Hara estate at Coolaney. This seems to be the property marked on the 1st edition OS Map as Greenfield Cottage. It appears on the 25-inch Ordnance survey of the 1890s as Greenville. The original house is no longer extant.
Branchfield House (Leyny)	The residence of the McKim family for many generations, Branchfield was enlarged and extended in the later nineteenth century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was held from Catherine Gore by Patrick McKim and valued at £5. McTernan states that the lands were sold to the Congested Districts Board in 1910, though the family retained the house. It is currently undergoing renovation.
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.
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.
Cuiltybar	Occupied in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by relatives of the O'Haras of Annaghmore. Leased in the 1830s to John Fenton Motherwell and afterwards his widow Elizabeth who held it at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was then valued at £7 10s and leased to George Martin. It returned to members of the O'Hara family in the early twentieth century after which the land was acquried by the Land Commission. Still extant and occupied, McTernan notes that it is one of the oldest occupied houses in county Sligo and was, in the distant past, known as Trimgrove.
Raghly Lodge	Raghly Lodge was held in fee by Charles Gore Jones at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10 10s. In 1894 it was also noted as his residence by Slater. McTernan notes that it was remodelled in the early twentieth century and raised to two storeys. It remained in the Jones family until c.1912. It is still extant and occupied.
Finisklin House or Seamount	Built as a seaside residence of the Wood family though frequently leased by them to various other families. In the mid nineteenth century it was the residence of Thomas Mostyn Wood and valued at £11. In the 1870s, McTernan notes that it passed to the land agent Richard St. George Robinson, in whose family it remained until the early twentieth century. It is still extant and has been restored.
Oakfield House (Sligo)	In 1786 Wilson notes a house close to Cloverhill House as the seat of Mr. Deboots [?]. This may be Oakfield House. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this property was leased from Captain Richard Gethin by Joseph Holmes. It is described as a herd's house and was valued at £3 10s at the time. An extensive farm is still extant at the site.
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.
Prospect House	The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates the building of this house to about 1770. Slater’s Directory records John Thompson of Prospect House in 1846. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation this house was vacant but held by Mary A. Sanderson of Cloverhill. This house is now a ruin.