Woodcliff

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 21 houses.

Houses within 10km of Woodcliff

Displaying 21 houses.

House name	Description
Ballyartney	A house built by the Quaker family Barclay in the 18th century and their home in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1786 Wilson mentions Ballyartney as the seat of Mr. Barclay. The house was occupied by Charlotte Barclay at the time of Griffith's Valuation but she held it from the Court of Chancery. Home of the O'Dea family in the 20th century. Unoccupied in 2009.
Cahercon/Cahiracon	A house situated on the bank of the Shannon, the seat of the Scott family until at least the 1850s. The sale rental of 1854 gives a detailed description of the house which included 16 bedrooms. By the mid 19th century James Kelly held the house in fee. The buildings were valued at over £53. The Honourable Charles William White, second surviving son of Baron Annally, was living at Cahiracon in the mid 1870s and it was a seat of that family in 1894. The Vandeleurs lived here for a short time at the beginning of the 20th century. Bought by the Maynooth Mission to China in 1920 and sold by them to the Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco in 1962. The house later became the centre of Cahercon Community College. Cahercon is now owned by Clareman Paddy Whelan of Limestone Quarries.
Clifton	Built by the Scotts of Cahiracon for the use of their agents circa 1830s, this house was in the possession of James Kelly by the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was recorded as unoccupied. It became St Brigid's Convent for postulants of the Columban Sisters in the 1920s and was demolished in 1979.
Erribul	A steward's house built in the 1840s by Colonel George Wyndham and valued at over £12 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is labelled Erribul House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s and is still extant.
Cloonkerry House	Cloonkerry was an 18th century house on the Vandeleur estate. The house was occupied by Richard Brew in 1814 and by members of the Lloyd family in 1837 and in the 1850s. Weir writes that the house is now demolished. According to local information this house was once a police barracks.
Clonderalaw	Weir writes that this house was either built or bought by a branch of the Studderts of county Limerick in the mid 18th century and that it remained their home until the mid 20th century. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Studdert. It was part of the Wandesforde estate in county Clare. It was the home of Mrs Gore (nee Studdert) in the 1940s but according to the Irish Tourist Association surveyor it was not in good repair and "likely to go the way of all the other big houses of Clare". However it has survived into the 21st century with its roof on. In 1894 it was the residence of Captain George Studdert.
Thornberry House	Originally a Brew family home, then a rectory and by the mid 19th century in the possession of the Studdert family held from Jane Robinson. Later the home of Colonel Thomas Lloyd. The house was demolished in 1949.
Ballysteen	Inhabited by James Massey in the early 1850s who held the property from the Earl of Clare. The house was valued at £11+ at that time. Though still extant it has fallen into disuse.
Caharagh House	Occupied by R.Q. Sleeman in 1837 and by Frederick Alms in the early 1850s who held the property from the Knight of Glin. This house was in the possession of George Fitzgerald Hartigan Putland in 1865 when it was advertised for sale on 107 acres and held under an accepted proposal for life of G.F.H. Putland from the Knight of Glin. Caheragh House is still extant.
Glin Castle	The home of the Knights of Glin, built in the 1780s and later castellated, it is situated on the Shannon estuary. Wilson refers to it in 1786 as" Glyn House, the pleasant seat of Mr. Fitzgerald". In the early 1850s it was valued at £50. The castle is still in the possession of the family but in 2015 was offered for sale.
Westwood	Reverend P. Fitzgerald wrote in 1826 that Lancelot Kiggell "lately built a beautiful cottage adjoining a fine old wood near Glin". This house was occupied by Lieutenant Hyde Royal Navy in 1837 and by John F.E. Fitzgerald, heir to the Knight of Glin in the early 1850s. The house shown on the 25-inch map of the 1890s is much reduced in size and it is no longer extant.
Movena	A house on the Roche estate occupied by Bridget Farrell in the early 1850s when the buildings were valued at £11. Movena is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. It is now a ruin.
Waterpark House	A house on the Monteagle estate, the residence of Catherine Nolan in the early 1850s, when it was valued at £10. It is labelled as Waterpark House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A house is still extant at the site.
Corgrig House	Gerald Griffin was the proprietor of Corgrig in 1826, Mrs Griffin occupied Congrieff in 1837 and Gerald Griffin held Corgrig from Lord Monteagle in the early 1850s. The Ordnance Field Name Books state that Peter Griffin was the proprietor circa 1840 and that his father had erected this house about 80 years previously. It is still extant though with modern housing now occupying much of the surrounding area. The 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s also shows a house known as Corgrig Lodge in the same townland at R253511.
Shanagolden House	According to the Ordnance Field Name Books this house was erected in 1812 on the site of a former house. This three-storied house was situated on the Monteagle estate and was occupied by John Griffin in 1814 and by the Reverend George Vincent, rector of Shanagolden in 1837. His son Arthur Vincent was resident in the early 1850s when the house was valued at £20 and in the 1870s when he is recorded as owning 267 acres in county Limerick. It is no longer extant.
Rock Lodge	This house was the home of Samuel Harding from at least 1814 to the mid 19th century. He held the property from the Earl of Clare. At the time of Griffith's Valution, it was occupied by Michael Harding and valued at £10. Home of the Behan family at the end of the 20th century.
Old Abbey	The home of the Greene family for most of the 18th century. In 1786 Wilson refers to "Abbey" as the seat of Mr. Greene. Subsequent tenants were the Hodges and the Morgans. The Ordnance Field Name Books state that part of the building was very ancient and that a new front had been built in 1805. George Morgan was resident in 1814, William Morgan in 1837 and in the early 1850s, when he held the property from the Earl of Cork. Old Abbey passed to Willliam's daughter, Mrs Wardell, and stayed in the possession of the Wardell family into the 20th century. It is no longer extant.
Ouvane Cottage	Lieutenant Hewson, Royal Navy resided at Ouvane in 1837 and Maurice Hewson lived there in the 1850s when the buildings valued at £14 were held from Lord Monteagle. This house is no longer extant.
Mount Trenchard	Lewis described this mansion formerly called Cappa as "beautifully situated on the banks of the Shannon". Marked as "Cappo" on the Taylor and Skinner map of the 1770s. Home of the Rice/Spring Rice family in the 19th century, valued at £40 in the 1850s and at £54 in 1906. Occupied by the Military in 1944, sold to Lady Holland in 1947 and to the Sisters of Mercy in 1953 who opened a school.
Kilcosgrave	Occupied by Danie Sheahan in 1814. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book states that Kilcosgrave House was built on the site of the Castle and was formerly the residence of the Langford family. It was then a ruin except for one part which had been converted into a farm house. The name of this house is usually spelt Kilcosgriff.
Foynes House	In 1837 Lewis describes a house on Foynes Island as a "handsome marine villa, the summer residence of the Earl of Dunraven". The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map shows a house named Foynes House on the southern part of the island. By the time of Griffith's Valuation this is in possession of Peter Griffin, leasing from the Spring-Rice estate and with a valuation of £1 15s. The later 25-inch Ordnance Survey map shows a much smaller property labelled Burneen, close to the site of Foynes House. This latter property is still extant.