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Ballywilliam

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 18 houses.

Houses within 5km of Ballywilliam

Displaying 18 houses.

House name Description
Enniscoush Home of a junior branch of the Castle Hewson family, occupied by John Hewson at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house valued at £18 was held from the Wandesford family.
Cloghanarold This house was the residence of J. Fitzgerald Massey in 1837 and of Hugh H. Massy in the mid 19th century. The house was valued at £18 and held from John Pigott. Photo of Cloghanarold
Stoneville Originally a hunting lodge of the Southwell family, this house was the home of the Massy family for two centuries. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Hugh Massey. A new front was added in 1802 by Hugh Massy. The buildings were valued at £12 in the mid 19th century and the property was located on the Southwell estate. It is still extant. Photo of Stoneville
Danesfort A residence of the Brown family occupied by Henry Brown in 1814, by Mrs Brown in 1837 and by Henry Brown circa 1840. John S. Brown is recorded as the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation, holding the property from the Honourable C.B.C.S. Wandesford. It was valued at £8.
Castle Matrix In 1837 Lewis writes that the flour mill at Castle Matrix ''has been fitted up by the proprietor J. Southwell Brown esq in the most complete manner'' and that the Elizabethan square castle was being repaired. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book records Castlematrix as a large 2 storey house ''with a new castle 6 stories high adjoining''. John S. Brown held Castle Matrix from Lord Southwell. In the mid 19th century the buildings including the flour mills were valued at £90. In the 1853 sale rental which includes a lithograph, the castle is described as having been repaired and added to "regardless of expense. There are 9 bedrooms in the Castle, besides dressing closets, bathrooms, water closets, a large dining room, drawing room and library with extensive suites of servants' apartments, and the entire fitted up in elegant and substanial style". Castle Matrix was the headquarters of the International Institute of Military History and of the Heraldy Society of Ireland until 1991. Photo of Castle Matrix
Mount Brown The main residence of the Brown family of Rathkeale until Castle Matrix was restored in the 1830s. Held by them in fee, the buildings were valued at £23 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The mansion house at Dromard was occupied by John Walker circa 1840. In 1906 the house was occupied by the representatives of Col Edward Browne. Photo of Mount Brown
Fort William House Fort William was the residence of a branch of the Odell family in the 18th century. Occupied by Reverend John Graves in 1814. Mrs Graves had a flour mill here in 1837 but T. O'Dell was living at Fort William. The Ordnance Survey Name Book states that this house was formerly the residence of William Brown of Springmount ''at present occupied by a herdsman''. The residence of Richard D. Power in the mid 19th century who held the property valued at £11 from John B. Graves (in Chancery). The home of Goodricke Thomas Peacocke in the 1880s. This house is still extant and occupied. Photo of Fort William House
Beechmount Originally known as Mount Morgell and the home of the Morgell family in the 18th century. The residence of the Lloyd family in the 19th century, held in fee and valued at £32 in the 1850s. Seat of Gen.F.Lloyd in 1894. Recorded as the property of Major Langford in 1944 (ITA). Now a stud and racing stable run by the McNamara family. Photo of Beechmount
Rathkeale Abbey The residence of J. Hewson in 1837 and previously of the representatives of George Lake [Leake] esq. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the Abbey was in the possession of Daniel Griffin who held it from the representatives of William Lake [Leake]. It was valued at £30. Referred to in 1942 as "a substanial well kept mansion" the property of Major Waller. Photo of Rathkeale Abbey
Springmount Richard S. Croker was the proprietor of this townland at the time of the first Ordnance Survey and Springmount was the residence of William Brown. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Gerard Barry held the house and 56 acres in fee.
Mount Southwell House Situated near the town of Rathkeale this house was the residence of Francis Brown in 1837 and was still in his possession in the early 1850s but leased to Edward John Collins. It was valued at £24. This house passed to the Hill family of Graig through marriage.
Wilton The home of W.K. Brown in 1837 and of Edward Brown at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £16.
Cappagh Eyre Lloyd of Wales and William Hammond of Dublin were proprietors of this townland circa 1840. At that time Robert Peppard lived at Cappagh House which is described as an irregular two storied house, part of it built 120 years previously with later additions. Robert Peppard was still resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £14+. Robert Peppard was married to Anne Brown of nearby Mount Brown. Whelan writes that the Peppards had lived at Cappagh from the early 18th century. The last family member to live at Cappagh died in 1938. The house has had a number of owners in the 20th century and the interior was badly burnt by fire in 1983 but has since been restored. Photo of Cappagh
Court Lodge Described as a small lodge, the residence of Tobias Delmege at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Occupied by Pierce Brown and held from Lord Southwell at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £10. This house is now the home of a dairy farmer. Photo of Court Lodge
Ballylin Michael Smith was living at Ballylin, Rathkeale, in 1814 and R. Smith in 1837.
Smithfield Originally a Aylmer residence, later leased by the Smith family. The house was occupied by Richard Smith in 1814 and by R. Smith in 1837, later in the possession of the Fergusons. A 3 storey hand drawn house is depicted on the sale rental map of the Aylmer estate. Smithfield House is now the centre of a working farm run by the Lowe family and offers Bed and Breakfast accommodation. Photo of Smithfield
Curraheen The home of the Stephenson family for some of the 19th century. Slater's Directory of 1846 for the town of Rathkeale records Mr John Stephenson of Curraheen but no Stephenson is recorded in Curraheen South in Griffith's Valuation. Photo of Curraheen
Rockfield Tower At the time of Griffith's Valuation held by Tobias Delmege from Lord Southwell and valued at £9. This house is still in use as a residence. Photo of Rockfield Tower