Ballynanty

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Ballynanty

Displaying 10 houses.

House name	Description
Drombeg	A house located on the estate of the Earl of Sandwich at the time of Griffith's Valuation and occupied by John Mulcahy, when it was valued at £11. [Grid reference is approximate].
Loughgur Castle	In 1786 Wilson refers to Lough-Gur as the seat of Henry Baylee. This house was ccupied by John "Boylie" in 1814 and by Miss Bailie in 1837. In the early 1850s William Evans was resident. He held the house valued at £11 from the Count De Salis. It was adjacent to the remains of a tower house known as Bouchier's Castle. The property at this site is labelled "Lough Gur Farm" on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. The book edited by Mary Carbery, "The Farm by Lough Gur", published in 1937, contains a description of the Baylee property at Loughgur. The original Bayley house is no longer extant.
Grange Hill	Leet records Grange-Hill as the residence of Edward Croker in 1814. Edward John Croker was resident at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. It was a residence of the Count De Salis at the time Griffith's Valuation. The Count held it in fee and the buildings were valued at £27. The Count was still the occupier of Grange in 1906. Owned by Colonel and Mrs Galloway in 1942. The house is now known as Loughgur.
Camas	The seat of the Bevan family located on the estate of the Earl of Limerick. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was held by Frederick Bevan from the Earl of Limerick and valued at £29. The house is now demolished but the farm buildings remain.
The Grange	The home of the Grady/O'Grady family in the 18th and 19th century. In 1786 Wilson describes it as "the beautiful and well-improved seat of Standish O'Grady". It was inherited by the Crokers in 1861. Occupied by Standish [O'] Grady in 1814 and Henry O'Grady in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £77 and the property was held in fee. In 1894 it was noted by Slater as the seat of Captain Edward Croker. This house was described as in very good repair even though it had not been occupied for a number of years preceding the Irish Tourist Association survey of 1942. The house is now a ruin.
Kilballyowen	In 1786 Wilson refers to Kilballyowen as the seat of Mr. O'Grady. This was the main seat of the O'Grady family, described by Lewis as a "handsome modern building" circa 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the buildings were valued at £41. By 1906 they were valued at £70 and the property was still in the possession of 'The O'Grady'. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor lists the types of artifacts, paintings etc to be found in this home of Madam O'Grady in 1942. The house was demolished post 1968.
Cahir Guillamore	The seat of the O'Grady family from the mid 18th century acquired through marriage with a member of the Hayes family. Held by the Viscount Guillamores in fee and valued at £50 in the early 1850s. Viscount Guillamore was recorded as the occupier in 1906 when the house was valued at £48. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor in 1942 refers to this house as been unused since 1922 when the estate was divided by the Land Commission. All the fittings has been removed and only the shell of the house remained. The house is now a ruin.
Rockbarton	Also known as Mount Prospect, Fitzgerald describes Mount Prospect as the "magnificent seat and demesne of the present Chief Baron". Lewis describes Rockbarton as the "elegant mansion of Lord Guillamore". It was occupied by John Low at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held it from the Viscount. It was valued at £75. By 1906 the value of the house was reduced to £60 and it was then occupied by Lord Fermoy. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor records the sale of this house to Mr Barry in 1922. It remained in his possession until it was demolished in 1941 and the fittings sold to a Limerick builder. He writes that it was one of the "showplaces of Ireland" with a grand staircase of marble and that it had been renovated at a cost of £70,000 circa 1912 by the Honourable Nigel Baring who was married to a daughter of Lord Fermoy.The house is now a ruin.
Milltown	In the 18th century Miltown was the residence of a branch of the De Lacy family. Mill-town, Bruff, was the residence of Mrs Bevan in 1814. George Gubbins was the occupier in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property valued at £40+ from Edward B. Hartopp. In 1831 George Gubbins married Elizabeth Blood nee Hartopp. This house is named Milltown George on the first Ordnance Survey map.
Ballygrennan Castle	Granted to the Evans family under the Acts of Settlement. In the early 19th century the residence of William Creed. Described as "in ruins" on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Some portions of the building remains though much of the stone has been removed.