Gortnascreeny House

Houses within 10km of this house

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Houses within 10km of Gortnascreeny House

Displaying 19 houses.

House name	Description
Betsborough	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Adam Newman was leasing this property to Henry Newman, when it was valued at £19 5s. It is still extant. Family history records for the Sweetnam family indicate that Samuel Sweetnam took over Betsborough while Thomas Sweetnam was agent to the Newman estate. Henry Newman of Betsborough, Skibbereen, owned 877 acres in the 1870s.
Baurnahulla House/The Cottage	George Robinson was leasing this property from the representatives of Thomas Deasy at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12 15s. The adjacent mills were valued at £14. A house labelled The Cottage is shown adjacent to the site of Baurnahulla House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A house still exists at this site. Local sources suggest this was a house lived in by a Fr. Ryan in the 1830s.
Dromdaleague House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Thomas Tuckey was leasing this property from George Bird, when it was valued at £12 5s. Lewis records it as the seat of Rev. T. Tuckey, rector, in 1837.
Dromore Cottage	Daniel Welply held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £5. It is labelled Dromore Cottage on the 25-inch Ordnance map of the 1890s. It is still extant and occupied.
Ballylicky House	Arthur Hutchins was leasing this house from the Earl of Kenmare's estate in 1852 when it was valued at almost £14. In 1837 Lewis refers to it as the seat of S. Hutchins. Later associated with the Graves family. The Irish Tourist Association survey of the 1940s noted that it was already being run as a guesthouse at that time and it is now a luxury hotel.
Dunnamark House	Leased by Alicia Tisdall from Samuel Hutchins at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8 5s. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association survey noted that it was the residence of Dr. Nunan. There is still an extant house at the site.
Dunnamark Mill	Michael Murphy was leasing this property, including a mill, from the Kenmare estate in 1852, when it was valued at £35. The building is labelled Barytes Mill on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It is now a ruin.
Gurteenroe House	John Shea Lalor was leasing Gurteenroe from the Kenmare estate in 1852 when it was valued at £10 10s. Lewis noted it as his residence in 1837. It appears to have been occupied by a Gallway family in the 1780s as both Taylor and Skinner and Wilson mention a residence of that family in this area. It is now a ruin.
Newtown (Bantry)	Held in fee by the Earl of Kenmare's estate in 1852 when it was valued at £8 5s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of M. Murphy in 1837. There is still an extant house at the site.
Reenydonagan House	Leased by Roger O'Sullivan from the Kenmare estate in 1852 when it was valued at £12. Lewis notes it as the seat of D. O'Sullivan in 1837. The house is still extant and operates as a guesthouse.
Ivy Cottage (Bantry)	Jeremiah O'Connell was leasing this property from Robert E. White at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £24. A substantial farmyard was located nearby. By the later nineteenth century the house appears to have been known as Beach Cottage. A slightly later building, known as Ardeevin House, exists at this site now.
Caherdaniel House (Bantry)	Leased from the Bantry estate by John Cotter at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £9. Occupied buildings still survive at the site.
The Vicarage (Bantry)	Rev. John Murphy was leasing the Vicarage from the Bantry estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £21. The house is still extant and occupied.
Drombrow House	Occupied by Hamilton White, leasing from the Bantry estate, in 1852, when it was valued at almost £16. Lewis records "Drumbree Cottage" as the seat of J. White in 1837. Drombrow was the property of Arthur B. Wilkinson in 1906 and valued at almost £15.
Inchiclogh House	Hamilton White held this property in fee in 1852 when it was valued at almost £34. Lewis refers to it as the seat of R. White in 1837. It is included in the Encumbered Estates Sale Notice of December 1852, which indicates that it was held by Elizabeth White, a widow, by lease from the Court of Chancery. The property does not appear on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s.
Reenadisert Court	Leased by Robert Warren from the Bantry estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £6. It was originally a seventeenth century fortified house built by the O'Sullivans and is now in ruins. A second property, Reenadisert Cottage (W000531), appears on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s but this has now disappeared.
Bantry House	Bantry House was held in fee by the Earl of Bantry at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £125. The house history indicates it has been the home of the White family since about 1765 when Richard White purchased what was then Blackrock House. Wilson still refers to it by the latter name in 1786 but it is named Bantry House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1830s. The Irish Tourist Association survey of the 1940s contains a detailed description of the house's interior at that time. Bantry House has been open to the public since 1946 and a prestigous music festival is held there each summer. For more information see www.bantryhouse.com.
Derreeny House	This property was built sometime after the 1st edition Ordnance map was published. In the 1850s Samuel Townsend held a property in fee at Derreeny, valued at £6 10s. Labelled Derreeny House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map, it is still extant and occupied.
Butler's Gift	Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Butler's-Gift as the seat of Mr. O'Callaghan. Local sources suggest that the name came from the bequest of the lands of Baurnahulla to Richard Tonson from Major Anthony Butler in the early 18th century.