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Cloncouse

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 19 houses.

Houses within 5km of Cloncouse

Displaying 19 houses.

House name Description
Annsville House The representatives of Simon Davis were holding this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it and the adjacent mills were valued at £45. The latter is labelled Ballinadee Mills and is described as disused on the 25-inch Ordnance survey map of the 1890s. Some buildings still remain at the site.
Oak Hill At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Henry Westropp was leasing this property to Geoffrey Rawlins, when it was valued at £9 5s. It is labelled Oak Hill on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Oakfield on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. A house is still extant at the site.
Peafield George H. Rawlins was the proprietor of Peafield at the time of Griffith's Valuation, though it was unoccupied. Lewis distinguishes between Peafield and Peafield House which he indicates was the seat of the Minton family.
Wood Hill/Knocknacurra House Benjamin Gillman was leasing this property to William McCrate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £14 5s. Lewis refers to the house as Knocknacurra, seat of Benjamin Gillman in 1837. It is labelled Knocknacurra House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Farm builidngs appear to occupy the site now.
Upland William Spiller was leasing this property from Benjamin Gillman at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £5 5s. There is still an extant house at this site.
Knocknagappul House The representatives of Robert Belcher were leasing this property to Francis Croker at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £8 10s. There is still an extant house at this site. Photo of Knocknagappul House
Rock House Edward Gillman held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £24. Lewis records the property as the seat of J. Gillman in 1837. It was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in June 1851. In the late 1770s it was occupied by a member of the Baker family. There is still an extant house at this site.
Tullyland This property was held in fee by the representatives of Messers. Cornwall at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8. A house still exists at the site. Photo of Tullyland
Tullyland House William Westropp and others were leasing this property to Nicholas Thomas at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £7 10s. There is still a house named as Tullyland House, at this site.
Cliff Fort Thomas Frewen held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £7. There is still a house at this site.
Doon (Kinsale) Rev. John Webb was leasing this property from the representatives of John Kearney at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £13 10s. An Encumbered Estates Sale notice of January 1851 indicates the mansion house at Doon was originally part of the Sullivan estate. Doon is still extant. Photo of Doon (Kinsale)
Ballywilliam Ballywilliam House was being leased by Benjamin Barter to a member of the Bowen family at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20. In 1837 Lewis referred to is as the seat of B. Barter. It is still extant. Photo of Ballywilliam
Hollyhill House Lewis refers to Hollyhill House as the seat of C. Newman in 1837. Leet recorded it as the seat of Thomas Newman in 1814. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was being leased by James Radcliff to Mary Anne Collis. Mrs. Collis was the owner of almost 1000 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s. It does not appear on the 25-inch map of the 1890s and there is no evidence of it now.
Dunderrow House The building at this site is recorded as a Glebe house on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map.A different building at the site is labelled as Dunderrow House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. John C. Kearney was leasing this property to Blayney Calnane at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8. There is still an extant house at the site. Lewis refers to "Dunderrow Cottage" as the seat of Rev. R. Halburd in 1837 but this is a different property in the townland of Horse Hill Beg. Local sources also suggest that Thomas Adderley lived "at Dunderrow" before moving to a house in the centre of Inishannon village. In 1786, Wilson writes that Thomas Adderley had a seat at Inishannon. Photo of Dunderrow House
Leighmoney House Lewis records E. Gillman of Leoffney [Leighmoney?], parish of Dunderrow in 1837. John C. Kearney held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £15. There is still an extant house at the site.
Ship-pool Lewis refers to Shippool as the seat of Captain Herrick in 1837 when he describes it as " a handsome residence in a wooded demesne". At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was being leased by Thomas Herrick to William Herrick and valued at £50. Local sources suggest it was built in the later eighteenth century when the family moved from Shippool Castle, but the house burned down later in the nineteenth century. It is recorded in the late 1770s as the residence of Herrick esq. and by Leet in 1814 as the seat of Wm. M.H. Herrick. A later house, also called Shippool, was built at the site in the early twentieth century and is still extant. Note: townland spelt as Skanagore in the Townlands Index but as Shanagore in other sources Photo of Ship-pool
Roughwood Leased by Joseph Bullen to William Bullen at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £2 10s. Offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in August 1855, when the sale notice indicated the property was on lease from the Kearney estate. This house is no longer extant.
Rock Castle Frederick Oldham was leasing this property from Godfrey Baldwin at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12. By 1865, it was part of the estate of Robert Forster, an insolvent, and was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in July of that year and again in January and November, 1866. The sale notice indicates that the lands were held on a lease, dated 1858, from the Earl of Bandon's estate to Thomas Poole. Noted by Leet as the seat of Edward Beecher in 1814. Though there are buildings extant at the site they do not appear to be occupied.
Golden Bush A house located between Inishannon and Kinsale which was in the possession of the Wilmot family in the 1770s and 1780s. In 1814 Leet noted it as the seat of William H. Herrick and it was occupied by Thomas Herrick at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £5. Gibson had noted it as the residence of Henry Sheares in the 1760s.