Fern Hill

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 22 houses.

Houses within 5km of Fern Hill

Displaying 22 houses.

House name	Description
Inchydoney House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Hungerford was leasing this property from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners when it was valued at £22. Described by Lewis as "Island House" and the seat of T. Hungerford in 1837. In 1906 it was owned by Mary Sandes Hungerforde and valued at £31 15s. The house is now used as a religious retreat centre.
Youghals House	A Miss Walsh was leasing this property from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £14. This house is still extant.
The Retreat (Island)	Richard Beamish was leasing this property from Winspur Toye at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20. A house is still extant at the site.
Kilgarriff House	Henry Bence-Jones, a distinguished physican and scientist, was leasing this property from Rev. Henry Stewart, at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £24 10s. In 1837, Lewis refers to it as the seat of Capt. Davis. A house still exists at the site.
Bushmount	Not visible on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but named as Bushmount on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Johanna Deasy was leasing this property from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £22 10s. The Deasy family were brewers in the town of Clonakilty. [Now the site of St. Paul's Nursing Home.]
Lower Tawnies Cottage	Rev. Henry Stewart was leasing this property from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £13 15s. Lewis notes it as the seat of the Rev. Dr. Stewart in 1837. It is still extant but unoccupied.
Millville	Thomas and James Allen were leasing this property from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £15 and the adjacent mills at £37. The house is still extant. Modern housing now occupies the site of the mill.
Scartagh Cottage	Tradition locally suggests Scartagh Cottage was originally the property of the Townsend family. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was being leased by Henry Galway to Matthew O'Hea. Various members of the Galway family held small amounts of land in the area while Matthew O'Hea, of the War Office, London, is recorded as the owner of 70 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. Scartagh Cottage has been replaced by a convent on the 25-inch Ordnance Map towards the end of the nineteenth century and that building is still extant.
Kilnagross	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Sullivan was leasing this property to Rev. Somerset Townsend, when it was valued at almost £12. In 1837, it was the seat of Rev. W. Sullivan. It is no longer extant.
Shannonvale House & Mill	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the Misses Newman were leasing this property to T. & J. Allen, The house was valued at £25 and the mill at £225. Lewis records it as the seat of T. Allin in 1837. The mills afterwards became the property of the Bennett family and later of the Rank company and continued in business until 1963. The house is still extant. In 1786 Wilson refers to a house in this area as "Mount-Shannon, the seat of Dr. Calnan".
Coolwood House	John Kingston was leasing this property from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8. It is not labelled on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but appears on the later 25-inch map as Coolwood House. It is still extant and occupied.
Muckruss House	Henry B. Beamish was occupying Muckruss House at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it seems to have been jointly owned by him and Thomas Hungerford. It was valued at £14 10s at the time. In 1906 it was owned by William Beamish and valued at £12 10s. It is still extant. A later house, known as Dunmore House (W397379), appears on the 1890s 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map. There is a hotel and golf course in this area now.
Ballyduvane House	Ballyduvane House was held in fee by Mrs. Eliza Beecher at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25 10s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of M. Becher in 1837. There is still an extant house at the site.
Ballyduvane	Edward Herrick was leasing this property from Mrs. Eliza Beecher at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12 5s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of E, Herrick in 1837. In 1814 Leet noted it as the residence of Thomas Herrick. Referred to by Slater as the seat of M.A.R. Beecher in 1894. There is still a house at the site.
Springmount or Carhoo House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Beamish was leasing this property from the Earl of Bandon's estate, when it was valued at £11 10s. On the 25-inch map, published in the 1890s, it is labelled Carhoo House. A house and farm buildings are still extant at the site.
Ballyvackey House	Ballyvackey House was held in fee by Mrs. Ellen Alleyn at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11. In the late 1770s and 1780s it was occupied by the Allen family. It is not shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890 and is no longer extant.
Sunmount	George Beamish was leasing Sunmount to Rev. W. John Day at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20 5s. Lewis refers to Ballyvackey as the seat of G. Beamish in 1837. In 1906 it was owned by William Hungerford and valued at £23. It is no longer extant.
Ring Arundal	Jasper Lucas was leasing a house and extensive mill complex from the Smith-Barry estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when its combined value was £23. The mill is not present on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. The house is still extant.
Ring House	Ring House was being leased by Henry Austin to Henry B. Beamish at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8 10s. There is still a house at the site.
Bennetts Grove	Leased by Francis Bennett to William Beazley at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £13 10s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of Herbert Gillman in 1837. In 1814 it was the seat of Francis Bennett. The original house seems to have been replaced by farm buildings.
Caherconway House	Leased by Nicholas Cummins to Daniel Bechinor [or Buchinor] at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £8.
Lisselane	Bence-Jones indicates that this house was built by Wiliam Bence-Jones in 1851-53. A small property, owned by the family, had existed there prior to the building of the current house. The house was sold by the Bence-Jones family in 1930. The spectacular gardens are now open to the public. In 2014 the lisselan estate was offered for sale. See www.lisselan.com.