Richfordstown House

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 18 houses.

Houses within 5km of Richfordstown House

Displaying 18 houses.

House name	Description
Fort Prospect (Clonakilty)	Reverend Benjamin Swete was leasing this property to Richard Wheeler at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £15 15s. In 1837, Lewis notes it as the seat of R. Wheeler. It is still extant.
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.
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 Scartagh Cottage has been replaced by a convent on the 25-inch Ordnance Map towards the end of the nineteenth century and that building is still extant.
Kilmaloda House	Thomas Beamish held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £50. In 1837, Lewis refers to it as the seat of Sampson Beamish. In 1906 it was owned by Sampson Beamish and valued at £68 15s. Local sources suggest it was built by the earlier Sampson Beamish and occupied by his descendents until the mid twentieth century when it came into the hands of the McCarthy-Murrough family. It is still extant and occupied. In 2013 it was offered for sale.
Castle View Mill House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Francis Bennett was leasing this property to James Hayes. It was valued at £13 10s and the ajacent mill had a valuation of £56. In 1837, Lewis noted it as the seat of J. Hayes. The mill buildings are still extant at this site.
Lislevane Cottage	Lislevane Cottage was being leased by Alexander Deane from "the ladies Boyle" at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £9. There is a large farm at the site now with a house possibly dating from the early twentieth century.
Spital Mill House	William Harris was leasing Spital Mill and its house to Charles Connell at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the whole complex was valued at over £50. The mill buildings are labelled "in ruins" on the 25-inch map, published in the 1890s. A modern industrial complex is now located close to the site.
Lissycrimeen House	Occupied by George Travers, leasing from Jonas Travers at the time of Griffith's valuation, when it was valued at £13 10s. Some old wall boundaries are the only physical evidence at the site.
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.
Lackenduff House	Thomas Lucas was the owner of this property, unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £15 10s. Lewis refers to Lackenduff House as the seat of J. Lucas in 1837. It is still extant and occupied.
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.
Concamore House	James Nelson Crofts was leasing this property from Lady Carbery's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £10. He was the fifth son of William Crofts of Velvetstown and was married to Dora, daughter of Jasper Lucas, of Richfordstown, Clonakilty. There is still an extant house at the site.
Barryshall	Barryshall was held in fee by the Smith-Barry estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £15. In 1837, Lewis referred to it as the seat of J.Lucas. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of George Lamb. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association Survey stated that the house had been erected by the Barry family in the mid eighteenth century. Barryshall is still extant.
Timoleague House	In 1837 Lewis refers to Timoleague House as the seat of G. Travers. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was held in fee by Robert Travers and valued at £21. This house was burnt in December 1920 along with the ancient castle nearby. The Travers family built another house close by which is still extant and occupied.
Lettercollum House	Lettercollum House was built by members of the Beamish family in the 1860s and occupied by them until the twentieth century. It served as a convent for the Sisters of Mercy and was later run as a guesthouse. It is now the focus of the Lettercollum Kitchen Project.
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.