Milcum House

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Milcum House

Displaying 10 houses.

House name	Description
Newport House	Built in the late 18th century, this house was the main residence of the O'Donels in the 19th century. It now functions as a hotel.
Ross House	Ross House was built by Lewis O'Donel, a son of Lewis O'Donel of Killeen, Crossmolina, county Mayo and a first cousin of the first Sir Neal O'Donel, baronet. The house was inhabited by Captain and Mrs William Houstoun at the time of Griffith's Valuation. They later moved to Doolough and Delphi in the barony of Murrisk. The house was purchased by Middleton O'Malley about 1880 and Slater records it as his residence in 1894. It is now the home of Mrs Meike Blackwell, whose mother-in-law was an O'Malley.
Raigh Lodge	At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house held by Nathaniel P. Simes in fee, was valued at £6. The premises shown at this site on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s is labelled Clew Bay Hotel. A house is still extant and occupied here.
Wilford Lodge	This house may have been named after Lieutenant Colonel Richard R. Wilford who held a lease of the property from the Arbuthnot family in 1786. It was also leased to Reverend George Graydon, Sir Samuel O'Malley and Thomas G. FitzGerald and A. T. Oram, as detailed in the Westport Papers. Charles Pridham was the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Buildings are still extant at the site. For further information and photographs about the Oram occupation of Wilford see http://familyhistory.oram.ca/burrishoole/
Ardagh Lodge	Ruane writes that it was built as a yachting lodge in the 1790s for the Palmer family. It was the residence of the Stuart family during the bathing season in the 1830s. Bought by the Stoney family in 1965. A house is still extant at the site.
Teevmore	A two-storey house occupied by James Stuart in 1837 and owned by Nathaniel P.Simes at the time of Griffith's Valuation but unoccupied. Substantial buildings are shown at the site on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but these have all but disappeared by the publication of the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Some of the old outbuildings have been converted into a house.
Burrishoole Lodge	At the time of Griffith's Valuation this property was owned by Captain Alex Wyndham and valued at £5. It is recorded as a"steward's house". Described by the Irish Tourist Association surveyor in 1942 as a house of no more than 100 years old, an "example of pseudo or imitation Tudor architecture" and the home of Ernie O'Malley, author and freedom fighter. It is still extant.
Rossyvera	Occupied by William Butler Stoney in the 1850s and held from Captain A.W.Wyndham, who bought Rossyvera from the Marquess of Sligo in 1853. Later the home of Sir Owen O'Malley and in the late 20th century the Irish residence of the former American Ambassador to Ireland Walter Curley.
Rockfleet Castle	An O'Malley castle, owned by the Arbuthnots at the end of the 18th century. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, the townland was in the possession of William B. Stony, leasing from Captain A.W. Wyndham. The castle ruin is still extant.
Rossanrubble	A small building is shown in this townland at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Jonathan Pim was the owner of the townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation but there were no buildings with substantial valuation. A house labelled Rosbarnagh Lodge is shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s and this building is still extant.