Fountainstown

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Fountainstown

Displaying 20 houses.

House name	Description
Britfieldstown	The seat of the Roberts family in the 18th and 19th centuries. A small lithograph of the house is included in the sale rental of 1851. It was being leased by Sir Thomas Roberts to Michael Roberts at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £40. A second Roberts property in the same townland, valued at almost £8, was being leased to James D. Barry. Lewis refers to Britfieldstown as the seat of Sir T. Roberts in 1837. In 1854 Britfieldstown was purchased by Luke J. Shea in the Encumbered Estates Court. Bence Jones writes that it later became the home of the MacDonald family, sold by them in 1958 and derelict in the 1970s. It is no longer extant though several other estate buildings survive.
Gortigrenane House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this house was being leased by Anthony Savage from the Staughton estate, when it was valued at £40. Lewis refers to it as the seat of Luke Shea in 1837. Thomas A. Staughton owned a second property in this townland [W777575], valued at £10 and leased to David Drinan. Gortigrenane had originally been a Daunt property, which came to Staughton through marriage with Mary Daunt, of Owlpen, Gloucestershire. It is believed to have been remodelled in 1817. See www.owlpen.com. The house was destroyed during the War of Independence. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association Survey described it as formerly the residence of L. Shea, "a noted smuggler" and then in the possession of the Kingstons. It is now a ruin.
Broomley	George Daunt was leasing Broomley from Reverend Thomas Townsend at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £18. Lewis refers to it as his seat in 1837. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association Survey also noted it as a residence of the Daunt family. It is now a ruin.
Willowhill House	Edward R. Warren was leasing Willow Hill House to Thomas Hungerford at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £13. It is still extant and occupied.
Old Castle (Tracton)	Achilles Daunt was leasing this property to Bartholomew Coveney at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. A house and extensive farm now exist at the site.
Ringabella	Samuel Hodder held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25. Lewis refers to it as the seat of S.A. Austin in 1837. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that had been a residence of the Austins but was then owned by the McCarthy family. Ringabella is still extant and occupied.
Springhill House	William Daunt was leasing this property from William H. Daunt at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £17 and included coal stores. It is still extant and in use.
Wood View [Carrigaline]	George Daunt was leasing this property to William Daunt at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £7. A house is still extant at the site.
Fahalea	Thomas Daunt held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. Extensive farm buildings exist at the site now.
Commeen	Thomas Hayes was leasing this property to Richard Hayes at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8, on a holding of 230 acres. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s it is labelled Commeen Kennels. Farm buildings still exist at the site.
Coolmore	Held in fee by Reverend Edward H. Newenham at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £100. He was leasing a smaller house, valued at £8, to John Donegan in the same townland. Noted by Leet as the residence of W.W. Newenham in 1814. Valued at £64 in 1906 when it was the residence of Major William W. Newenham. The Irish Tourist Association Survey also noted it as belonging to the Newenhams in 1943. It is still extant but in poor repair.
Aghamarta Castle	This property was held in fee by the representatives of Carew O'Grady at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £22. Lewis noted it as the seat of Carew O'Grady in 1837. Local sources suggest that he had purchased it, c.1824, from the Pomeroy family, who had purchased it from the Earl of Shannon in the later seventeenth century. The original castle was replaced by the existing house in the 1830s. The property is now a farm and cookery school. See www.thompsonsfarmshop.com
Crosshaven House	Thomas Hayes held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £44. Lewis refers to it as the seat of T. Hayes in 1837. Local sources suggest it was built in the eighteenth century replacing an earlier house. It remainded in the ownership of the Hayes family until the early 1970s. The house is still extant and occupied and sometimes open to the public.
Point House (Crosshaven)	Edward Sisk was leasing this house from the Puxley estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10 10s.The house at the site is known as Point House and the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built in the mid-eighteenth century.
Hoddersfield	Lewis refers to Hoddersfield as the seat of Col. Hodder in 1837 and held in fee by William H. Hodder in 1850. The house was then valued at £95. In 1894 Slater referred to it as the seat of William Hodder. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association noted that it was the residence of B Nicholson, who had bought the property from the Hodders and that the Library and other Hodder materials remained intact at the house. Hoddersfield is now a roofless ruin.
Myrtleville Cottage	Ó Murchadha states that Myrtleville Cottage was built by Sir Nicholas Trant in the early nineteenth century and was later sold by him to Joseph Cummins. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this property was unoccupied but owned by several parties including Cummins as well as the Daunt and Puxley estates. It was then valued at £11. It is still extant and has sometimes operated as a bar and restaurant.
Myrtleville House	Lewis refers to Myrtleville House as the seat of Dr. Shea. This was Dr William Augustine Shea or O'Shea, brother of Luke Shea of Gortigrenane. By 1850 it was being leased by James Fegan from the Puxley estate among others and was valued at £25. Ó Murchadha notes that it had earlier been owned by the Trant family and had a suceession of owners since including several periods of occupation by members of the Daunt family. It is still extant.
Seamount House (Carrigaline)	Louisa Penrose, with several others, was leasing this property to James French at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12. Henry Smith was leasing a property [W785625] valued at £10 from the same estate, also in Curraghbinny townland. In 1860, over 600 acres owned by members of the Fitzgerald family and others were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The sale included Seamount House, in the possession of Henry Smith.
Seamount House (Carrigaline)	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this property was leased by James French from the Penrose estate when it was valued at £12. The property is labelled Seamount House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s. There is still an extant house at this site.
Curraghbinny	In 1850 Henry Smith was leasing this property from the estate of Louisa Penrose and others, when it was valued at £10. It is not shown on the 25-inch map of the 1890s.