Landed Estates
University of Galway

Bellmount

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 12 houses.

Houses within 5km of Bellmount

Displaying 12 houses.

House name Description
Kilcondy Kilcondy was occupied by William Davies, medical doctor, in 1837 and by John F. Beale at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Beale held the property from Richard Rye and the buildings were valued at £18+. The Crooke sale rental of 1860 records the leasing of 97 acres of Kilcondy including the dwelling house to Richard Browne Crooke by Richard Tonson Rye in 1840 for 3 lives. John Fleming Beale is given as the tenant. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to Kilcondie as the seat of Mr. Crooke. It is now a ruin.
Curraclogh House Mary Gibson occupied this house at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was held from Sir Augustus Warren and was valued at £12.10 shillings. This house is no longer extant.
Lissardagh The residence of William Baldwin at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held by him in fee and valued at £20. There is still a house extant at this location. Photo of Lissardagh
Shandangan House Smith records Christopher Earbury as resident at Shandangan in 1750. Devonsher Esq was the proprietor of Shandangan in the 1770s and 1780s. A Mr Timothy Mahony was living at Shandangan, Macroom in 1814. Lewis records S. Penrose as the proprietor of Shandangan (parish of Kilmurry) in 1837 and Samuel Penrose was still occupying the house at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held it in fee and it was valued at £13.10 shillings.
Old Fort A house occupied by Henry Good at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held from Samuel Penrose and valued at £18.10 shillings.
Upper Forest A house valued at £20.10 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held by John Hassett from Thomas Gollock. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Upper Forest
Upper Forest Occupied by John Hassett at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Thomas Gollock. The house was valued at £20+. The representatives of John Hassett still lived at Forest in the 1870s.
Ryecourt Seat of the Rye family in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Colonel Rye. Lewis writes in 1837 that “the plantations around Rye Court are very extensive and beautiful”. The buildings were valued at £66 in the early 1850s. Ryecourt was burnt in June 1921 during the War of Independence. The family built a smaller house in the garden and continued in residence at Ryecourt into the 1970s. Ryecourt House was demolished but some of the farmyard complex remains. Photo of Ryecourt
Crookstown Smith records Mr Crook of Crookstown in 1751. The mother of Robert Warren, 1st Baronet, was Anne Crooke and this house may have got its name from her. It was the home of a branch of the Warren family from the late 18th century, occupied by the Reverend E. W. Warren in 1814, by the Reverend R. Warren in 1837 and in the early 1850s. The Reverend Robert Warren held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £48. It was burnt in June 1921 during the War of Independence when it was the residence of Robert Warren. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Crookstown
Warrensgrove This house was the home of John Borlase Warren who succeeded his brother Sir Augustus Warren as 4th Baronet. He is recorded as being resident in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation when he held the property from Sir A. Warren. The buildings were valued at £48. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that Warrensgrove had been burnt in 1921. The original house is now a ruin but buildings adjacent have been redeveloped as a country house. In 2014, the property, including the ruin, was offered for sale. Photo of Warrensgrove
Shandangan East A house occupied by Patrick Hassett at the time of Griffith's Valuation held from Samuel Penrose and valued at £18.10 shillings. This property is labeled Larch Hill House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Shandangan East
Mossgrove Held in fee by Samuel Baldwin in 1851 when it had a valuation of £20. Also noted as his residence by Lewis in 1837. Mossgrove seems to have pre-dated Mount Pleasant as the Baldwin residence in this area. There is still an extant house at this site.