Cloghroe House

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 15 houses.

Houses within 5km of Cloghroe House

Displaying 15 houses.

House name	Description
Classes	Classes was occupied by William O'Callaghan in the early 1850s and held from John Stevely. The buildings were valued at £11. There are two houses at Classes on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Classes House is located at W562705 while the second is labelled Classes House East and located at the site of the current Classes House which bears a date label of 1823.
Oriel House	Built in the first decade of the 19th century by the Board of Ordnance. The house was occupied by Charles Wilkes, the superintendant of the gunpowder mills until purchased by the Tobins of Liverpool in the mid 1830s. Mrs Tobin was a painter and their residence became known as Oriel House under Tobin ownership. The house has been a hotel since 1983.
Woodside	Wilson refers to Wood-side as the seat of Mr. Carleton in 1786. It was occupied by John Carleton in 1814 and by the Reverend E.M. Carleton in 1837. By the early 1850s the house was occupied by Horace Townsend and held by him in fee. It was valued at £40. It had become known as Kilcrenagh by the publication of the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map in the 1890s. Donnelly states that it was burnt in May 1921 during the War of Independence when it was the residence of the family of Ebenezer Pike. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes that it is now in ruins.
Rock Lodge	A house on the Donoughmore estate, occupied by R. Carleton in 1837 and by Henry Osborne Seward at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £25. A house is still extant at the site.
Coolyduff House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation this house valued at £16 was occupied by Alfred Parnell and held from Richard Beamish. Labelled as Coolyduff House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. There is still an extant house at the site.
Lackenshoneen	Benjamin Cross occupied this house in the mid 19th century. He held it from Philip Cross and the buildings were valued at £12. The buildings have all but disappeared on the 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s and nothing remains at the site now.
St Anne's Hill	Richard Barter occupied a house valued at £55 in the townland of Kilnamucky at the time of Griffith's Valuation. St Anne's Hill is marked on the first Ordnance Survey map in this townland. By the 1890s this property had become absorbed into a complex of buildings labelled Hydropathic Establishment. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes that most of the complex is now in ruins though Maranatha House survives as a residence.
Ardrum	The seat of the Colthurst family, baronets, valued at £85 in the mid 19th century. The Colthursts moved from here to Blarney in the 1870s. However Sir George St John Colthurst is still given as the occupier in 1906 when the house was valued at £45. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association survey noted it as originally the seat of the Colthursts and still owned by the family. The house is now demolished.
Dawstown	A house on the Putland estate in county Cork, built by Dean Davies early in the 18th century and occupied by his family until the early 19th century. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey claimed that he had built the house following his "being turned out of Blarney Castle by the Hollow Blade Company". George Davis was resident in 1810. Occupied by Edmond Mullane in the early 1850s and valued at £12. In the 1940s it was the residence of John Turpin. The house was accidently burnt down in 1956.
Surmount/Sirmount	Sirmount was the residence of Emmanuel Moor in 1750. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Hawkes. This house was occupied by G. Hawkes in 1837 and by Quaile Hawkes in the early 1850s. The property was held from Lady Carbery. The buildings were valued at £8.15 shillings. It is no longer extant.
Blarney Castle	The original 15th century castle belonged to the McCarthys of Muskerry. In 1786 Wilson describes Blarney as the "very fine seat, with ample and beautiful demesnes, of Mr. Jeffreys". Lewis wrote in 1837 that Blarney Castle was purchased in 1701 by Sir James Jefferyes, Governor of Cork [from the Hollow Sword Blades Company] who “ soon after erected a large and handsome house in front of it, which was the family residence for many years, but is now a picturesque ruin”. A new house was built in 1874 on the demesne lands by the Colthurst family and is still occupied by them.
Bawnnafinny	Described at the time of Griffith's Valuation as a caretaker's house, valued at £12 and held by St John Jefferyes in fee.
Woodview	A house named Wood-view near Cork was occupied by Thomas Cuthbert in 1814. The Reverend William Spedding occupied Woodview in the early 1850s. He held it from Sir George Colthurst and the buildings were valued at £12. A house is still extant at the site.
Inchbeg	Located on the Fitzgerald estate, this house was occupied by Henry Young, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £11.15 shillings and he also held a mlll valued at £84. A house is still extant at the site.
Turret Farm House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by St John Jeffreys and held by him in fee, the buildings were valued at £26.