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Ballyglassin House

Houses within 10km of this house

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Houses within 10km of Ballyglassin House

Displaying 58 houses.

House name Description
Castlemartyr Seat of the Earls of Shannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, built in the early 18th century by the 1st Earl of Shannon and enlarged by his son the 2nd Earl in the 1760s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at £150. Sold to the Arnott family in the early 20th century, it later became a Carmelite college and now functions as a hotel. Photo of Castlemartyr
Dromadda A house occupied by Warham Durdin in 1814 and by G. W. Courtenay in 1837. Caroline A. Courtney was resident in the early 1850s holding the property valued at £28 from John Courtenay. It is still extant though not in good repair. Photo of Dromadda
Glenwood Lodge Richard Harding Wigmore occupied a house, flour mill and lodge valued at £30 at this location in the mid 19th century. He held the property from Henry Wigmore.
Brookdale House A house occupied by Mr Robert Atkins in 1814 and described by Lewis in 1837 as the seat of A. Ormsby. Arthur Ormsby was married to Margaret the sister of Robert Atkins (of Firville). Margaret Ormsby was the immediate lessor of the house in the early 1850s when it was valued at £32 and occupied by John Bull. William Welland was tenant when the property part of the estate of Henry Wigmore was advertised for sale in 1871.
Breeda House Roger G. Davis held a house in fee, valued at £17, in this townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Breeda House is labelled on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A house is still extant at the site.
Dromdihy The building of this house was completed in 1833 for Roger Green Davis. He is recorded as the occupier in the early 1850s holding the house valued at £45 from Sir Arthur De Capell Brooke. The sale rental of 1863 gives a detailed description of this house - "Drumdiah House consists of a centre and two wings, ornamented with Doric columns and with a portico at the eastern end, by the hall is entered, and off which are hot, cold, vapour and shower baths. The first floor comprises five sitting-rooms; on the second floor are four best bedrooms, with dressing-rooms and water-closet......". In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey reported that the house had been "destroyed in the Troubles". It is now a ruin. Photo of Dromdihy
Gortnagappul This area is marked as the farmyard of Aghadoe House on the first Ordnance Survey map. At the time of Griffith's Valuation a house and offices valued at £28 were held by Roger G. Davis from Richard Uniacke Bailey. A large farm complex exists at the site now.
Aghadoe House (Killeagh) Lewis writes in 1837 that “The present house is about to be replaced by a castellated mansion”. The earlier house is referred to by Wilson in 1786 as the seat of Simon Dring. Aghadoe wasccupied by Thomas M. Green at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house, valued at £27, was held by him from Sir Arthur De Capell Brooke. The house is no longer extant.
Mount Uniacke A home of the Uniacke family in the 18th and 19th centuries, occupied by three generations of persons named Norman Uniacke in the 19th century. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to it as the seat of James Uniacke. In the mid 19th century it was held by Norman Uniacke in fee and the house was valued at £30. The Irish Tourist Association Survey of the 1940s reported that it had been burnt in 1921 and it is no longer extant.
Cornaveigh A house in this townland was occupied by George Bowles in the mid 19th century, valued at £17 and held from his father, Spotswood Bowles. The original building is no longer extant.
Mountbell In 1786 Wilson refers to Mount Bell as a residence of the Garde family. It was ccupied by Edmund MacKey in 1814 and by Edward Lane in the early 1850s. Lane held the house valued at £10 from Sir Arthur De Capell Brooke. A house and large farm are still extant at the site.
Park Located on the Ponsonby estate The Park was occupied by John Hudson junior in 1814 and by Robert Hudson in the early 1850s when the house was valued at £10. The Hudsons may have been agents to the Ponsonbys. The address of Charles W. Talbot Ponsonby is given as Park House, Youghal in the 1870s.
Burges House This house, valued at £14, was occupied by William Hall at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Lord Ponsonby.
Inchiquin House In the early 1850s Henry Hall occupied this house valued at £15 located on the Ponsonby estate.
Knockmonalea House A house valued at £14, the home of John Hudson at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Lord Ponsonby.
Ring Cottage A house marked as Ring Cottage on the first Ordnance Survey map and occupied by Uniack Mackey in the early 1850s, when held from the Marquis of Thomond and valued at £10. Still extant and now known as Ring House. Photo of Ring Cottage
Ring House Lewis records J. McCarthy as proprietor of Ring in 1837. Thomas Taylor was resident in the early 1850s holding the house valued at £16 from the Marquis of Thomond. Thomas Taylor of Ring owned 76 acres in the 1870s. The house is now an ivy covered ruin.
Greenlands This house was the home of G. Gaggin in 1837 and of George Gahan in the early 1850s. Valued at £14 it was located on the estate of the Marquis of Thomond.
Ballykinealy The proprietor of this house in 1837 was Captain Fitzgerald of the Royal Navy. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Michael Fitzgerald held the property from John Fitzgerald and the buildings were valued at £20. The sale rental of 1861 refers to the house as a mansion "a large and first-class residence". It was occupied by Michael Joseph Fitzgerald, a barrister and younger brother of John Fitzgerald. The National Inventory of Architectual Heritage states that this house was a rectory for some time. Lewis writes that it was formerly "a religious establishment". Photo of Ballykinealy
Aghavine Occupied by Michael Neville in the early 1850s, held from Francis Wyse and valued at £20. Photo of Aghavine
Brooklodge This house situated in the 6 acre townland of Brooklodge was the residence of Henry Marsden and his wife in the first part of the 19th century. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the Reverend Pierse Drew was resident. He was rector of Youghal and a member of the family of Drew of Mocollop Castle, county Waterford. The Reverend Drew held the property from John Pollock and it was valued at £40.
Mary Ville Mary Ville is marked on the first Ordnance Survey map. In the early 1850s the house was occupied by John Hurley who held it from Colonel George Teulon. It was valued at £10. A house is still extant at the site.
Glenally A house valued at £15 and held with 6 acres by James Wallis from Mary Allen at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house is named Glenally on the first Ordnance Survey map.
Clashadonagh [Frogmore] James Barry held an unoccupied house in the townland of Glanaradotia valued at £20 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is labelled Clashadonagh on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Frogmore House on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. It is now a ruin.
Mistletoe Castle Marked as Eustace's Castle on the first Ordnance Survey map and apparently straddling the boundary between Cooperalley and Greencloyne, this house was the residence of John Conroy Browne in the second half of the 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the buildings were valued at £25 and held from William Fitzgerald. J.C. Browne of Mistletoe Castle owned 16 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. The house is stated to have been built in the 1770s as a summer residence for the Villiers-Stuart [Stuart] family. Photo of Mistletoe Castle
Windford A home of the Hudson family occupied by John Hudson in 1814 and by Robert Hudson in the early 1850s. Though there are buildings at the site the original house does not seem to be extant.
Heathfield Towers Captain Cotter was resident at Heathfield in 1837. This house was unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8.10 shillings. The immediate lessors were the representatives of Walter Maguire and Mary Giles. It was later the home of the Reverend Pierse Drew who was in residence in the 1870s. Photo of Heathfield Towers
Muckridge House The Hobson family were resident at Muckridge from at least the mid 1770s. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to it as the seat of Mr. Hobson. In 1814 Richard Fitzgerald is recorded as resident at Muckridge and in 1837 William Fitzgerald. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Samuel Le Hunte Hobson held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £37. Still extant, well maintained and for sale at the beginning of 2010. Photo of Muckridge House
Seafield The home of Mr John Hudson in 1814 and of Thomas Seward in the early 1850s. Seward held the property from Lord Stuart de Decies and it was valued at £24. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built in the latter decades of the 18th century. It has recently been under renovation. Photo of Seafield
Summerfield John Hall held a house valued at £15 and 175 acres in fee at Summerfield in the early 1850s. No house of this size is marked on the first Ordnance Survey Map for this townland. Grid Reference is approximate.
Myrtle Grove Myrtle Grove, a Tudor manor house, associated with Sir Walter Raleigh and the sixteenth-century poet, Edmund Spencer At the beginning of the 17th century it was sold to Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, and later became the property of the Hayman family, who owned it in the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1837 Lewis writes that it was inhabited by Colonel Faunt. Later occupants include Joseph Wakefield Pim, Sir John Pope Hennessy and the Arbuthnot family. Now in private hands this house is open to the public on certain days in the year. Photo of Myrtle Grove
Ballyre This house was occupied by Crofton Uniacke at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £29.15 shillings and held from Mountifort Longfield. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Crofton Uniacke. The home of Robert M. Bayly in the 1870s. It is still extant. Photo of Ballyre
Glengarra Occupied by Robert Dring in the early 1850s, valued at £25 and held from Robert Uniacke. Still extant and occupied. Photo of Glengarra
Carewswood Inhabited by the Dowager Countess of Shannon in 1814 and by the Reverend J. Leslie in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation this house valued at £40 was in the possession of Edward Garde who held it from the Earl of Shannon. A house is still extant at the site.
Clonmaine At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Abbot held this house valued at £15 from Robert U.P. Fitzgerald. Photo of Clonmaine
Lisquinlan A Fitzgerald home, occupied by Robert A. Fitzgerald in 1814. The Reverend C. Harte was the resident in 1837 and the house was unoccupied in the early 1850s when it was valued at £33. Buildings are still extant at this location but the house is in ruins.
Knockane A Garde home in the early part of the 19th century, Dr T. Garde was resident in 1837. Unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation when valued at £14. Richard and Henry Pratt were then the immediate lessors from the Earl of Shannon. Photo of Knockane
Ballindinis Ballindinis was associated with the Garde family in the 18th century. The house is marked on the first Ordnance Survey map and was occupied by the Reverend Maurice Hewson in the mid 19th century, when held from Sophia Bellew and valued at £16. A house is still extant at the site.
Castletown The home of James Uniache in 1814 and of Norman Uniacke in 1837. Robert Uniacke held the property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £20. In 1786 Wilson also refers to it as the seat of James Uniacke. This house was a ruin at the beginning of the 21st century but the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage refers to its restoration. Photo of Castletown
Springfield The home of a branch of the Boles family in the 19th century, occupied by John Boles in 1814 and the Reverend William Boles in 1837 and in the early 1850s. The house was valued at £16 and held from Foulke S. Greville. Spotiswood Boles of Springfield owned 540 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. In 1906 occupied by William Bowles. The house was derelict in the early 21st century. Photo of Springfield
Castlerichard Occupied by Richard Fitzgerald in 1814 and in 1837. This house was unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by Thomas John as immediate lessor. It was valued at £9. Advertised for sale in 1858 as part of the estate of Bowles, John and others. This early 18th century house, with the old tower house nearby, is still extant and occupied. Photo of Castlerichard
Casino Mrs Hyde was residing at Cassina, Castlemartyr in 1814 and in the early 1850s it was occupied by Wallace Adam Walker who held the property from the Earl of Shannon. The buildings were valued at £20. W.A. Walker was still resident in the 1870s. This house is still in use as a residence. Photo of Casino
Monaloo This house was built post Griffith's Valuation. In the 1870s Charles Nason of Monaloo House, Tallow, owned 797 acres in county Cork. It is still extant. Photo of Monaloo
D'Loughtane The Ronayne family were resident at D'Loughtane for many centuries. It was lost to the family in the 17th century but recovered through marriage with a Bluett. In the eighteenth century Smith refers to it as "the pleasant seat of Mr. Ronayne". The original house was destroyed by fire and a new one built in the early 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was held in fe by Robert P. Ronayne and valued at £26. The sale rental of June 1851 states that it was erected at a cost of £3,500. Knight writes that it was sold in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1856 to Mr Samuel Allen who sold it later to John Pedder Furlong of Fermoy. Furlong sold the property to the Land Commission in 1910. The house has had a number of occupiers since then and is now owned by the Smiddy family. Photo of D'Loughtane
Ballynatray House Held in fee by Richard Smyth at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings, including a mill, were valued at over £100. Lewis also refers to it as the seat of R. Smyth in 1837 when he describes it as "finely situated in a much improved demesne". In 1814 it was the residence of Grice Smyth who Brady cites as the builder. Charles Smith notes an earlier residence as the seat of Richard Smith. In 1943 the ITA survey referred to is as the seat of Captain Holroyd Smyth. Ballynatray is still extant and the focus of an 850-acres estate, with notable gardens. See www.ballynatray.com for details. Photo of Ballynatray House
Cherrymount House Described by Lewis in 1837 as the "occasional residence" of Captain Parker. It was being leased by Thomas Carpenter from the Parker estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £24 10s. In 1852 it was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court when it was described as "a suitable dwelling house and demesne, formerly occupied by the owner". It was purchased by Maj-Gen Sir Joseph Thackwell and remained in the possession of that family until the twentieth century. It is now a ruin.
Garryduff House Garryduff was held in fee by Thomas Garde at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £35 10s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of H. Garde in 1837. This house is no longer extant.
Ardsallagh House Mrs.Olivia Ronayne was leasing this property from the estate of Lord Stuart de Decies at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10 10s. It is labelled Ardsallagh House on both the 6-inch and 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. Extant buildings remain at the site.
Bayview (Clashmore) Rev. Michael Purcell was leasing this property from Lord Decies estate in 1851 when it was valued at £12. There is still an extant house at this site.
Rockview (Clashmore) Leased by Richard Bayley from the Villiers-Stuart estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £7. It is labelled Rockview on both the 6-inch and 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. There is still an extant house at the site.
Monatray In 1851 Pierce S. Smith [Smyth), a minor, held Monatray in fee when it was valued at £35. In 2013 it was offered for sale. The sale details suggest it was built by Percy Smyth of Headborough as a summer residence in the 1830s. In the twentieth century it was occupied by a religious order and later a country house club before returning to private ownership in the 1980s. In recent years the house name is spelt Monatrae. In 2014 Monatrae was offered for sale. Photo of Monatray
Newtown House (Kinsalebeg) Built after the first Ordnance Survey, Michael Kennedy was leasing this property from the Smyth estate in 1851 when it was valued at £13 10s. It is noted on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map as Newtown House. There is still an extant house at the site.
Mayfield (Kinsalebeg) In 1851 Thomas P. Carew was leasing this property from the Smyth estate when it was valued at over £20. A house labelled Mayfield appears at this location on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. In 1837 Lewis noted it as the seat of J. Gee. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Mayfield  (Kinsalebeg)
Prospect Villa (Kinsalebeg) Prospect Villa seems to have been built in the later nineteenth century, close by an earlier house known as Mayfield. A house at Prospect Hall is described by Smith as "a handsome seat with good improvements made by the late Stephen Bernard" In 1786 Wilson refers to "Prospect Hall" as the seat of Mr. "Barnet". There is still an extant building at the site. Photo of Prospect Villa (Kinsalebeg)
Woodbine Hill George Roche held this property from the Smyth estate in 1851 when it was valued at over £26. Local sources suggest it was built by him earlier in the nineteenth century. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Woodbine Hill
Clifton Situated on the coast just south of Youghal, Clifton was occupied by Sir William Homan in 1837. Griffith's Valuation records John Keily junior as resident when the house was valued at £62. Buildings are still extant at the site.
Green Park Captain H. Parker of the Royal Navy was resident at Green Park in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation William Carberry was the occupier holding the building valued at £38 from Pim Jackson. Extensive modern building has occurred in this area.
Ballyvergan House In 1786 Wilson refers to Ballyvergin as the seat of Robert Uniacke. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, this townland is part of the Leader estate. The house, valued at £12 was occupied by James O'Brien. This may be the property labelled Ballyvergan House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map in the 1890s.Buildings still exist at the site.