Mountbell

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 16 houses.

Houses within 5km of Mountbell

Displaying 16 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.
Ballyglassin House	James Butler held this house valued at £17 from his father-in-law, Roger Green Davis, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. There is still an extant house 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.