Knockmonalea House
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 20 houses.
Houses within 5km of Knockmonalea House
Displaying 20 houses.
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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. |
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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. | |
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. | |
Aghavine | Occupied by Michael Neville in the early 1850s, held from Francis Wyse and valued at £20. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. | |
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. |