Violet Hill

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 15 houses.

Houses within 5km of Violet Hill

Displaying 15 houses.

House name	Description
Rose Hill	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Alexander McNab held Rose Hill House valued at £15 with 120 acres from the Marquess of Thomond. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage shows a house at this location dating from the 1890s.
Jamesbrook Hall	The home of the Adams family, occupied by Michael Go[o]ld Adams in 1814 and by Richard W. G. Adams in 1837 and in the early 1850s when the house was valued at £60 and held from the Marquess of Thomond. Occupied by William R. G. Adams in 1906. Recently renovated and restored.
Rostellan	Seat of the Marquess of Thomond, occupied by him in in 1786 (Lord Inchiquin. It was at £79 in the early 1850s. Bought by Dr T.A. Wise after the Marquess's death in 1855, a lithograph of the house is included in the sale rental. Subsequently purchased by Sir John Pope Hennessy and mentioned by Slater as the residence of Lady Pope Hennessy in 1894. Occupied by Charles J. Engledew and valued at £112 in 1906. The Irish Tourist Association survey noted in the early 1940s that the roof and fittings had recently been removed and the land taken over by the Land Commission. No trace of the house remains now.
Barnabrow	This house was the residence of Timothy Lane in 1814. Located on the Thomond estate and occupied by William G. Fitzgerald who held the property from John [Royal] Wilkinson at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £28. A lithograph of this house is included in the sale rental of the Thomond estate 1857. The representatives of Edward de l'E. Litton were recorded as the occupants of this house in 1906. The house now functions as a guest house.
Cloyne House	Originally the Bishop's Palace, by 1837 it was known as Cloyne House and occupied by H. Allen. Valued at £50, occupied by John Wilkinson and held from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Kilboy/Keil Bui	Marked as Keil Bui in the townland of Kilboy on the first Ordnance Survey map, occupied by Lewis Gibson in 1814 and by John Gibson in the early 1850s who held the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £25. This house is described as a former deanery in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and is now in use as a private residence.
Kilcrone	An early 18th century house, the home of the Hannings in the first half of the 19th century, held by him from Mountifort Longfield at the time of Griffith's Valuation when valued at £30. The sale rental of 1858 records William G. Fitzgerald as the occupant of this house on a temporary basis. This house is occupied and well maintained.
Lindsey Cottage	Marked on the first Ordnance Survey map as Lindsey Cottage. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by John Litton who held it from the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The buildings were valued at £20.
Sunville	This house was the residence of Captain Durdin in 1814 and of Major Kane in the early 1850s who held it with 2 acres from Michael Connor who was leasing from Thomas G. Durdin. The house was valued at £12.10 shillings. This house was included in the Durdin estate sale of June 1855. The ruins of this house and a walled garden are situated behind a modern house.
Castle Mary	An 18th century house, remodelled as a castle in the 19th century, home of a branch of the Longfield family. In 1786 Wilson give a description of the house including that "the west front of this mansion presents a view of Cork Harbour". Valued at £85 in the mid 19th century and held by Mountifort Longfield in fee. Bence Jones writes that this house was burnt in the early 1920s and is now a ruin. A new house was constructed from the old stable courtyard and the family continued to live there for periods of time during the 20th century until Castle Mary was acquired by the Hurley family in 1978.
Ardavilling	The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates this house circa 1860. It was the home of John Litton who left it to his nephew Edward F. Litton. At the beginning of the 20th century occupied by Guildford William Jack Stacpoole of the Ballyalla, county Clare, family.
Ballymaloe	William Abbot was resident at Ballymaloe in 1814. It was described by Lewis in 1837 as a "very curious old house, built by the Fitzgeralds and forfeited in the war of 1641, it is now the property of Mr Forster" . By the early 1850s John Litchfield [Lichfield] was resident holding the house valued at £48 from Mountifort Longfield. It was the seat of William Lichfield in 1894. It is now the home of the Allen family who run it as a guest house with adjacent shop. Their renowned cookery school is nearby. see http://www.ballymaloe.ie/
Rockview (Inch)	In 1837 Lewis refers to the "very pretty residence of Mr Fitzgerald" proprietor of the extensive limestone quarries at Carrigacrump. The house was named Rockview on the first Ordnance Survey map. Teresa Fitzgerald was the occupier in the early 1850s holding the property from Colonel William H.M. Hodder, the buildings were valued at £15. Teresa Fitzgerald (nee Coppinger of Rosmore) married James Fitzgerald and they had a son Maurice and daughters Teresa, Mary etc see ''The Barrys of County Cork''. Margaret Fitzgerald of Carrigacrump owned 83 acres in the 1870s. Her estate at Rockview was advertised for sale a number of time in the mid 1870s. There is still an extant house at the site.
Woodview	A house marked on the first Ordnance Survey map and occupied in 1837 by the Reverend J.P. Lawless. Valued at £18 at the time of Griffith's Valuation, occupied by the Reverend John L. Pyne and held from Mountifort Longfield. The location appears to be occupied by farm buildings now.
Kilboy	Francis Rowland was resident in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £35 and held from Wallis Adams. It is now a ruin.