Rock Ville (Passage West)
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 39 houses.
Houses within 5km of Rock Ville (Passage West)
Displaying 39 houses.
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Ballybricken House | Described by Lewis in 1837 as "the elegant mansion and demesne of D.Connor". It was held in fee by him at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £64. The residence of Captain Denis Connor in 1894. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey mentions it as the residence of J.E. Bird, the walls built in 1820 but the interior having been restored following a fire in 1910. The Survey also notes that it was used as a base by the American navy during the first World War. The site is now covered by industrial premises. | |
Prospect Villa | Thomas Burke was leasing Prospect Villa from Mary and Catherine Rogers at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £60. Lewis refers to it as the seat of Lt.Col. Burke in 1837. The house was included in the sale of the Rogers estate in the Landed Estates Court in February 1862. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted Prospect Villa as the residence of G. Hosford and outlined Burke's association with the house mentioning that he kept a racing stable there. The house is no longer extant and a factory has been constructed in this area. | |
Castlewarren | Robert Warren was leasing this property from Mary and Catherine Rogers at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £35. In 1837 Lewis referred to it as a "spacious mansion erected in 1796, the seat of R. Warren". Townsend refers to it as the seat of Thomas Warren "whose style of farming is conducted on the best principles of modern art". It was included in the sale of Warren's estate in October 1850. Now a ruin. | |
Rock Cottage (Barnahely) | William Warren was leasing this property to Richard Foott at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11 5s. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Ballynametagh | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Kingston was leasing this house to Daniel Coates, when it was valued at £9. A modern house and farm occupy this site now. | |
Shanbally Cottage (Carrigaline) | Thomas Burke was leasing this property to Joseph Beaumont at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £34 and included a mill. The latter, known as Rathanallig Mills (W751651), is described as "in ruins" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s while the house is diminished in size and has since disappeared. There are still buildings on the mill site. | |
Raffeen House | Robert Hedges White held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £42. It was the home of his wife's family, Charlotte Mary Dorman. In 1837 Lewis referred to it as the seat of T. Dorman. The property is still extant. |
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Raffeen Cottage | Robert White was leasing this property to Sarah Phillips at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £12 5s. It appears on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map as Raffeen Cottages, indicating the presence of more than one dwelling. The buildings are still extant. | |
Raffeen House [Lower] | William Drinan was leasing this property from the White estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £13 10s. The site is now occupied by industrial premises. | |
Ardmore House | Richard Roberts held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £55. Lewis refers to is as the seat of J. Roberts in 1837. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey mentions it as the birthplace of Lieutenant Richard Roberts, Master of the ship, Sirius, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. Ardmore is still extant and occupied. | |
Fota House | Originally built as a hunting lodge for the Smith Barrys in the 18th century and enlarged in the 1820s to the design of Sir Richard Morrison with further 19th century additions. Valued at £89 and held by James H.S. Barry in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Occupied by Lord Barrymore in 1906 and valued at £160. Inherited by Major and the Honourable Mrs Bell. The Irish Tourist Association survey provides details of some of the paintings in the house and exotic plants in the gardens. Bence Jones writes that Fota was sold to University College, Cork in 1975 following the death of Mrs Bell. It is now in the care of the Irish Heritage Trust and after restoration was reopened to the public in 2009. http://www.fotahouse.com/display.php |
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Seamount House (Carrigaline) | Louisa Penrose, with several others, was leasing this property to James French at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12. Henry Smith was leasing a property [W785625] valued at £10 from the same estate, also in Curraghbinny townland. In 1860, over 600 acres owned by members of the Fitzgerald family and others were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The sale included Seamount House, in the possession of Henry Smith. | |
Hilltown House (Carrigaline) | Hilltown House was leased by Thomas Busteed from Anne Cook at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8. It is labelled as Hilltown House on both the 6-inch and 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. | |
Marino | The present house was built on the foundations of an earlier house which was burnt in the 1860s. Wilson refers to this earlier house on Great Island as the seat of Savage French in 1786. Marine remained the home of a branch of the French family and sold by Colonel Stuart French in the early 1970s. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage entry states that this house was previously the home of the mathematician Philip Ronayne. Valued at £32 in the early 1850s it was occupied by Thomas G. French who held the property from Thomas R. Sarsfield. Knight writes that Thomas Sarsfield of Doughcloyne leased the lands of Ronayne's Grove, otherwise Hodnet's Wood, otherwise Marino to Savage French in 1755. Thomas G. French is also recorded as the occupier in 1814 and 1837. |
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Rock Farm | The home of John Cantillon in 1837 and in the early 1850s when it was valued at £16 and held from Warren Hastings Rowland Jackson. | |
Carrigrenan | Occupied by J. M. Ashlin (father of the architect George Ashlin) in 1837 and by the Reverend Robert Bury in the early 1850s. He held the house valued at £37 from Warren H. R. Jackson. The home of the Sullivans in the 20th century. | |
Flaxfort | Occupied by R. Martin in 1837 and by Mary Anne Martin at the time of Griffith's Valuatioan. The house was valued at £21 and held from John Purcell. It is no longer extant. |
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Cuskinny | A French home from the early 19th century, occupied by Savage French in 1814 and by his son Savage T.W. French in 1837 and in the early 1850s. The house was then valued at £32 and held from Bartholomew Verling and Thomas R. Sarsfield. IN 1894 Slater noted it as the seat of S. French. This property was still in the possession of the descendants of the French family in the 1970s. |
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Berry Hill | A house occupied by George Scott at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held from James Morrough and valued at £14. The home of Patrick Ronayne in the 1870s. This house is still a residence. |
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Ballynoe House | A house occupied by Abraham Hargreave in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held from James H.S. Barry and valued at £14.15 shillings. Abraham Hargrave owned 36 acres at Ballynoe in the 1870s. Later owned by the Murphy family. This house is still extant and occupied. |
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Monkstown Castle | Built by a Mrs Archdeacon in the 17th century, Monkstown Castle was the home of the Shaw family in the 19th century and held from the de Vesci family. In the early 1850s Robert Bernard Shaw was resident and the buildings were valued at £54. In the possession of the Monkstown Golf Club for much of the 20th century, Further information on the building's construction is available at https://www.logainm.ie/ga/9588. |
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Waterview (Passage West) | Leased by Richard Neville Parker from Lord deVesci's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £76. Waterview was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court by Parker's widow, Hannah Maria, in September 1874. Waterview is still in use as a residence. | |
Bellevue (Passage West) | In 1850, Nicholas Parker was leasing this property from the deVesci estate when it was valued at £33 10s. It is shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s in a much enlarged form but was subsequently demolished to make way for the terrace of houses which now occupies the site. | |
Ring View | Ring View was being leased by Robert Baily from the deVesci estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £18 10s. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Rock Cottage (Passage West) | Catherine Parker was leasing this property from Thomas Boland in 1850 when it was valued at £36 10s. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Lackaroe House | In 1850, Catherine Anne Parker was leasing this property to Cornelius Hawkes when it was valued at £21. A house still exists at this site. | |
Rockenham | In 1850 Thomas Parsons Boland was leasing this house to Noble Johnson, when it was valued at £100. Lewis refers to it as Johnson's seat in 1837. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built by the Johnsons in the 1820s. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Pembroke | The seat of Thomas Parsons Boland in 1837. Held in fee by him at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £48. Pembroke, together with many other of his houses, was included in the Sale Notice of Boland's estate in November 1859. It was offered for sale again in May 1868 when the house was noted as having "lofty and spacious rooms". In 1786 Wilson refers to Pembroke Town as the seat of Mr. Boland. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that the Duke of Wellington was supposed to have stayed at Pembroke prior to embarking for the Peninsular wars. The house is no longer extant and a housing development has been built on the site. | |
Horsehead | In 1850, Horsehead was being leased by James Craig from William Lane and was valued at £60. In November 1859 it was offered for sale as part of the Boland estate. Lewis refers to it as the seat of S. Lane in 1837, "an elegent mansion in the Tudor style". In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that the horses of the Duke of Wellington's cavalry had grazed on the front lawn at Horsehead prior to embarking for Europe. It is still extant and occupied. It was offered for sale in 2024. |
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Horsehead Cottage | Held from Thomas Boland's estate by Samuel Abbott in 1850 when it was valued at £38 10s. It was included in the sale of the estate in November 1859. It is no longer extant. | |
Oldcourt | Oldcourt was the seat of the Goold family baronets until 1852 when it was bought by Alexander Glasgow. The sale rental of March 1852 includes a lithograph of Oldcourt. Griffith's Valuation records Glasgow holding the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £68. The Glasgows leased the house until it was bought in the early 20th century by Henry O'Shea although Alexander J. Glasgow is recorded as the occupier in 1906 when it was valued at £51. Henry O'Shea sold it to the Brothers of Charity in 1934 whose services used it as a Special Needs school. It is still extant. |
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Charlemont House | Charlemont House was leased by Charles Evanson from Nicholas G. Allen at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20. It was included in the sale of Evanson property in the Landed Estates Court in November 1862. It is still extant. | |
Parkgarriff | This house was the home of at least two generations of David Cagneys in the 19th century. The house was valued at £40 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by David Cagney from Lord de Vesci. The Cagneys were still resident in the 1870s. The house no longer exists and the site is located on the edge of the Monkstown Golf Club. | |
Seamount House (Carrigaline) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this property was leased by James French from the Penrose estate when it was valued at £12. The property is labelled Seamount House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s. There is still an extant house at this site. | |
Ballydulea | A house occupied by Edmond Bourke in the mid 19th century, held from Anne Payne, Mrs Cummins and the Reverend Fleming and valued at £14.10 shillings. In 1896 the encumbrances on land at Ballydulea was being finalised. The vendor was the Reverend Joseph King Cummin, see The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal Vol XXX (1896). |
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Ballinderrig | Ballinderrig is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map and was occupied in the mid 19th century by Jane Cantillon. She held the property valued at £13+ from Eliza Bury. Catherine Cantillon was also resident in the townland at Courtstown Cottage Grid Ref W774 720. By the publication of the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map in the 1890s the latter property has become known as Courtstown House. It is still extant. | |
Green Mount (Passage West) | Robert Hodgson was leasing Greenmount from the Boland estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £19. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Mansfield (Passage West) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Browne was leasing this property from the Boland estate, when it was valued at £56. It is still extant. | |
Hop Island | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Osborne Edwards was leasing this property from the Chatterton estate when it was valued at £16. It is labelled Hop Island on both the 1st and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps. This may be the property referred to by Wilson as Red Island, the seat of Rev. Mr. Saunders, in 1786. A house is still extant at the site. |