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Rochestown

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 13 houses.

Houses within 5km of Rochestown

Displaying 13 houses.

House name Description
Tubbrid Laurence Walsh occupied a house valued at £11.10 shillings and held from Lord Waterpark in the mid 19th century. This house still functions as a farm house. Photo of Tubbrid
Monroe House Charles Browne was occupying this house in the early 1850s. He held it from the Earl of Glengall and the buildings were valued at £10. A house and farm are still extant at the site.
Mill View This house was the home of the Sargent family in the 19th century, inhabited by Henry Sargent in 1814 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was held from the Earl of Glengall and valued at £30 in the early 1850s. This house is no longer extant.
Garnavilla A branch of the Nagle family lived at Garnavilla in the 18th century. They held it on a lease from Lord Caher. James Archer Butler was the occupant of this house in 1837 and in the early 1850s when the house was valued at £21 and held from the Earl of Glengall. A building is still extant at this location.
Ballybrada The residence of Joseph William Fennell in 1814 and 1837. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe "Ballybrado House" as "old and plain, the residence of William Pnnyfeather". Thomas Fennell held the house and offices and 206 acres including a Quakers' graveyard from William Pennefather at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £21. The original house as marked on the first Ordnance Survey map is not extant now. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage website features Ballybrada House built 1879, possibly by the Denny family. Charles E. Denny was resident in 1906 when the buildings were valued at £141+. Photo of Ballybrada
Swiss Cottage A thatched house built in a wooded area early in the 19th century and "probably designed by John Nash" (Bence Jones p.53). In the mid 19th century it was valued at £9 and held by the Earl of Glengall in fee. A lithograph of this building is included in the Glengall sale rental of November 1853 and the Burmester, Law and Sadlier sale rental of November 1857. Now in use as a heritage centre. Photo of Swiss Cottage
Loughlohery In 1786 Wilson refers to "Loughlokery" as the seat of Mr. Dogherty. The residence of William Quin from at least 1814 and held by him in fee in the early 1850s when the house was valued at £33. The Quinns were still resident at Loughloher in the 1870s. A house is still extant at the site.
Lacken In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books noted Lacken as the residence of "Pendergrass", a house in very good repair. John Mulcahy occupied the house valued at £15+ at Lacken in the mid 19th century. He held the property from William Ryan. This house is no longer lived in. Photo of Lacken
Neddans In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books note "Neddins" as the residence of Mr. Mulcahy, "a very neat house in excellent repair". At the time of Griffith's Valuation Francis Mulcahy occupied a house at Neddans valued at £21 and held from the Earl of Glengall. A farming enterprise is still located at this site.
Carrigataha The home of W.J. Fennel in 1837 and in 1840. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "very pleasantly situated and in good repair". It was occupied by Thomas Fennell in the early 1850s. Thomas held the property from a member of the McCarthy family and the buildings were valued at £15. Buildings are still located at this site.
Scart The residence of Robert Croker in 1814 and of Henry Rice in 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as his residence in 1840, "pleasantly situated on rising ground and in good repair". In the early 1850s Rice held the property from John Bagwell and the buildings were valued at £12+. Henry Rice may have been a son-in-law of Robert Croker. see http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/croker_research/The_Irish_CROKER.pdf A building is still located at this site.
Marlfield Built by Colonel John Bagwell MP in the late 18th century in the Palladian style. It was the seat of the Bagwell family of Clonmel in the 19th and 20th centuries, held from the Moores of Barne and valued at almost £83 in the early 1850s. The central part of the house was burnt in 1923 and rebuilt in 1925 and is now in use as an apartment complex. Photo of Marlfield
Ardfinnan Castle A building that has been added too and altered since the 15th century. Occupied by James Prendergast at the the time of Griffith's Valuation, held from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and valued at £13. In 1894 Slater notes it as a residence of Mrs. Prendergast. Still in use as a residence. Photo of Ardfinnan Castle