Knockanore House

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Knockanore House

Displaying 11 houses.

House name	Description
Strancally Castle	John Keily held Strancally Castle in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £61. Lewis refers to it as "a modern castle, seat of J. Keily" in 1837. There is a lithograph and extensive description of the castle and demesne in the sale notice of 1856. After this the castle came into the ownership of the Whitelock Lloyd family. In 1906 it owned by George W. Lloyd and valued at over £63. The 1943 ITA Survey provides a detailed description of the house from that time including the art collection and library. It is still extant and has been renovated in recent years. An extensive farmyard, valued at £37 in 1851, is located in Kilmanicholas townland at X078903. This property was valued at over £40 in 1906.
Headborough	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Headborough was held in fee by Mrs. Catherine Smith [Smyth] and valued at £60. Lewis refers to it as the seat of Rev. Percy Scott Smyth in 1837. In 1906 it was owned by Percy Smyth with a valuation of £50. Smith mentions Headborough as the seat of William Smith. In 1943 the ITA survey notes that the stone used in its building was transported from county Kerry. It is still extant and occupied.
Snugborough	In 1786 Wlson refers to Snugborough as the seat of Mr Smith. Mrs. Helena Greaves was leasing this property to Richard Walsh in 1851 when it was valued at £10 10s. An extensive farmyard complex still survives at the site.
Camphire House	Held in fee by Christopher Ussher in 1851 when it was valued at £28. It was the residence of Christopher M. Ussher in the 1870s. Buildings at this location were in the possession of the Ussher family in 1906 and valued at almost £6. In the 1940s the ITA survey noted that it was occupied by Mrs. Chearnley but owned by the Dobbs family and had formerly been a residence of the Ussher family. The Irish Army also seemed to have occupied part of the building during World War II. Camphire is still extant and occupied.
Aglish House (Decies)	Aglish House was leased by James O'Brien from the representatives of James Nagle, in 1851, when it was valued at almost £14. It is still extant and occupied.
Ballingowan House (South)	Robert Dower was leasing this property from William Villiers-Stuart at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £13 5s. A house still exists at this site.
Bleach	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Charles Graves was leasing property from the Villiers-Stuart estate which included a house and mill. The complex was valued at over £37. By the later nineteenth century Bleach House is shown here but the mill in not shown. A house is still extant at the site.
Cooneen Mill	Charles Musgrave was leasing this extensive property from Sir Richard Musgrave at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £31 5s. It is recorded as disused on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s. Some ruins remain at the site.
Shanakill (Decies)	In 1851, this property was leased by Edmund Dower from Thomas J. Fitzgerald when it was valued at almost £10. A house and farm are still extant at this location.
Tinnascart House	In 1851 this property was leased by Robert Dower from William C. Poole when it was valued at £14 10s.The 1874 Dower estate sale notice indicates that the house had been built within the previous 15 years at a cost of £2000. It is labelled as Tinnascart House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the later nineteenth century. The location is now a racehorse training enterprise.
Villierstown House	In 1851 leased by Rev. Hans Butler from the Villiers Stuart estate when it was valued at £14 5s. Still extant and occupied.