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Ardfinnan Castle

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 11 houses.

Houses within 5km of Ardfinnan Castle

Displaying 11 houses.

House name Description
Kilgrogy House A Clutterbuck home, occupied by Thomas Clutterbuck in 1814. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as the residence of Samuel Clutterbuck in 1839 and mention that it was in bad repair. Lewis refers to it as the seat of L. Clutterbuck in 1837 and Samuel Clutterbuck was the occupier in the early 1850s. He held the property from Viscount Lismore. The buildings were valued at £14. A building is still located at this site.
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.
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
Rochestown Rochestown came into the possession of the Barton family through the marriage in 1798 of Dunbar Barton and Elizabeth Riall. In 1837 Lewis describes Rochestown as the seat [of their son] S. Barton. Samuel Barton was resident in the early 1850s holding the house valued at £37 from a member of the Beamish family. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records the remodelling of the house in 1867 by the Wise family, the design by Sir Thomas Newman Deane. The house was valued at £55 in 1906 and occupied by Francis H. Wise. Damaged by fire in 1918 and completely destroyed by fire in February 1923. Photo of Rochestown
Corrabella In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe this house as "a very good building in bad repair, the residence of Miss Ann Mulcahy". It was leased to William Mulcahy by the Glengall estate and occupied by him in the mid 19th century when it was valued at £18+. A lithograph of this building is included in the sale rental of November 1853. The Mulcahys were still resident in the 1950s. This three storey house still functions as a residence. Photo of Corrabella
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