Lakefield (Middlethird)

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 11 houses.

Houses within 5km of Lakefield (Middlethird)

Displaying 11 houses.

House name	Description
Clonacody	The residence of John Hunt in 1814 but the Kelletts were resident by 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Clonacody as the seat of John D. Kellett. James Sadlier was the occupier in 1850 holding the house valued at £28+ from John Kellett. The sale rental of 1856 records James Sadlier as tenant under the Court of Chancery in a case Massey v Kellett. The Kellett family continued to live at Clonacody until the mid 20th century and the house is still extant.
Bannixtown	A Clutterbuck home from at least the 1770s, Richard Clutterbuck was resident at Bannixtown in 1814. On the first Ordnance Survey map circa 1838 Bannixtown house is recorded as "in ruins". In 1840, though, the Ordnance Survey Name Books mention Bannixtown as a large farmhouse. The 25-inch map shows a building labelled "Bannixtown House" at the same site. A house valued at £19 was occupied by John Shea at Bannixtown in the early 1850s and held from the representatives of Thomas Clutterbuck. John Shea of Bannixtown owned 254 acres in the 1870s.
Grove	A mid 18th century house which was altered in the 1830s. Grove was the seat of the Barton family, mentioned by Wilson as the seat of William Barton in 1786. It was occupied in 1814 by Thomas Barton and by William Barton in 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "a very large dwelling house with extensive offices" in 1840. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Barton held Grove in fee and it was valued at £69. Grove remained in the possession of the Barton family until the mid 20th century when it passed to the Ponsonby family. This house is still extant and occupied.
Hamilton Abbey	Hamilton Abbey is described in the sale rental of 4 June 1850 as "old fashioned" but "a most romantic and elegant residence". It contained a "fine cellarage, servants apartments and offices, large sized hall, breakfast parlour, dining rooom and drawing room, ten bed chambers, dairy, pantries, etc." and was in the possession of W.H. Latham. It was valued in Griffith's Valuation at £15.3 shillings. This property appears to have originally belonged to Hamilton Lowe. The ''Limerick General Advertiser'' of 16 May 1820 records the giving of the nearby Augustinian Abbey at Fethard to the Reverend Thomas Condon, Prior, by Mrs Hamilton Lowe and W. Latham.
Kiltinan	Kiltinane Castle was the seat of the Cooke family in the 18th and 19th centuries. Lewis describes the castle as the seat of R. Cooke, it "consists of an ancient circular tower .... and a residence erected on the old site by the late E. Cooke". In the mid 19th century the buildings were valued at £38+ and held by Robert Cooke in fee. Noted by Slater in 1894 as the seat of Robert Cooke. Sold by the Cookes in the 1920s to Mrs le Terrier, Kiltinan Castle now belongs to Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Garraun	In the early 1850 John O'Meagher occupied a steward's house at Garraun which he held from - Stratford. The buildings were valued at £12+. A farming enterprise is still located at this site.
Rocklow	Taylor and Skinner records Rocklowe as the residence of Lowe Esq in the 1770s. Rocklow was the home of Benjamin Frend and his wife, Eliza Gough, in the first half of the 19th century. Benjamin was resident there from at least 1814 to the 1850s. Griffith's Valuation records that it was held from Hugh Barton and was valued at £37+ in the early 1850s. This house later belonged to the Massys and is still in use as a residence. In 2022 it was offered for sale.
Milltown House	In the mid 19th century Henry Briscoe was occupying a house valued at £10.19 shillings and held from Captain Richard Long. This house is still extant.
Redcity	In the mid 19th century William Harney held a house valued at £11+ from Sir John Power in the townland of Redcity. Buildings are still located at this site.
Brookhill House	In 1786 Wilson refers to Brookhill as the seat of Mr. Lowe. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map shows Brookhill house, "in ruins", in Farranshea townland, parish of Peppardstown. An old manor house, also in ruins, is shown as well. The Ordnance Survey Name Books, in 1840, describe the site as "two large houses, one having its eastern end and the other, its eastern side, joining the ruins of the Old Manor House". At the time of Griffiths' Valuation, the townland was in the possession of the Hackett estate and the houses are described as "in ruins". The ruins are not shown on the later 25-inch map of the 1890s.
Knockbrack (Fethard)	In 1786 Wilson mentions Knockbrack as the seat of Mr.Letham. The house at Knockbrack, close to the village of Fethard, is described as "in ruins" on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, the townland was held in fee by William Barton, when the buildings were valued at almost £3. Farm buildings occupy the site of the old house now.