Bleach
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 20 houses.
Houses within 5km of Bleach
Displaying 20 houses.
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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. |
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Knockanore House | Rev. Thomas Queally was leasing a property at Knockanore valued at £10 10s from the Keily estate in 1851. It is not shown on the 6-inch Ordnance Survey Map but is labelled Knockanore House on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. The property appears to have fallen into disuse during the twentieth century. | |
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. |
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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. |
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Tourin and Tourin Castle | Tourin House was owned by Sir Richard Musgrave at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £41 10s. An earlier house, attached to Tourin Castle, is located nearby [X095965]. In 1850 it was valued at £49. In 1837, Lewis refers to this earlier Tourin House as the seat of Sir R. Musgrave, "composed partly of an ancient castle, commanding extensive and picturesque views".In 1906 the larger house had a valuation of £64 while the other buildings were valued at almost £10. The Musgrave estate still owned the properties. The ITA survey of the 1940s noted "Toureen" as the resident of Captain Jamison, formerly the property of the Musgraves. Both houses are still extant and occupied. |
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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. |
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Tubbrid (Lismore) | In 1851 this property was held in fee by Townsend Keily and valued at £23 10s. The property is still extant and part of a large farming enterprise. | |
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. |
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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. | |
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. | |
Ballynaparka House | In 1851, this house was held in fee by Thomas J. Fitzgerald and valued at over £31. Leet had recorded it as the seat of Patrick Dwyer in 1814. In 1906 it was still the property of the Fitzgerald estate and valued at over £10. There is still a house 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. |
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Affane House | Held in fee by Samuel Browning Power in 1851 when it was valued at £32. Lewis refers to it as the seat of S. Power in 1837. It was the property of Samuel J. Power in 1906 and still valued at £32. Brady notes that the house incorporates material from the late seventeenth century house owned by the Greatrakes famly. In the 1780s Taylor and Skinner refer to it as a residence of the Browning family. It is now almost a ruin. |
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Dromana | The seat of the Villiers-Stuart family, Lord Stuart de Decies, and held in fee by them in 1851 when it was valued at £101. In 1837 Lewis had noted that "its hanging gardens presents a picturesque and interesting feature". Charles Smith, referring to it as a noble seat of the Earl of Grandison, provides a detailed description of how it looked in the later eighteenth century. An account of its appearance in the 1940s is given in the Irish Tourist Association files. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage indicates it is a seventeenth century house possibly incorporating parts of a medieval tower house. It was later extended and renovated but this Georgian extension was demolished in the 1960s leaving the original seventeenth century building. It is occasionally open to the public. |
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Monyvroe | In 1851 Edmund Power held this property from Lord Decies estate when it was valued at £11 10s. There are still extant buildings at the site. | |
Curraghamoreen House | Rev. John O'Meara was leasing this property from the Villiers-Stuart estate in 1851 when it was valued at £14. The house is still extant and undergoing renovations. | |
Bewley | Captain Wiliam Chearnley was leasing this property to Geoffrey Norris at the time of Griffiths Valuation when it was valued at over £9. A farm is still extant at the site. | |
Woodstock House (County Waterford) | John Hackett was leasing this property to Thomas Walsh in 1851 when it was valued at £21. It was included in the sale notice for the Walsh estate in May 1851 where it is noted that "a sum of over £2000 was expended in building the mansion". The house appears to have also been known as Whitechurch House. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of Lt-Col. Charles Hely. The ruin of the original house was still visible until this century but a modern building occupies the site now. |