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Mayfield (Kinsalebeg)

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Mayfield (Kinsalebeg)

Displaying 26 houses.

House name Description
Brooklodge This house situated in the 6 acre townland of Brooklodge was the residence of Henry Marsden and his wife in the first part of the 19th century. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the Reverend Pierse Drew was resident. He was rector of Youghal and a member of the family of Drew of Mocollop Castle, county Waterford. The Reverend Drew held the property from John Pollock and it was valued at £40.
Mary Ville Mary Ville is marked on the first Ordnance Survey map. In the early 1850s the house was occupied by John Hurley who held it from Colonel George Teulon. It was valued at £10. A house is still extant at the site.
Glenally A house valued at £15 and held with 6 acres by James Wallis from Mary Allen at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house is named Glenally on the first Ordnance Survey map.
Clashadonagh [Frogmore] James Barry held an unoccupied house in the townland of Glanaradotia valued at £20 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is labelled Clashadonagh on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Frogmore House on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. It is now a ruin.
Mistletoe Castle Marked as Eustace's Castle on the first Ordnance Survey map and apparently straddling the boundary between Cooperalley and Greencloyne, this house was the residence of John Conroy Browne in the second half of the 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the buildings were valued at £25 and held from William Fitzgerald. J.C. Browne of Mistletoe Castle owned 16 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. The house is stated to have been built in the 1770s as a summer residence for the Villiers-Stuart [Stuart] family. Photo of Mistletoe Castle
Windford A home of the Hudson family occupied by John Hudson in 1814 and by Robert Hudson in the early 1850s. Though there are buildings at the site the original house does not seem to be extant.
Heathfield Towers Captain Cotter was resident at Heathfield in 1837. This house was unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8.10 shillings. The immediate lessors were the representatives of Walter Maguire and Mary Giles. It was later the home of the Reverend Pierse Drew who was in residence in the 1870s. Photo of Heathfield Towers
Muckridge House The Hobson family were resident at Muckridge from at least the mid 1770s. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to it as the seat of Mr. Hobson. In 1814 Richard Fitzgerald is recorded as resident at Muckridge and in 1837 William Fitzgerald. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Samuel Le Hunte Hobson held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £37. Still extant, well maintained and for sale at the beginning of 2010. Photo of Muckridge House
Seafield The home of Mr John Hudson in 1814 and of Thomas Seward in the early 1850s. Seward held the property from Lord Stuart de Decies and it was valued at £24. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built in the latter decades of the 18th century. It has recently been under renovation. Photo of Seafield
Summerfield John Hall held a house valued at £15 and 175 acres in fee at Summerfield in the early 1850s. No house of this size is marked on the first Ordnance Survey Map for this townland. Grid Reference is approximate.
Myrtle Grove Myrtle Grove, a Tudor manor house, associated with Sir Walter Raleigh and the sixteenth-century poet, Edmund Spencer At the beginning of the 17th century it was sold to Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, and later became the property of the Hayman family, who owned it in the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1837 Lewis writes that it was inhabited by Colonel Faunt. Later occupants include Joseph Wakefield Pim, Sir John Pope Hennessy and the Arbuthnot family. Now in private hands this house is open to the public on certain days in the year. Photo of Myrtle Grove
Ardsallagh House Mrs.Olivia Ronayne was leasing this property from the estate of Lord Stuart de Decies at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10 10s. It is labelled Ardsallagh House on both the 6-inch and 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. Extant buildings remain at the site.
Bayview (Clashmore) Rev. Michael Purcell was leasing this property from Lord Decies estate in 1851 when it was valued at £12. There is still an extant house at this site.
Rockview (Clashmore) Leased by Richard Bayley from the Villiers-Stuart estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £7. It is labelled Rockview on both the 6-inch and 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. There is still an extant house at the site.
Lackendarra House In 1851, Mrs. Eleanor Fitzgerald was leasing this property from Rev. James Elliott when it was valued at £11 5s. In 1894 it appears to have been occupied by a Russell family.
Monatray In 1851 Pierce S. Smith [Smyth), a minor, held Monatray in fee when it was valued at £35. In 2013 it was offered for sale. The sale details suggest it was built by Percy Smyth of Headborough as a summer residence in the 1830s. In the twentieth century it was occupied by a religious order and later a country house club before returning to private ownership in the 1980s. In recent years the house name is spelt Monatrae. In 2014 Monatrae was offered for sale. Photo of Monatray
Newtown House (Kinsalebeg) Built after the first Ordnance Survey, Michael Kennedy was leasing this property from the Smyth estate in 1851 when it was valued at £13 10s. It is noted on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map as Newtown House. There is still an extant house at the site.
Pilltown House Declan Tracy was leasing this property from the Kennedy estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at over £12. Smith refers to it as "Pilltown, not long since the estate of the Walshes". The house is labelled Pilltown House on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. It is no longer extant. Tracy is noted as the owner of over 450 acres in county Waterford in the 1870s. A substantial mill, valued at £39, in the same townland was being leased by Peter Moore Fisher [X129800]. It was included in the sale of Fisher property in the Landed Estates Court in November 1865. The mill appears to have fallen into disuse by the end of the nineteenth century though the ruins remain.
Prospect Villa (Kinsalebeg) Prospect Villa seems to have been built in the later nineteenth century, close by an earlier house known as Mayfield. A house at Prospect Hall is described by Smith as "a handsome seat with good improvements made by the late Stephen Bernard" In 1786 Wilson refers to "Prospect Hall" as the seat of Mr. "Barnet". There is still an extant building at the site. Photo of Prospect Villa (Kinsalebeg)
Woodbine Hill George Roche held this property from the Smyth estate in 1851 when it was valued at over £26. Local sources suggest it was built by him earlier in the nineteenth century. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Woodbine Hill
Cappagh (Decies-within-Drum) In 1851 James Gee was leasing this property from Lord Decies estate when it was valued at £19. This area has been subjected to severe coastal erosion and these buildings are no longer extant.
Clashanahy Sir Richard Musgrave held this property on lease from the Decies estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £18. There is still an extant property at this site.
Lackandarra Lodge At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Richard Chearnley held this property in fee when it was valued at almost £10. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s it is labelled Lackandarra Lodge. A farm is still extant at the site.
Lackandarra A Mrs. Eleanor Power was leasing this property from the Chearnley estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £9. There are still buildings extant at the site.
Clifton Situated on the coast just south of Youghal, Clifton was occupied by Sir William Homan in 1837. Griffith's Valuation records John Keily junior as resident when the house was valued at £62. Buildings are still extant at the site.
Green Park Captain H. Parker of the Royal Navy was resident at Green Park in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation William Carberry was the occupier holding the building valued at £38 from Pim Jackson. Extensive modern building has occurred in this area.