| Description |
Traverston was the seat of the Going family in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as Trevor's-town, the seat of R.Going. It was the residence of Thomas Going in 1814 and 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "a splendid residence" in 1840. In the mid 19th century Caleb Going occupied the house and held the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £52+. Still valued at £52 and occupied by John R. Lloyd in 1906. John R. Lloyd was the son of Anne, daughter of Robert Going of Cragg, Newport, who, in 1828, married Edward Lloyd of 12 Upper Mount Street, Dublin. John R. Lloyd died unmarried in 1910 and left Traverston to his niece, Ann Norris. This house is now demolished.
see http://www.glendafae.com/histories/Going%20of%20TRAVERSTON.pdf |
