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Traverston

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 39 houses.

Houses within 10km of Traverston

Displaying 39 houses.

House name Description
Solsborough In 1786 Wilson refers to "Sallborough" as the seat of Mr. Poe. T. Poe was residing at Salisboro in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation (1850) James J. Poe held the property from the Court of Exchequer. The buildings were valued at £41. At the time of the 1852 sale James J. Poe was the tenant holding the property on a 7 year lease pending the cause of Crofts v Poe. Henry H. Poe of Solsborough owned 314 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s. This house is now a ruin. Photo of Solsborough
Monaquil Burke's ''Landed Gentry of Ireland'' (1904) records Philip Going of Monaquil, sixth son of Robert and Jane Going. In 1767 Philip married Grace Bernard. Their grandson, Reverend Philip Going Atkins Going, succeeded to the Monaquil property by the will of his maternal grandfather, who died in 1820. Monaquil was occupied by the Atkins family in 1837. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books record that "Mr. O'Shea, proprietor, states that he has nothing to do now ith Monaquil, it is under the Courts" and that the house was then occupied by a Mrs. Bennett. It was vacant at the time of Griffith's Valuation. when Reverend Hastings Atkins was the immediate lessor and the house was valued at £19. The Butler sale rental of 1866 records a fee farm grant dated 19 May 1859, John Butler to Reverend Philip Going Atkins Going. The Atkins sale rental of 1877 records the leasing of Monaquil to Robert William Henry Roe in 1864. The original house marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey Map was replaced by another house slightly to the north in the late 19th century.
Lismore A house on the Toler estate, occupied by John Pepper and valued at £13+ in the mid 19th century. A building is still located at this site.
Lissanisky The home of a branch of the Pepper family in the 19th century, occupied by Simon Pepper in 1814, by R. Smithwick in 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as " a good dwelling house, the residence of Mr. Pepper". It was occupied by Theobald Pepper and Brothers in the early 1850s. This house was held from the Honourable O.F.G. Toler and was valued at £25.10 shillings. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Lissanisky
Debsborough The seat of the Bayly family in the 18th and 19th centuries, occupied by successive John Bayly/Bailys and held in fee. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "a large demesnewith commodious dwelling house" in 1840. In the mid 19th century the house was valued at £38+ and in 1906 at £65. A building is still located at this site.
Ballynaclogh House The home of Richard Uniacke Bayly and his family in the 19th century, held from his brother John. The house was valued at almost £17 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house is still extant and occupied. Photo of Ballynaclogh House
Bayly's Farm The home of Lancelot P. Bayly and his family in the 19th century, held from his brother John. The house was valued at £13.6 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house with modern additions still functions as a residence. It also offers guest accommodation. See www.baylyfarm.ie. Photo of Bayly's Farm
Coolagh Coolagh is described in the Ordnance Survey Name Books as "a good dwelling house in a small demesne with plantation and ornamental ground" in 1841. It was occupied by John Brindley in the mid 19th century. Valued at £12+ it was held from the Very Reverend Dean Head. It is still extant.
Happygrove House In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to "Happy Grove" as "the name of the place and residence of Mr. John Brindley" and gives details of the oatmeal mill in the demesne. Samuel Brindley was the proprietor of a corn mill and house at Clonmore in the mid 19th century. He held the property from Lord Dunalley and the buildings were valued at £35. The house no longer exists.
Grenanstown Wilson refers to Grenan's-town as the seat of Mr. Dalton in 1786. In 1837 Lewis describes Grenanstown as the seat of Count D'Alton. The Ordnance Survey Name Books note that James Williams was leasing Grenanstown but that it was occasionally the residence of Count D'Alton. At the time of Griffith's Valuation James Williams occupied Grenanstown. He held the property from Count D'Alton and the buildings were valued at £19.11 shillings. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that Richard Dalton Williams (1822-1862), poet and Young Irelander, lived here as a child. This house was later the property of Henry Eustace, a member of the Robertstown, county Kildare family. It is now a ruin. Photo of Grenanstown
Shanbally Shanbally was occupied by John Gasson in 1814 but had become the home of Peter Smithwick by 1837. He held the property from Samuel Gason in the mid 19th century when the house was valued at £26.13 shillings. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "a good dwelling house". In 1894 Slater refers to it as the residence of John Smithwick. It is still extant. Photo of Shanbally
Ballinamona A house valued at £11+ on the estate of the Honourable O.F.G. Toler and occupied by Newton Short in the mid 19th century. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as "a good dwelling house" in 1840. A house is still extant at this location.
Islandbawn Malachi Ryan held a house, offices, flour mill and 76 acres at Islandbawn from the Honourable O.F.G. Toler at Islandbawn in the mid 19th century. The buildings were valued at £85. Photo of Islandbawn
Kilboy In 1786, Kilboy was described by Wilson as the fine seat of Henry Prittie. Lord Dunalley is recording as resident at Dunally Castle, Nenagh, in 1814. In 1837 Lewis writes that Kilboy, the seat of Lord Dunalley, "was erected about 60 years since". In the mid 19th century it was valued at £76+ and held in fee. This house, which the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes as a "detached five-bay single-storey house over basement, built c. 1775" and designed by William Leeson, was destroyed in 1922. A similar house was erected on the site but was demolished in 1955. A smaller house is now located on the site. Photo of Kilboy
Lissenhall In 1786 Wilson mentions Lissen-Hall as the seat of Mr. Otway. Mr Thomas Devoy occupied Lissenhall in 1814 and in 1837 Rowan P. Cashel was resident. Margaret Dagg held the house valued at £42.13 shillings from the Honourable Mrs Otway Cave at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Lissenhall dwelling house and 242 acres bought for £5000 by William H. Carrol in 1853. In 1906 the mansion house in Lissenhall townland was valued at £30 and occupied by Alice J. Carroll. This house no longer exists.
Castle Otway Castle Otway was the seat of the Otway family in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was a mid 18th century house with a tower house attached, altered and renovated in the 19th century. In the mid 19th century the castle, valued at £47.17 shillings, was held by the Honourable Mrs Otway Cave in fee. The sale rental includes a lithograph of the house. Slater refers to it as the seat of William Otway Ruthven in 1894. The representatives of Robert J. Otway occupied this house in 1906. It is now a ruin. Photo of Castle Otway
Millbrook Described by Wilson as the seat of Mr. Hawkshaw in 1786, Millbrok was also the home of the Hawkeshaw family in the 19th century, occupied by Richard Hawkshaw in 1814 and of his representatives in the early 1850s, when it was held from George Armstrong and valued at £19+. Millbrook House was included in the sale of the Earl of Listowel's estate in 1861. Michael Dwyer was the tenant. A building is still located at this site.
Rathurles Rathurles was the home of the Brereton family in the 19th century. Occupied by John Brereton in 1814 and T. Brereton in 1837. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as "a modern building". Thomas Brereton was still resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation holding the property valued at £27.15 shillings from Patrick Kernan. Home of Hugh Finch in the 1870s. This house is still extant and occupied. Photo of Rathurles
Norwood In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books described Norwood as "a good dwelling house occupied by a member of the Minchin family" though Simpson Hackett is noted as the proprietor. Captain David Joyce was resident in the mid 19th century when the house was valued at £15+ and held from Thomas Hackett. This house is still extant. Photo of Norwood
Ballintogher House In 1786 Ballintogher is referred to by Wilson as the seat of Mr. Strafford. Afterwards it was a Crawford property, occupied in 1814 by John Crawford. George Langford of Ballintogher House was the third son of Richard Coplen Langford who, in 1784, married Catherine Cooper Crawford of Fermoyle. In 1828, George married Maria, daughter of the Reverend Henry Bayly of Bayley's Farm, county Tipperary. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to the house as "the residence of Attorney Langford". By the time of Griffith's Valuation George Langford held Ballintogher and 236 acres in fee. The house was valued at £20. A building is still located at this site.
Ballyquiveen A house built post the first edition Ordnance Survey map of circa 1838. John Brindley was leasing a house from Dean Head valued at £5+ at Ballyquiveen at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is no longer extant.
Tullahedy Dominick Meade of Tullaheady, county Tipperary, died in 1717. Edwin Sadleir held a house valued at £15+ and 64 acres at Tullahedy from John O'Dwyer at the time of Griffith's Valuation. By 1906 Tullahedy valued at £16 was occupied by the representatives of Thomas J.R. Miller who held over 500 acres of untenanted land there. The Riggs Millers are still resident at Tullahedy. The Ordnance Survey Name Books record the existence of Tullahedy Old House, "almost in a state of ruins, occupied by a herdsman, but formerly a good dwelling house occupied by the Tumpane family". This property is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map at R841771.
Wellington In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Wellington as "the commodious dwelling house of Edwin Sadlier". By the time of Griffith's Valuation, the house was occupied by Daniel Falkiner, valued at £20 and held from the representatives of Colonel Brereton. This house is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. It was replaced by another house also known as Wellington, closer to the mill, in the early 1870s, and this latter house is still extant. Photo of Wellington
Moyroe Moyroe was the home of Samuel Laurence in 1814 and of Malachy Ryan in the mid 19th century. Malachy Ryan held the townland of 51 acres in fee and the buildings were valued at £10.10 shillings. A building still exists at this site.
Tyone In the 1770s Donagh O'Brien of Tyone had bolting mills near Nenagh and an estate worth £8,000 in England and Ireland (Kilboy Papers). Donough O'Brien was resident at Tyone, Nenagh, in 1814. Malachy Ryan held a house, flour mill and land from Stafford O'Brien at Tyone in the mid 19th century. The buildings were valued at £75. Thomas John Ryan son of Malachy was living at Tyone in the 1870s. This house is still a residence. Photo of Tyone
Brook Watson Feltham Watson occupied Brook Watson in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £26 and held from the representatives of Peter Holmes. By 1870 in the hands of the Brereton family. Photo of Brook Watson
Riverston Leets records Riverstown, Nenagh, as the home of Wills Crofts. In 1806 John Bennett of Cork city married the only daughter of Wills Crofts of Riverston, county Tipperary (''Freeman's Journal'' 12 June 1806). In 1837 John Bennett was the proprietor of Riverston. At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Bennett held the property from the representatives of Peter Holmes and the house was valued at £55 and the nearby mill at £54. The home of a member of the Poe family in the 1870s. Photo of Riverston
Summerville In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Summerville as "a commodious dwelling house, the residence of O'Brien Dillon" but Major Laurence is noted as the proprietor. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the house was occupied by the representatives of Wills Bennett and held from John Bennett. The buildings were valued at £24. This house no longer exists.
Shallee The Youngs appear to have been located in Shallee from at least the mid 18th century. Leet records Mr Francis Young as resident in 1814. In 1840 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation Francis E. Young was the occupant, holding the property from George Cashin [Cashel]. The buildings were valued at £20+. The sale rental of 1868 refers to a lease dated 1853 from Edward Worth Newenham to George Cashel of Shallee House. A house is still extant at Shallee.
Cranna The original home of the Going family in county Tipperary, inhabited by the Reverend John Going, eldest son of Richard Going of Birdhill in 1814 and by his son Charles in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £23+. Buildings are still located at this site.
Tullamore Park A late 18th century house built for Edward Finch. It was the seat of the Finch family in the 19th century, occupied by William Finch in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £27 and held in fee. Sold in the early 20th century to the Kennedy family. This house is still in use as a residence. Photo of Tullamore Park
Kilcolman The original residence of the Finch family in the 18th century, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Finch in 1786. It was occupied by John Finch in 1814 and by Mrs Finch in 1837 and 1840. Leased by the representatives of Mrs W. Finch to Edmund Parker in the mid 19th century when the house was valued at £45. William Finch of Kilcoleman owned 412 acres in the 1870s. Charles Finch occupied this house in 1906. This house no longer exists.
Tulla Tulla House was the home of the Carroll family in the 19th century. William Carrol was resident in 1814 and Major General Sir Parker Carrol in 1837. Captain W. H. Carrol held the house valued at £20+ and townland in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house valued at £18 was still occupied by the Carrols in 1906. A house is extant at the site.
Tiermoyle House In 1786 Wilson refers to Tiermoyle as the seat of Mr. Crawford. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name books refers toTiermoyle as a residence of Cooper Crawford and "about 20 years ago it was then a place of some account but it is now in a state of dilapidation". By the time of Griffith's Valuation, this house was occupied by Mrs. Costelloe, leasing from Countess Norbury's estate and valued at almost £4. A farm is still extant at the site.
Silvermines Cottage In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Silvermines Cottage as "a neat and comfortable cottage, the residence of Rowan P. Cashell". He was also the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation, leasing from Lord Dunalley's estate. The property was valued at £10 15s. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that it was, for a time, the mine manager's house, for the nearby mines. Silvermines Cottage is still extant and well-maintained. Photo of Silvermines Cottage
Ballycrenode House In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to the site of Ballycrenode House in the parish of Kilkeary, stating "only those people who are very old can recollect seeing any part of this house standing". This original Ballycrenode House belonged to the O'Carroll family and the last inhabitant was a Major O'Carroll. The site is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map. At that time and in Griffith's Valuation, the townland belonged to the Toler estate. The 25-inch map of the 1890s shows a later Ballycrenode House, located slightly to the north-west of the original site. This property is still extant, part of a large farm.
Riversfield (Upper Ormond) In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books record Riversfield as " a neat house, the residence of Mr. John Ardill". He was leasing it and the adjoining mills from Mrs.Otway Cave's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £17+. A house and farm buildings are still extant at the site.
Smithville [Yewstown House] In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Smithville "a commodious dwelling house", the residence of Mr. Boucher, though Peter Homes is mentioned as the proprietor. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Aquilla Smith, MD, was leasing a property from the Holmes estate valued at £38. In addition Smith was leasing another property, valued at £15, to the Nenagh Poor Law Guardians, for use as an auxiliary workhouse. By the publication of the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s, a more substantial house at the site has become known as Yewston House. The building at the site now is known as The Manor and is in use as a nursing home. Photo of Smithville [Yewstown House]
Annebrook House The Ordnance Survey Name Books reported in 1840 that Annebrook House was the residence of Henry Young but that P. Holmes was the proprietor. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Henry Young was leasing the property, valued at £10+, from the Holmes estate. Buildings are still extant at the site including the remains of substanial farm buildings associated with the farm which is mentioned in the 1840s. Photo of Annebrook House