The Mount

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 16 houses.

Houses within 5km of The Mount

Displaying 16 houses.

House name	Description
Blenheim Lodge	Leased by Roger Sweetman from Lord Waterford's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £35.Lewis refers to it as the seat of Pierce Sweetman in 1837. It is still extant and operated as a guesthouse known as Blenheim House.
Blenheim (Gaultiere)	Miss Eliza Ridgeway was leasing this property from the Beresford estate in 1848, when it was valued at £29 18s. It is still extant and occupied.
Crooke Villa	Leased by Captain William Clarke from Lord Waterford's estate in 1848 when it was valued at £12. It is named as Crooke Villa on both the First Edition and later 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. Local sources suggest this house was originally built by the local parish priest, Fr. Hearn, at the end of the eighteenth century. There is still a house at the site.
Rock Lodge (Gaultiere)	Andrew Meade was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £14 12s. It is named Rock Lodge on both the First and latre 25-inch editions Ordnance Survey maps. A house is still extant at the site.
Greenhill (Gaultiere)	Mrs. Mary Manning was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £18 7s. It is named Greenhill on both the First and later 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps. The original house is no longer extant.
Daisybank House	In 1848, Patrick Tracy was leasing this property from the Power estate when it was valued at over £18. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built in the later eighteenth century and served as a hotel during its long history.
Mighnawn Cottage	Labelled as Mighnawn Cottage on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s, this property was leased by Miss Mary Owens from the Power estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £20 8s.
Coolbunnia	In 1848, Margaret Cheasty was leasing this property from thel Power estate when it was valued at £10. The house is adjacent to the the site of Faithlegg Castle, the original stronghold of the Aylward family in the area.
Faithlegg House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Faithlegg House was owned by Nicholas O'Neill Power and valued at £100. The lands in this area were originally held by the Aylward family after the Norman Conquest but they were dispossessed by Cromwellian forces in the 1650s. Faithlegg was then acquired by the Bolton family who eventually built the house in the eighteenth century. It was sold by them to the Power family in 1819. It was enlarged and extended under Power ownership and in 1906 was valued at £110. Faithlegg remained in the Power family until 1935 when it was sold to the De La Salle order who used it as a novitiate until the 1980s. It is now Faithlegg House Hotel. See www.faithlegg.com.
Kilcullen	Edward Delahunty was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate in 1848 when it was valued at £10. An extensive farm still exists at the site.
Woodland House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Michael Dobbyn was leasing Woodland House from Elizabeth Bolton, when it was valued at £22. The house thus labelled on the 1st-edition Ordnance Survey map was located a short distance away at S661113 but seems to have been superceded by this house by 1848. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes that this house was sometimes used as a Dower house for Faithlegg House. In 1945 the ITA survey indicates it was the residence of Hubert Gallway.
Ballycanvan House	In 1848 George Kent was leasing this property from Eliza Bolton when it was valued at over £34. The demesne was included in the sale of Bolton property in June 1857. In 1814 Leet notes it as the seat of Samuel Roberts. The house was in ruins by the end of the twentieth century.
Spring Hill (Gaultiere)	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Stephens was leasing this property from the Bolton estate when it was valued at £24 11s. Buildings, though perhaps not the original ones, are still extant at the site.
Carriglea (Gaultiere)	Richard Phelan was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10 15s. It is no longer extant.
Parkswood House	Mrs. Eliza McDougall was leasing this property to Edward Strangman in 1848 when it was valued at £33. There is still an extant house where guest accommodation is provided.
Parkswood Cotham	In 1848 George Cotham was leasing this property from Mrs. Eliza McDougall, when it was valued at almost £14.