Venter Fair

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 7 houses.

Houses within 5km of Venter Fair

Displaying 7 houses.

House name	Description
Ballyphilip	The seat of the Going family in the 18th and 19th centuries, W. and A. Going were resident in 1814 and Ambrose Going held the property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £30.15 shillings. This house was held by the representatives of B.F. Going in 1906. Buildings are still extant at the site.
Coalbrook	A Langley home in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe the demesne as "nearly one half wood and oranmental ground" in 1838. It was valued at £35.10 shillings in the mid 19th century when held by Henry Langley in fee. George Langley was the occupier in 1906 when the buildings were valued at £41+. This house is still extant and lived in.
Lisnamrock Castle	The Langleys were resident here from the 18th century. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Lisnarock as the seat of Mr Langley. Henry Langley was the occupier in the mid 19th century, holding the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £11.10 shillings. Held by George Langley in 1906. Buildings still exist at this location.
Poyntstown	A home of a branch of the Cooke family in the 18th century. In 1786 Wilson refers to "Point's-town" as the seat of William Cooke. He was also the proprietor in 1814. In 1837 Lewis records Poyntstown as the property of Phanuel Cooke "in ruins". The house is marked as in ruins on the first Ordnance Survey map. Fennell Cooke held this townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Glenview	Glenview was occupied by the Reverend Edmund Prendergast in the early 1850s. He held the house valued at £18.15 shillings from Matthew Prendergast. In the early 20th century the house was altered and extended by a religious order who set up a school.
Wilford	Wilford was the residence Butler Esq in the 1770s and 1780s and of Mr Richard Blackmore in 1814. In the early 1850s it was occupied by John Blackmore, who held the property valued at £11+ from William P. Barker with 128 acres. The house is labelled Wilford House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Shangarry House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It is now a ruin.
Slievardagh	In 1906 John H. Lanphier held buildings valued at £18+ in the townland of Blackcommon part of the village of Commons, probably Slievardagh House. This house is not marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map.