Ards

Houses within 15km of this house

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Houses within 15km of Ards

Displaying 11 houses.

House name	Description
Doe Castle (KIlmacrenan)	Alexander Maddison was leasing Doe Castle from the Hart estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s, when it was valued at £21 15s. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of the Hart family but formerly in the possession of the Sandfords. The original tower house at the site, still extant, was the seat of the McSweeney clan in the medieval and early modern period. This site is now in the care of the Office of Public Works.
Heathfield (Kilmacrenan)	Reverend Alexander Nixon held a property valued at £17 10s in fee at Ray in the 1850s. No substantial house is labelled in Ray on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. However, Heathfield appears on both the 25-inch and later 6-inch edition, labelled “in ruins”.
Ballyconnell (Kilmacrenan)	Ballyconnell House was held in fee by Wybrant Olpherts at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £45. It was reputedly built by the Olpherts family in the 18th century. In 1837 Lewis noted it as the seat of Rev. J. Olphert. In 1906 it was the property of Sir John Olphert and valued at almost £46. Ballyconnell is still extant. It served as a school during the 20th century. Local sources suggest it was later purchased by Udaras na Gaeltachta.
Carrowcanon House	Thomas Olpherts was occupying the property at Carrowcanon at the time of Griffiths Valuation when it was valued at £15. Lewis had recorded it as the seat of T. Olpherts in 1837. This property seems to have developed at what was the site of a formal garden in Carrowcanon townland as shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1830s. Buildings still exist at the site
Horn Head House	In 1786 Wilson referred to Horn Head House as the seat of Mr. Stewart. Lewis recorded Horn Head as the seat of W. Stewart in 1837. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, it was occupied by Reverend Charles Frederick Stewart and valued at £27. In 1906 it was the property of Captain Charles F. Stewart and valued at almost £28. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was associated with the Stewart family since the early 18th century. It was sold by the family in the 1930s after it appeared that unstable sand dunes were encroaching on the site and has since been unoccupied. Since 2021 some work has been underway to renovate the property.
Marble Hill (KIlmacrenan)	In 1786 Wilson referred to Marble Hill as the seat of Mr. Babington. In 1814 Leet had noted a house at Marble Hill as the seat of Reverend Henry Usher. Lewis recorded it as the seat of G. Barclay in 1837. It was held in fee by the Stewart estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when it was valued at £20. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built in the early 19th century by the Barclay family and offers a detailed outline of its history since. In 1906 it was owned by Hugh A. Law and valued at £52. Marble Hill is still extant and occupied.
Castlebane (Corcreggan) Mill House	This property was held in fee by the Stewart estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when it was valued at £26. The property is now a site offering guest accommodation, known as Corcreggan Mill.
Rampart [Ards Farm] (Kilmacrenan)	In 1906 Eva D. Stewart was the owner of buildings valued at £48 in the townland of Clonmore, parish of Clondahorky, County Donegal. At the time of Griffiths Valuation this property was known as Rampart and was occupied by Thomas Ingram, leasing from the Stewart estate. On the later Ordnance Survey maps a much larger complex of buildings is labelled Ards Farm. The original buildings are no longer extant.
Mulroy House	The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests Mulroy House was built shortly after the publication of Griffiths Valuation in the late 1850s, as there is no substantial house recorded in Rawros townland in the valuation. There is a suggestion that it was primarily intended then as an estate headquarters rather than a country seat. Following the death of the 3rd Earl of Leitrim, it was inherited by the 4th Earl who greatly extended the property. In 1906, it was still in the ownership of the Clements estate and valued at almost £104. It is still extant and occupied.
Rosepenna Hotel	In 1906 the Earl of Leitrim's estate owned buildings valued at over £80 at Rosepenna, parish of Mevagh, County Donegal. This was the original Rosepenna Hotel, established as a golf resort in 1893. The original building was destroyed by fire in the 1960s.
Drumnamallagh	This property is labelled Drumnamallagh on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the early 20th century. A corn mill was located close by on the 1st edition map. This was leased by Edward McFadden from the Hart estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s when it was valued at £14. It is no longer extant.