Tonnagh House

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Tonnagh House

Displaying 14 houses.

House name	Description
Freame Mount	This house was built in 1772 (date stone confirms this) for Charles Mayne, land agent, on the Cremorne estate. According to a website dedicated to the history of the Mayne family, it was named after the second wife of Thomas Dawson, Hannah Freame, granddaughter of William Penn. The house was occupied by William Douglas in the mid-19th century and valued at £24. It was occupied by George John Levis, a bank official, and family in the early 20th century.
Fairfield	Fairfield was the birthplace of the Reverend John Richard Darley in 1799 who became Bishop of Kilmore in 1874. Facing the shore of Inner Lough it is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). The Field Name Book states that it was the property of Lord Cremorne let to the former proprietor Mr Corry. Griffith’s Valuation records Lord Cremorne as the occupier holding it in fee. The buildings were valued at £23. By the early 20th century this house was no longer in use. The site is now surrounded by a forest.
Glenburne Cottage	Located on the outskirts of the village of Rockcorry on the Cremorne estate, Samuel Lewis in the 1830s refers to ‘Glenburie Park’ as the residence of C. Stewart Corry. Rebecca Murray was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation circa 1860 when the buildings were valued at £25. Home of the McFadden family in the early 20th century, no longer extant.
New Park	A house named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836), it was occupied by Dacre Hamilton in the 1830s. Home of Thomas Atkinson in the 1850s, valued at £10 and held from Mary Elizabeth and Charlotte O’Brien. Home of the Carleton family in the early 20th century.
Forest View	This house is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). In the mid-19th century it was occupied by Thomas Dawson and held from Lord Cremorne. The buildings were valued at £12. Partial remains are still visible at this site.
Annaghmakerrig	Annaghmakerrig, now the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, was built in the first decade of the 19th century on the site of a house known as Leesborough, which was the home of the Lee family in the 18th century. In 1802, the property was leased in perpetuity to Dr John Moorhead, a local doctor. Eventually inherited by Martha Moorhead, who married William Power in 1859. William, the son of Tyrone Power, a well-known Irish actor, was knighted in 1865. In 1906, Sir William J.T. Power occupied the mansion house with a rateable valuation of £86.10s. One of William and Martha’s daughters, Norah Power, was the mother of Tyrone Guthrie and it was through his mother that Tyrone inherited Annaghmakerrig. When he died in 1971 he left the house to the Irish State for the benefit of artists, see http://www.tyroneguthrie.ie/about/centre.
Minore	Named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836), Lewis records Minore as the residence of Captain ‘Cottnam’. The Encumbered Estates sale rental of 2 June 1853 states that the house was erected by Thomas Cottnam, deceased. The owner at the time of the sale was Mrs Grace Cottnam, widow and she was entitled to a jointure out of the lands. The petitioners were Rutherfords and Brunkers. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was occupied by Thomas Leary who held it from Dr Brunker. Home of Hester Parkhill in 1901 and of the Reverend Thomas Brennan, parish priest, in 1911. In more recent times the home of the Clegg family.
Dartrey House/Dawson's Grove	Dawson Grove, later known as Dartrey House, is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). It was built about 1770. Lewis refers to it as a ‘noble mansion’. In 1846, the 3rd Lord Cremorne/1st Earl of Dartrey replaced this house with a large Elizabethan-Revival mansion designed by William Burn. A fire in 1856 destroyed part of the house. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, circa 1860, the buildings were valued at £105 and still valued at the same in 1906. The family honours became extinct in 1933 following the death of the 3rd Earl and the house was demolished in 1946.
Dromore Lodge	A house situated on the Cremorne estate, close to Dawson’s Grove and almost on the border with county Cavan. The house is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). It was occupied in the 1830s by Lieutenant Dawson of the Royal Navy. The building was reduced in size by the time of Griffith’s Valuation when it was rated at £6.10.0. John West Finlay was resident. By the early 20th century it has become the home of the gamekeeper on the Dartrey estate. A building is still located at this site.
Lake View (Ematris)	This house looks out on Long Lough. It was occupied by William Richey and valued at £10, circa 1860. Home of the Gillespie family in the early 20th century.
Bellamont Forest	A red brick house, designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce c 1728 for Thomas Coote, younger son of Richard, Baron of Collooney. Originally known as Coote Hill but its name changed in 1767 to Bellamont Forest following Charles Coote’s elevation to the title Earl of Bellamont (2nd creation). Bellamont Forest was inherited by Charles Johnston Coote in 1800. He was one of the illegitimate children of the Earl. Bellamont Forest was occupied by Richard Coote in the mid-19th century. He held it in fee and the buildings had a rateable valuation of £50.10.0. It was sold by George Coote in 1875 to Edward Smith (K.V. Mulligan), who made a fortune out of coal. Edward Patrick Dorman Smith was the eldest son of Edward Smith and his wife Isabella Cullen and succeeded to Bellamont Forest in 1880. In 1906, Captain E. P. Smith was the occupant of the mansion house with a rateable valuation of £61.5.0. The property remained in the hands of the Smith family until the 1980s when it was purchased by an Australian, John Coote, a descendant of the former owners who spent many years renovating the house. John Coote died in 2012 and the house was sold in 2015 to an American couple.
Annaghlee House	This house faced the nearby Annalee River. Described by Bence Jones as a ‘mid-c18th red-brick house attributed to Richard Castle’. It is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). In 1806 occupied by Mr Willis (Matthew Sleater) and in 1814 ‘Annalea, Coothill’ was the home of Michael Murphy. Lewis in the 1830s also records ‘Annilea’ as the residence of M. Murphy. John Marsden held the property valued at £12.10.0. from Robert Burrowes in the 1850s. A large B & B complex now occupies the site.
Ashfield Lodge	Described by Bence Jones as a late Georgian house, now demolished. The house faced north west and looked onto the Dromore River. It was the home of a branch of the Clements family until 1952 when sold. Colonel Henry Theophilus Clements was the occupant in the mid-19th century holding the property in fee. The house was valued at £44 for rates.
Fort William/Errigal	Situated on the north side of the Annalee River, Fort William is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). By the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was owned and occupied by Samuel Moorhead. The rateable valuation was £25. The house was extended and renamed ‘Errigle’ as shown on the 25 inch map. In 1906, it had a rateable valuation of £40 and was occupied by Thomas H. Moorhead MD. It now functions as the Errigal Country Hotel.