Blayney/Hope Castle

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 17 houses.

Houses within 10km of Blayney/Hope Castle

Displaying 17 houses.

House name	Description
Drumcrew House	Drumcrew House located near a small lake of the same name and close to the town of Castleblayney. Valued at £10 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, occupied by Henry Hunter and held from Henry T. Hope. Buildings are still located at this site.
Castleblayney House	This house on the outskirts of Castleblayney, sometimes known as Connaberry House, is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). Located on the Hope estate it was occupied in the mid-19th century by Hugh Swanzy. The buildings were valued at £25. This house continues to be a residence.
Dromore	A house located a short distance from Muckno or Castle Blayney lake. It was valued at £10 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation and held by Robert Bailey from Henry T. Hope. Members of the Bailey family were still resident in this townland in the early 20th century. A building is still located at this site.
Church Hill	This house with a view to Muckno Lake is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). It had quite extensive gardens and a block of outbuildings. It was the home of the Harrison family from at least the early 19th century as George Harrison is recorded in the Tithe Applotment Book (1827). The buildings were valued in the mid-19th century at £7.5.0. George Harrison was the occupier holding the property from Henry T. Hope. Another member of the Harrison family, Francis, occupied a herd’s house close by. Members of the Harrison family still lived in this townland in the early 20th century.
Church Hill	This house, with a view to Muckno Lake, is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). It had quite extensive gardens and a block of outbuildings. It was the home of the Harrison family from at least the early 19th century as George Harrison is recorded in the Tithe Applotment Book (1827). The buildings were valued in the mid-19th century at £7.5.0. George Harrison was the occupier holding the property from Henry T. Hope. Another member of the Harrison family, Francis, occupied a herd’s house close by. Members of the Harrison family still lived in this townland in the early 20th century.
Laurel Hill House	Another house on the outskirts of Castleblayney, occupied by Henderson Persse and held from Andrew M’Math circa 1860 when it was valued at £20. It was located on the Hope estate and is now part of the Convent of Mercy complex of buildings.
Thornford	This house located on the estate of the Marquess of Bath was associated with the nearby mill complex. Hamilton McMath was the proprietor in the mid-19th century, when the house was valued at £26 and the mill buildings (corn and flax) at £60. Buildings are still extant at this site.
Farm Hill	A house marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map with a corn mill nearby. This house looks reduced in size on later maps. In the mid-19th century occupied by Hugh Swanzy and held from Thomas Rothwell. The house was valued at £15 with corn and flax mills and miller's house valued at £35. Part of the existing farmyard may date back to circa 1800.
Broomfield	Both Lewis and the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book record Broomfield as the residence of W. Henry. It was located on the estate of the Marquess of Bath. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation (circa 1860) it was the home of the Reverend A. W. Campbell. The house alters somewhat in shape between the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) and the 25 inch map (surveyed 1908). It was marked as a rectory on this map. This house was recently under reconstruction.
Laragh (Aghnamullen)	A house originally associated with the linen industry, the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book refers to Laragh as the property of Mr W. Intire of Belfast, containing the residence of the proprietor of the bleaching green Mr Davidson. Lewis also records A. Davison as resident at Laragh. Eliza McKean was the occupant of the house valued at £20 in the mid-19th century. She held the property from George McTear. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage indicates that the present house was built circa 1860 on the site of an older house. The McKean family were still resident in 1901 and 1911. The 'mansion house' had a rateable valuation of £20 in 1906 when James M'Kean held 142 acres of untenanted land in Laragh and Cornacarrow.
Cherry Vale (Aghnamullen)	Located at the southern tip of Lough Egish, Cherry Vale was situated in the midst of a linen manufacturing enterprise. Some deeds record George Crawford, linen draper, of Cherryvale at the end of the 18th century. Cherry Vale became part of the McTear of Belfast estate. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book records the house as small with two stories. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was occupied by Thomas Johnston, who held it from Eliza McKean who in turn was leasing from George McTear.
Lakelands (Clontibret)	A building was located at this site on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). It was later extended. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation the buildings were valued at £11. It appears to have functioned as a priests’ house as it was held by the representatives of the Reverend James Duffy from Edward Lucas. In the early 1901 the Reverend Thomas Duffy, a Roman Catholic priest, was head of the household and in 1911 the Reverend Thomas O’Doherty.
Drumganus	In the mid-19th century, Drumganus House, located on the estate of the Marquess of Bath, was occupied by the Reverend James Duffy and valued at £10. By the early 20th century it was the home of Thomas Williams, farmer, and family.
Corratanty	An early 19th century house named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) and located on the Templetown estate. A model farm was located here by the mid-19th century when the house was occupied by Andrew Hunter and the buildings valued at £23. David K. Hunter, farmer, was the occupier in the early 20th century. This house is still the centre of a working farm
Annaneese	Annaneese house is marked on the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map and named on the 25 inch one. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was occupied by John McClatchey and held from Emily Leslie. This house is no longer extant.
Annevale House	The present house dates from the late 19th century while the extensive outbuildings date from the end of the 18th century. Annevale is built on the site of an earlier house which is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (1836). Valued at £10 in the mid-19th century it was occupied by John Callan who held it from Henry T. Hope.
Farm Hill (Reduff)	A house marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map with a corn mill nearby. This house looks reduced in size on later maps. Described in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book as a ‘small 2 storied house with some scattered portions of plantation around it and extensive corn mill nearby’, occupied by ‘Mr Robinson’. In the mid-19th century occupied by Hugh Swanzy and held from Thomas Rothwell. The house was valued at £15 with corn and flax mills and miller's house valued at £35. Part of the existing farmyard may date back to circa 1800. This house and its yard buildings are now part of a working farm.