Gortgranard

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 39 houses.

Houses within 10km of Gortgranard

Displaying 39 houses.

House name	Description
Newbliss	This house, now demolished, on the outskirts of the town of Newbliss was the home of the Ker family who held it in fee. Built in 1814, Andre A. M. Ker was the proprietor in the mid-19th century when the buildings were valued at £70. Mary Isabella Murray Ker was the occupant in the early 20th century with over 200 acres of untenanted land.
Bessbrook	The original house with a mill was located in the townland of Roosky. The present house in the neighbouring townland of Killygorman, is not marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836) but by about 1860 it was valued at £35, occupied by David Hamill and held from the Reverend Quinn and others. The Hamills were still resident in the early years of the 20th century. Family members were described as farmer and mill owner.
Hilton Park	According to Shirley it was originally called Maddenstown, changed circa 1780 to Hilltown or Hilton. The Reverend Samuel Madden purchased the estate in 1734 and built the house. It was badly burnt in 1803. In Griffith’s Valuation the buildings were valued at £110 and held by John Madden in fee. The house was extensively enlarged in the 1870s for John Madden by William Hague. The gardens were designed by Ninian Niven. Hilton Park is still the family home of the Madden family where they offer luxury accommodation and authentic country house food, see http://www.hiltonpark.ie/
Lakeview/Clonoony House	On the Griffith’s Valuation map Lakeview House is the same building as that named Clonoony House on the 25 inch map (surveyed 1908). Lakeview was occupied by David Smyth from at least the 1830s and held by him in fee. The buildings were valued at £20. It was the home of the Garland family in the early 20th century. A roof extension and portico have recently been added to this house.
Glynch/Glinch House	Glinch Lodge is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (1836). Sources in the National Library record the will of J. Rogers of Glinch Lodge, 1827. Lewis records J. Thompson as the occupant in the late 1830s. A new house with portico entrance was built slightly to the south in the mid-19th century and valued at £50 in Griffith’s Valuation. It was occupied by Robert Lowry and held from Richard Mayne. At some time in the mid-19th century ‘Glynch’ House was the residence of Charles Stuart Adams who married Eliza McMahon of Rockfield, county Monaghan in 1850. Home of Felix Keirns and his family in 1911.
Ballynure House	Built in the late 18th century, this house was originally the home of the Forster family. Described in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book as a ‘handsome modern structure’. Griffith’s Valuation records William Forster as the occupant holding the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £50. The Haire Forsters lived here at the beginning of the 20th century but by 1911 were leasing Ballynure to William Maxwell Scott Moore, Resident Magistrate. This house is now a ruin.
Lisnaroe	This house was situated very close to the border with county Fermanagh. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (1836) extensive gardens and some plantations are evident surrounding this house. It is described in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book as ‘a good dwelling house’, the residence of Nicholas Ellis, agent to Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard. Ellis was still living there at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when the buildings were valued at £20. The Bamford family appear to be resident at the beginning of the 20th century. This house no longer exists.
Mount Salem	Mount Salem situated on the Barrett-Lennard estate was marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) and on the later 25 inch map. It was located close to the border with county Fermanagh, just west of the town of Clones. The Reverend Adam Averell, a Methodist minister, died at Mount Salem on 10 January 1847, aged 93. Griffith’s Valuation records Amelia J. Conts as the occupant, holding the property from James Gregg. The buildings were valued at £13. In the early 20th century the McKenna family were resident but the house is now demolished.
Salem Cottage	Located on the Barrett-Lennard estate, valued at £10 in the 1850s and occupied by James Gregg. James Gregg, farmer, of Clondregole, a townland adjacent to Mullanamoy, died on 15 September 1896 (NA, Wills and Administrations, 1897). A building is still extant at this site.
Ferney Hill	A house at this site was valued at £10, located on the Barrett-Lennard estate and held by Mary Jameson at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates the present house circa 1890. Mulligan writes that it was built for a town merchant Mr M. Maguire.
Cloncurrin House	This house was not built at the time of the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map published in 1836. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s it was occupied by Francis Fitzgerald who held the property from Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, when it was valued at £25. Occupied by John A. Moore in 1901 and still in use as a residence.
Drumard	The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book states that a house in Burdautien was the residence of Cockran, agent to the Madden estate. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates the house circa 1810. Griffith’s Valuation records William Cochran as the occupier holding the property in fee. It was valued at £30. In the 1860s Drumard appears to be leased by William Cochran to a family named Elliott. Michael Elliott died at Drumard in 1872. The house is still a residence.
Ashfield	This house located on the Barrett-Lennard estate is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map. James G. Smyth of Ashfield, Clones, was a subscriber to Lewis ‘Topographical Dictionary’ in the 1830s. Valued at £10 Jane Smith was the occupier at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. A house is still located at this site.
Munnilly House	This house is marked on both the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map and the 25 inch map but the building no longer exists. It was the home of the Shegog family. It was situated on the Barrett-Lennard estate and in the mid-19th century was valued at £14 and occupied by William Shegog, born 1824. He was the eldest son of George Shegog, a Justice of the Peace and paymaster of the Fermanagh Militia and Margaret Hamilton. George was the son of John Shegog of Mount Carmel and the family came to Ireland in 1760 from Lubec, Lower Saxony.
Drumcru	A building was located at this site on the Barrett-Lennard estate at the time of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (1836). Griffith’s Valuation records the house valued at £11 and occupied by Mary Renwick. A house surrounded by a complex of outbuildings is still located at this site.
Teehill Cottage	The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates this house circa 1820. It was built on the Barrett-Lennard estate before the nearby Ulster Canal was constructed. Valued at £10 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was occupied by Henry Brown who held it from Thomas Robinson. Home of Edward Scott at the beginning of the 20th century.
Clonboy	Located on the Barrett Lennard estate, on the outskirts of Clones, this house was built in the latter half of the 19th century. It is not mentioned in Griffith’s Valuation and was the home of the Pringle family. Many members of this family were solicitors. In the mid-20th century it became the home of the Bishop of Clogher.
Cloncallick	Built close to Munnilly Lough on the Barrett Lennard estate post Griffith’s Valuation as the building at this site at the time was only valued at £8. It was occupied by Joseph Moorhead. This house has out buildings with a date stone of 1865 and there is a gate lodge at the entrance gate. The Moorehead family were still resident in 1901 and 1911.
Clonkeen Cottage	This house was not built at the time of the first Ordnance survey in the 1830s. It was located on the Lentaigne estate just north of the town of Clones. William Tugman was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when the house was valued at £16 and held from Samuel Nicholl. A building still occupies this site.
Scarvy House	Scarvy was the home of Major Campbell Graham in the 1830s. About this time the original house, which is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836), was replaced by a new one. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book records ‘Near the centre of the townland there is a good house with large orchards, gardens etc belonging to the proprietor but it is going to be replaced by a larger one near the same spot which is now building.’ By about 1860 the buildings were valued at £38 and held by Lydia Campbell from Thomas de Burgh. Occupied by the Duggan farming family in 1901. Not occupied in 1911 but still held by Colonel de Burgh.
Killycoonagh House	Killycoonagh, located on the Forster of Ballynure estate, is marked but not named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book records the house as the residence of the sister of the proprietor Forster of Ballynure. By about 1860 the buildings were valued at £20 and the occupant was Anne Forster. It appears to have been still in the possession of the Forster family in the first part of the 20th century, although it may have been leased out.
Anlore Cottage	In the mid-19th century Anlore Cottage, in the village of Anlore, was occupied by Jason Crawford and valued at £10. It was held from William Forster. A building is still located at this site.
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.
Drumbrean Cottage	A late 18th century building, still in use as a residence. Possibly used as a manse house in the mid-19th century when it was the occupied by the Reverend Richard Ross, who held it from the Murray Ker family.
Drumbrean	This house no longer exists. Lewis records it as the property of T. Phillips and Griffith’s Valuation records Thomas Wright as the occupier, holding from Thomas Phillips. Phillips held the property on a lease renewable for ever from Andre Murray Ker (OS Field Name Book). Thomas Phillips married Mary Martha Emma Whitcombe.
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.
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.
Lisabuck	The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book records that ‘The residence of the Sloans stands near the N. side of the townland, it has been formerly a fine house but it was destroyed by fire about 30 years ago and was never properly rebuilt, it has a very large orchard and garden and is occupied by one of Mr Wright’s tenants.’ The 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836) shows some buildings and a large garden located near the shore of Lisabuck Lake. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation Henry Jackson held this townland in fee and the building valued at £3.10.0. was described as a herd’s house. A building is still located on this site.
Lisalea	A house built after the first Ordnance Survey and before Griffith’s Valuation, when the buildings including herds’ houses were valued at £32. It was located on the estate of Andre M. Ker and Richard Wilson was the occupant. In 1901, George Fitzgerald was living in this house with his family as the caretaker for William Edward Ryan. This house is still maintained and occupied.
Kilcorran House	This 18th century house has a date stone over the door 1756. In the mid-19th century it was the residence of William Beatty held in fee. Kilcorran remained the home of the Beatty family until at least the mid-1940s when Rowland Beatty/Betty died there.
Aghafin House	Built close to the border with county Fermanagh in 1836 and extended in the early 20th century, this house valued at £24 was the home of a doctor, George Phillips, in the mid-19th century. George was a son of Thomas Phillips of Drumbrean House and held Aghafin from the Archbishop of Armagh. According to the ‘Northern Standard’ (2 January 1858) Thomas Phillips died at Aghafin on 28 December 1857, aged 82. George Phillips was living in Ontario, Canada, in 1875. In 1906, Mrs Madden was resident at Aghafin with a rateable valuation of £24.
Etna Lodge	There was a building at this site, close to the border with county Fermanagh, marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (1836). However Etna Lodge was built post 1836. It was valued at £14 in the mid-19th century, occupied by the Reverend Charles Walsh and held from William Phillips. The Medical Register of 1885 lists Alexander Knight as resident. This building is still extant.
Loughoony	An elongated building facing the lake of the same name and marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (1836). The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates this house to circa 1790 and describes it as having a multiple-bay two-storey return. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book records it as a good dwelling house the residence of Mrs Murray, widow of a Counsellor who was drowned in the lake nearby. In the mid-19th century the buildings were valued at £20 and the house was inhabited by Andrew Clarke who held it from William Ritchie. Loughoony was the home of Samuel Condell and family at the beginning of the 20th century
Coolnacarte	Marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836), this building is named Coolnacarte Lodge on the 25 inch map (surveyed 1908). The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book states that Coolnacarte was ‘the property of W. Glascock Esq whose embarrassment has thrown it into the courts of Dublin; who appointed Mr Samuel Martin agent’. In the mid-19th century it was valued at £13, occupied by the Reverend Thomas Gartlan and held from Richard Henry. In 1906, William Henry M.D. was resident, when the buildings were valued at £10. The house is extant.
Clinkeehan	Clinkeehan House is marked on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey Map (surveyed 1908). A house in this townland was valued at £10 in the mid-19th century and was occupied by Robert Armstrong who held it from Robert L. Ellis. Members of the Armstrong family were resident in the early 20th century. This house is extant.
Green Cottage	This house is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836) and on the 25 inch map (surveyed in 1908), it is named Green Cottage. It was the home of the owner of the nearby mill, James Knight in the late 1850s who held it in fee. The buildings were valued at £14. In 1876, Luke Knight owned 118 acres in county Monaghan. Members of the Knight family continue to reside there in the first decades of the 20th century. Corcummins borders the Hilton Demesne.
Carrowbarra House	In 1798 ‘Carrowbarragh’ was associated with William Campbell an attorney-at-law who immigrated to Canada. In the 1830s Lewis records Carrowbarrow as the home of the Reverend Michael Fox Dudgeon who married Mary Moore of Moore Fort, Ballymoney, Co Antrim. Later he was vicar of Cratfield, Surrey. Henry Dudgeon occupied a house valued at £1.10.0. in Carrowbarra Island at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. He held the property from Owen B. Cole and Olivia Lucas. Owen B. Cole and Olivia Lucas were the lessor of the townlands of Carrowbarra and Carrowbarra Island. Mary Johnston occupied a house valued at £6 in Carrowbarra townland in the 1850s. A substantial house named Carrowbarra House is marked on the 25 inch map in Carrowbarra Island.