Nixon Lodge/Griffith Lodge

Houses within 10km of this house

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Houses within 10km of Nixon Lodge/Griffith Lodge

Displaying 41 houses.

House name	Description
Killygar	It is estimated by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage that Killygar was built in 1813. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Killygar House was occupied by John Godley and was valued at £43. It was also the residence of John Godley in 1814 and in 1837. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of Archibald Godley. It is still extant and occupied by the Godley family.
Erne Hill House	Located on the outskirts of Belturbet, Erne Hill House was the home of George M. Knipe with a rateable valuation of £45, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. By 1878 John E. Vernon was living at Erne Hill. The Knipe mausoleum is nearby and a gate lodge is extant but the house is demolished.
Sugarloaf	John Gumley of Sugarloaf died in 1794 (gravestone inscription Belturbet COI). Sugarloaf was located south east of Belturbet. In 1835 Theophilus Brinsley Butler of Dublin leased the house and gardens to Mary Finlay of Sugarloaf house, county Cavan, widow, for the lives of her son Sir Thomas Finlay and her daughter Elizabeth Lake Finlay. By the 1850s Samuel Knipe was resident holding the property from Captain Humphry Butler. It had a rateable valuation of £10.10.0.
Greenville (Cavan)	The Thorntons were located at Greenville from the 18th century. The house was situated east of Greenville Lough and north of Ardlougher. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation the buildings described as a house, steward’s house, offices and lodge were valued at £40 for rates. The property was held by Perrott Thornton in fee. In 1864 the Greenville estate of William Robert Thornton was advertised for sale in the Landed Estates Court including the house and demesne. In 1876 George Nugent, the owner of 400 acres in county Cavan, is recorded as resident at Greenville, Ardlougher. His estate including Greenville was for sale in November 1880 when the house was described as 'handsome, modern, substantially built, in excellent order, well supplied with water, and fit for the immediate reception of a large family'. The home of Lieutenant Colonel William Alexander Crawford Roe and his wife Emma in 1901 and of the Clifford sisters Olivia and Edith in 1911. In 1906, it was described as a 'mansion' with a rateable valuation of £40. The house is no longer in existence.
Carn Cottage	Griffith’s Valuation records Captain Richard Clifford as owner and occupier and the building was valued at £28.15.0. At the beginning of the 20th century this house was the home of [retired] Lieutenant General Robert Cecil Richard Clifford, Indian Staff Corps and his wife and daughter. http://bygonedaysphotography.blogspot.ie/2016/08/two-clifford-sisters.html
Carn House	Leet records William Benison of Carn, Killeshandra, in 1814 and Lewis refers to J. Benison of Carn in 1837. The first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) shows two houses within the demesne at Carn, named Carn House and Carn Cottage. A new house on a new site is named Carn House on the 25 inch map (H296136). By the time of Griffith’s Valuation Moses Netterfield held the property valued at £15.10.0., including a house and herd’s house, from Captain Bedel Stanford. Part of the house appears to be still occupied.
Glendoon	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Moses Netterfield held offices and land in the townland of Doon, Ballyconnell, county Cavan, part of the estate of the Earl of Annesley. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes this building as an 'early nineteenth-century house of simple Italianate design'.
Drumkeen	In 1814 ‘Dromkeen’ was the home of Robert Sanderson. Bence Jones writes that this was an early 19th century two storey house. The Ordnance Field Name Book states that it Kilbee resided 'in the old family mansion of Drumkeen house’. It was held in fee, valued at £30 and occupied by Colonel Alexander Saunderson in the mid-19th century. In 1901, it was occupied by Arthur Trench, in 1906 by Lucas Clements when its rateable valuation had risen to £55 and in 1911 by Agnes Jane Clements and her daughter. Bought by the Loreto nuns in 1930, the building has since been altered.
Cloverhill	This three storey mansion was built in the early years of the 19th century to the design of Francis Johnston. Attached to the rear was an earlier two storey house dating from 1758. In 1814 Cloverhill was the home of James Saunderson. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book describes Cloverhill as ‘a neat dwelling house with portico of the Ionic order, is in the centre of the townland, in good order, well planted about good orchards, gardens etc’. Griffith’s Valuation records Mary. A. Saunderson as the occupier holding the property in fee. It had a rateable valuation of £40. Cloverhill passed to the Winter family through the marriage in 1826 of Lucy, daughter of James Sanderson, to Samuel Winter of Agher, county Meath. Their third son, Samuel Winter, born 1834, inherited Cloverhill. He died in 1905 and Cloverhill passed to his nephew, John James Purdon, who died unmarried in 1933. The house was sold in the late 1950s by J.J. Purdon’s nephew, Major John Nugent Purdon. It is now an ivy clad ruin.
Annagh House	Annagh, situated close to Annagh Lough, was the home of Robert Baker in 1814. Occupied and held in fee by Captain John O’Reilly in the mid-19th century, the house is now demolished.
Nahillah House	Nahillah House was built in the mid-19th century for the Jones family. Griffith’s Valuation records the buildings valued at £16 and held by the representatives of John C. Jones in fee. Home of David Fielding Jones in 1862 (Thom’s Directory), the house became the home of the Cole family in the 20th century and is still extant.
Prospect House (Cavan)	The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates the building of this house to about 1770. Slater’s Directory records John Thompson of Prospect House in 1846. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation this house was vacant but held by Mary A. Sanderson of Cloverhill. This house is now a ruin.
Ardue House	Ardue House was the home of the Clemengers, a family of German origin, throughout the 19th century. Mr Clemenger was resident in 1814 and Alexander Clemenger in the 1850s when the house was valued at £13 and held from James H. Story. Henry Taunt Clemenger and his unmarried son John James were resident in 1911. The house was located between Killywilly Lough and Tomkinroad Lough. The site is now a green field.
Ashgrove	The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage refers to this house as ‘a classic Palladian composition’ dating from the mid-18th century. Ashgrove was occupied by John Baker in 1814 who probably gave his name to the nearby Bakers Bridge. By the mid-19th century it was the home of Robert Battersby who held the property in fee. The buildings had a rateable valuation of £20. Ashgrove was the home of Miss Mary Jane Sheridan in 1901 and in 1911. In 1906, it was described as a mansion house with a rateable valuation of £23.10.0. It continues to be a residence.
Ballyhugh House	Ballyhugh House is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) within a small demesne. There was no building on the site in the early 20th century. ‘Ballyhue’, Ballyconnell, was occupied by John Feris in 1814. Griffith’s Valuation records the rateable valuation as £10 and John Grimes as resident, holding the property from John E. Vernon.
Carrig Hill	Carrig Hill is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). In the 1850s it was occupied by John Berry who held the property from Maria Finlay. In 1876 Alfred Morton of Carrigan, Ardlogher, was the owner of 50 acres. Carrig Hill was a Gilsenan home in the early 20th century and is still occupied.
Lake View House (Drumlane)	Home of Richard J. ‘Hynes’ (Hinds) at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Lake View House was held in fee and had a rateable valuation of £10. It was built after the first Ordnance Survey of the 1830s and before the primary valuation survey. Henry Hinds in 1901 and Mrs Charlotte E. Hinds in 1911 held a vacant house in Deramfield. Lake View House is presently occupied.
Killicar House	Named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) and situated in a small demesne in which was situated a quarry. In 1814 Mr William Gwynne was recorded as the proprietor of Killicar, Belturbet by Ambrose Leet. Slater’s Directory of 1846 records Arthur Nesbitt as resident at Killicar Lodge, Belturbet. Killicar House appears to have been extended by the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £18 for rates. John A. Nesbitt was the owner and occupier. In 1906, Anne Davey was described as the occupier of this 'mansion' house with a rateable valuation of £21. There are also references to John Albert Nesbitt of Fort Hill, Drumasladdy [a townland adjoining Killicar] and this house may have been known as Fort Hill for a time. A building is still extant at this site.
Killywilly House	Killywilly House located between Loughs Killywilly and Cuillaghan is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). A corn mill and bleach mill were nearby in the townland of Ardue. James Berry was the occupier in the 1850s. He held the property from James H. Story and the buildings had a rateable valuation of £18. This house is no longer extant.
Oatlands	Built in the 1840s or 1850s and located on the side of the road, Oatlands was the residence of William Rogers at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. He held the property in fee and its rateable valuation was £11. In 1901 Margaret Rogers, a widow, lived at Oatlands with her daughter’s family, the Gaffneys. in 1906, Margaret J. Gaffney was recorded as the occupier, when the building had a rateable valuation of £14. Home of the O’Reilly family in 1911and still extant.
Glenview (Drumlane)	Glenview House was built in the 1840s or 1850s. Captain Michael Phillips owned and occupied it and it had a rateable valuation of £11.10.0. Home of the Ebbitt family at the beginning of the 20th century but no longer extant.
Ture Lodge	Ture Lodge, facing east onto Clonamullig Lough, was the home of John Mont. Jones in 1814. Cavan newspapers refer to David Griffith as the occupier in 1847 and Joseph Knight in 1850. The house was vacant when surveyed for Griffith’s Valuation. Myles Reilly was the immediate lessor holding from James H. Story. The buildings were valued at £18. In 1876 Mrs Sarah Story owned 814 acres in county Cavan, while James Story of the same address owned 405 acres. This house was marked ‘in ruins’ on the 25 inch map of the early 20th century.
Bilberry Hill	William Stanford of Bilberry Hill was High Sheriff of county Cavan in 1774. This house was the home of the Irwin family from at least 1790 when Daniel Irwin of Bilberry Hill married a Miss E. Faris of Cloncorick. Leet records David Irwin as resident in 1814 and Jane Elvin [Irwin] was the occupant in the 1850s holding the property valued at £10.10.0. from Thomas Irvine [Irwin]. Jane Irwin died at Bilberry Hill in 1876 (Cavan Weekly News, 28 July 1876). The Irwins were succeeded by the Berrys of Berrymount to whom they were related. This house is no longer extant.
Mackan	William Faris was resident at ‘Mackin’ in 1814. Lewis records Mackenwood as the home of M. Galbraith. It was part of the estate of William James Thomas Galbraith advertised for sale on in 1851 and 1852. At the time the building was described as a 'thatched house of two stories, not in good repair but as the out-offices are excellent and the lawn and aspect cheerful, it would suit for a Gentlemen's residence'. In the 1850s Captain John Johnston was the owner and occupier. The building was valued at £7 for rates. The house is marked as ‘in ruins’ on the 25 inch map but the stable block is still extant.
Aubawn	Described by Mulligan as a ‘medium-size Late Georgian villa’. In 1814 Henry Lenauze was resident at Aubawn, Killeshanadra and Lewis records Aughabawn as the home of the Reverend J. Vernon. The Upton Papers (RIA) contain the will of M. Story of Aubawn, 1817. By the mid-1850s Richard Fox was the owner and occupier of Aubawn, with a rateable valuation of £21. In 1876 the address of George De La Poer Beresford, owner of 570 acres in the county, was Auburn, Killeshandra. Douglas G. Adams occupied the house in 1901, holding it from Beresford while a land steward William Gordon and his family were resident in 1911. This house has been renovated and modernised.
Croaghan House	A small house named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). The building was later extended and in the mid-1850s was occupied by the Reverend Allan, who held it from Richard Carson. It was valued at £11. David Hamill Crawford, land agent, and family were resident in the early 20th century, this building appears to be still extant.
Drummully House	In the mid-19th century a house valued at £10 was owned and occupied by Catherine Dickson in Drumully East. By the early 20th century a substantial house named Drom Mullac is shown on the 25 inch map when the Lough family were resident. There are references to Albert Hutton of Drummully House, Killashandra in 1876; Mrs Louisa Frances Hickson, widow of William Murray Hickson in 1884 and Thomas Lough MP of Drummully in 1898. This house became a convent and was demolished in 2012.
Drumgoon	The houses known as Drumgoon, Lahard, Gartinadress and Lakeville are in close proximity to one another and all at one time were homes of the Young family. Drumgoon is located just east of Lahard. In the mid-19th century it was the residence of James Robinson, who held it from Robert Hutton when it had a rateable valuation of £6.10.0. This house is still extant.
Lahard	Lahard was the home of the Young family in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) which shows a flower garden to the south of the house. Occupied by Cosby Young in 1814 and by John Lough in the 1850s, who held the property from the representatives of Cosby Young. The buildings were valued at £10. Inherited by one of Cosby Young’s daughters, Mrs Mackarness. The railway line was erected to the south west of this house. It is no longer extant.
Tully House (Killashandra)	Richard Young of Tully 1808, see GO MS. Richard Young and his wife Bridget Nugent Reynolds later lived at Fort Lodge, on the outskirts of Cavan town. In 1814, Mr R.Y. Reynolds was resident at Tully, Crossdoney. Major Randal Stafford of Tully House, Crossdoney, is listed as a subscriber to Lewis ‘Topographical Dictionary’ (1837). In the 1850s this house was occupied by William Magee who held it from the representatives of Hugh Walsh. The Douglas family were resident at the beginning of the 20th century.
Rockfield (Killashandra)	The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates this house to circa 1720. The Irish Genealogist Vol II refers to the will of F. Young of Rockfield, 1777. Situated close to Rockfield Lough it was a Berry home in the first half of the 19th century. Thomas Berry was resident in 1814 and in 1851 (Thom’s Directory). Rockfield was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in November 1851. A few years later Griffith’s Valuation records Robert O’Brien as the occupant of Rockfield holding it from Oliver Sproul. It was valued at £17. The house is still extant but no longer in use.
Castle Hamilton	In the mid-18th century Castle Hamilton came into the possession of the Southwell family through marriage with a Hamilton co-heiress. It remained in Southwell ownership until about the 1840s. Both Leet and Lewis record members of the Southwell family as resident. Lewis describes the house as ‘a spacious mansion surrounded by an extensive and highly embellished demesne’ adjoining the town of Killeshandra. The buildings were valued at £50 in the mid-19th century, by which time James Hamilton was owner and occupier. The Hamiltons were still resident at the time of the censuses of 1901 and 1911. The house was accidentally destroyed by fire in 1911 but a fine farm yard survives.
Portaliff House	Portaliff House was located on the Castle Hamilton estate, north of Mill Lough and a little south of Killashandra. In the mid-19th century it was occupied by Captain F.H.B. Philips when it was valued at £12 for rates. Portaliff House is listed as a protected structure.
Danesfort	The present house replaced that marked on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). Danesfort was the home of the Dean of Kilmore and is situated a short distance from Kilmore Cathedral. Mulligan refers to a Deanery House on the site in 1739. Dean Magenis was resident in 1814 and Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, Dean of Kilmore, in the 1850s. The buildings were valued at £24 for rates. The building is still in use as the home of an ecclesiastic.
Ballyconnell Castle/House	Ballyconnell Castle was built in 1764 by George Leslie Montgomery to replace a former early 18th century building which was accidently burnt down. Leet records Mrs Storey as resident in 1814 and Lewis records John Enery as the occupier of Ballyconnell House in the 1830s. The Enerys and Montgomerys were related. In the mid-19th century George Roe, a medical doctor, was the owner and occupier, having purchased the property valued at £40 for rates, from the Enerys, when it was described as a ‘spacious and comfortable mansion, with suitable out-offices’. In 1906, Samuel B. Roe was recorded as the occupier when the buildings were valued at £32.10.0. for rates. It is now located in the middle of a housing estate.
Slieve Russell House	Slieve Russell House was a two storey Victorian lodge, built about 1880 for the Benison family. John Joseph Benison and family were resident in the early years of the 20th century. The house is now derelict.
Berrymount	Berrymount House is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). James Berry was resident in the first half of the 19th century. He held the house and outbuildings valued at £7 from the representatives of John C. Jones. William Berry of Berrymount owned 134 acres in co Cavan in 1876. The Berrys were selling Berrymount in the early 1890s (Irish Law Times and Solicitors Journal, Vol 27, 615). Alexander Morton and family were living at Berrymount in the early 20th century. The house appears to be still extant.
Cranaghan House	Cranaghan House is marked on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). The 25 inch map of the early 20th century records it as a rectory. The Reverend J. Story of Cranaghan is named on the list of subscribers to Lewis’ ‘Topographical Dictionary’ in 1837. The Reverend Henry Erskine held the house valued at £25 in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The Reverend Charles Sinclair and the Reverend Mervyn Rogers were the occupants in 1901 and 1911. This building is now the core of the Slieve Russell Hotel.
Arnmore	A building located at this site as marked on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) was expanded before Griffith’s Valuation. The buildings were in the mid-19th century valued at £38.10.0. and the house, known as Arnmore, was occupied by William A. Moore and held from Earl Annesley. William Armitage Moore of Arnmore was an executor to the will of his nephew, the 4th Earl Annesley, who died in 1874. In 1906, this property was in the possession of Lord Farnham. Today it is the club house of the County Cavan Golf Club.
St Swithin’s Cottage/Drumbar House	St Swithin’s Cottage is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). It was located in the demesne surrounding Farnham House and was later extended by the addition of another block. Abraham Brush, who was the estate agent, lived here in the mid-19th century, when the buildings were valued at £20. By the early 20th century the building was known as Drumbar House. It continues to be a residence.
Farnham Castle	The seat of the Maxwell family, Earls of Farnham, built about the turn of the 18th century for John Maxwell, son of the Bishop of Kilmore, who had purchased the estate from the Waldrons. A library and other alterations designed by James Wyatt were added in the 1780s. In the early 19th century Francis Johnston was employed by the 2nd Earl to rebuild the house. The buildings were valued at £120 in the mid-19th century. The house was remodelled again in the 1960s when dry rot was found to be prevalent and much of the 18th building was demolished. The house remained in the possession of the Maxwell family until the early 21st century. It is now a country house hotel. https://www.farnhamestate.ie/