River View (Inishowen)
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 7 houses.
Houses within 5km of River View (Inishowen)
Displaying 7 houses.
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| Drumhallagh House | Henry Bedford was leasing this property from the estate of Sarah Batt at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, when it was valued at £18. The property had become derelict in the later twentieth century but has since been restored as a wedding venue. |
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| Linsfort | George Harvey held this property in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1860s. It was then valued at £25. In 1837, Lewis had noted it as the seat of William Henry “Hervey”. It is still extant and occupied. |
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| The Lodge (Buncrana) | James Boyle was the occupier of this property at the time of Griffiths Valuation when it was valued at £14 and leased from Sarah McClintock. Lewis referred to it as unoccupied in 1837. It is labelled The Lodge on all editions of the Ordnance Survey maps. A house is still extant at the site. | |
| Millfield House (Inishowen) | Millfield House and adjacent mill buildings was leased from Sarah McClintock by George H. Mitchell at the time of Griffiths Valuation, when it was valued at over £17. It is still extant. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage includes a detailed account of the now-derelict mill complex and notes its association with the Swan family in the latter decades of the 19th century. |
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| St. Helens [Townsend Lodge] | James H. Todd was the occupier of this property at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £17 10s. He was leasing it from a Kennedy lessor. The house is labelled as Townsend Lodge on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as St. Helens on the 25-inch edition of the early 20th century. In 1837 Lewis had recorded this property as the seat of a Colonel Downing. Now used as a business premises. | |
| Westbrook (Inishowen) | James Todd was leasing this property to a Captain Considine at the time of Griffiths Valuation, when it was valued at £10. A house named “Westport” is given as his own address in Hussey de Burgh’s list of landowners in 1878. Westbrook House is still extant. |
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| Buncrana Castle | In 1837 Lewis noted Buncrana Castle as the seat of Mrs. Todd. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, in 1857, it held in fee by Jonathan Richardson and valued at £20. Richardson was also the occupier of a spinning factory in the area, valued at £120. Local sources suggest that it was built by the Vaughan family and that the Todds bought it through the Court of Chancery in the early 19th century. By 1906 it was owned by Alexander R. Richardson and still valued at £20. Buncrana Castle is still extant. |
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