| Description |
Leet records Fort-land, Mount Nugent, as the home of the Reverend H. Maxwell in 1814. Lewis records W. Gosling as the occupant of Fortland in 1837. The first edition Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) shows Fortland to have been a substantial property with laid out gardens and plantations and a demesne of over 300 acres. It was the home of the Hon Somerset Maxwell at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. He held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £27. By 1906 this valuation had increased to £52.10.0. and the house was the home of Mrs Maxwell. The house is demolished and the site now a green field. |
