Lough Veagh House (Belleville)

Houses within 15km of this house

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Houses within 15km of Lough Veagh House (Belleville)

Displaying 15 houses.

House name	Description
Doe Castle (KIlmacrenan)	Alexander Maddison was leasing Doe Castle from the Hart estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s, when it was valued at £21 15s. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of the Hart family but formerly in the possession of the Sandfords. The original tower house at the site, still extant, was the seat of the McSweeney clan in the medieval and early modern period. This site is now in the care of the Office of Public Works.
Ballyarr House	Lord George Hill was leasing this property from Mrs. Brooke at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £35. He resided there until his death in 1879. Ballyarr is still extant.
Rathdonnell House	James Hamilton was leasing this property from the estate of Reverend William Alexander at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s when it was valued at £7. Local sources suggest it had come into the Alexander family through their mother, Dorothy McClintock.
Tully Hall (Kilmacrenan)	James Watt held this property in fee at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s. It was valued at £30 and included a flax mill.
Claragh (Kilmacrenan)	James Watt was leasing this property from the estate of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, when it was valued at £28. By 1906 it was also owned by James Watt with a valuation of £66. A substantial collection of buildings remains at the site.
Newmills	Matthew Nelson was leasing this property from the Macky estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, when it was valued at £33 and included a milling complex.
Oakpark (Kilmacrenan)	In the 1850s William Wray was occupying Oakpark when it was valued at £21. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built at the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th centuries. It may have been built by the Wray family after they left Castle Wray. Oakpark is still extant and occupied.
Kiltoy Lodge	At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s William Boyd was leasing this property from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners when it was valued at £22. The building is still extant and apparently in the process of being renovated.
Ballymacool	At the time of Griffiths Valuation, John R. Boyd was leasing this property from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, when it was valued at £50. In 1837 Lewis had also recorded Ballymacool as the seat of J. Boyd. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built c.1770 and continued in the ownership of the Boyd family until 1940. It is now a ruin.
Sallaghagrane House	John R. Boyd was leasing this property from Viscount Southwell's estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, when it was valued at £35. The house at the site now is later, possibly built in the 1870s.
Lisnenan House	Robert Ramsay junior was leasing property from Robert Ramsay senior at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s. It is not labelled on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. It is still extant and has been offered for sale in this decade.
Rockhill House (Raphoe North)	At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, Rockhill was held in fee by John Vandeleur Stewart when it was valued at £55. Local sources suggest the house was acquired by Stewart from the Chambers family in the 1830s. O'Carroll discusses the ownership by the Cooch and Pratt families of the Rockhill estate. In 1814 Leet had recorded Daniel Chambers as the occupant of Rockhill. By 1906 it was owned by Alexander C.H. Stewart and valued at £52. Later in the 20th century it served as a base of the Irish Defence forces. It is now a luxury hotel.
Glenveagh Castle	Glenveagh Castle was built c.1867 by John George Adair. The townland of Gartan Mountain, in which the castle is located, was the property of Samuel Marshall at the time of Griffiths Valuation. Following Adair's death in 1885 his wife Cornelia continued to maintain the castle until the early twentieth century. In 1929 it was purchased by Arthur Kingsley Porter, a Yale professor of art who mysteriously disappeared in 1933. It was later owned by Henry McIlhenny of Philadelphia who sold the estate to the Office of Public Works in 1975. It now forms part of Glenveagh National Park.
Dunlewy House	Dunlewy House was held in fee by Jane Russell at the time of Griffiths Valuation when it was valued at over £22. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of James [Dombrane]. In 1906 it was owned by Ellen Lingard Monk and valued at £64. It is still extant A smaller and earlier Dunlewy House was located some distance south of the current house at B918186.
Drumnamallagh	This property is labelled Drumnamallagh on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the early 20th century. A corn mill was located close by on the 1st edition map. This was leased by Edward McFadden from the Hart estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s when it was valued at £14. It is no longer extant.