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Bilberry Hill

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 8 houses.

Houses within 5km of Bilberry Hill

Displaying 8 houses.

House name Description
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 Photo of Carn Cottage
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.
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.
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.
Lissanover Members of the Hume family of Lisanober or Lissanover, Co Cavan (and of Castle Irvine, Co Fermanagh) are recorded in the 18th century, see GO MS 141: 102-104. Robert Hume of Linover died in 1777 and was buried in Templeport graveyard. In the 1830s J. Roycroft was resident at Lisnover and in the 1850s Robert Roycroft held the property from William Blachford. It was valued at £12.10.0. for rates. This house was demolished by the early 20th century.
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.