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Lake View (Scrabby)

Houses within 15km of this house

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Houses within 15km of Lake View (Scrabby)

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House name Description
Druminshin Glebe Rev. James Agar held this property at Druminshin Glebe freehold at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £30. The property seems to have been known as Carrigallen Glebe or Carrigallen Lodge at various times though it is recorded as Druminshin Glebe house on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Druminshin Glebe
Kilbracken William Murray Hickson was leasing the house at Kilbracken, barony of Carrigallen, from Elizabeth Armstrong at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £20. In 1814 a house at Kilbracken was recorded as the residence of Mr. Armstrong but it has been estimated that the present Kilbracken House was built around 1825. It is not named on the first edition Ordnance Survey map though there are buildings marked on the site. A poster in Leitrim County Library indicates that it was the property of Thomas S.Jones in 1905 when it was offered for sale. The house is still extant and undergoing restoration. Photo of Kilbracken
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. Photo of Killygar
Cloghlough At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William O'Brien was leasing a property valued at £8 at Cloghlough, barony of Carrigallen, from the estate of John King, which was in Chancery. Substantial farm buildings exist at this site.
Drumsillagh Acheson O'Brien was leasing the property at Drumsillagh, barony of Carrigallen, from the King estate (in chancery) at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £15. Lewis also records it as a seat of the O'Brien family in 1837. In 1906 Drumsillagh was owned by the representatives of William A. O'Brien and was also valued at £15. There appears to be still a house at this site.
Clooncorick Castle Formerly an O'Rourke castle, Clooncorrick was held by several other families, notably the Irwins, before being bought by Pierce Simpson in 1835. In 1814 it is recorded as the residence of Rev. Agar. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was being leased by Pierce Simpson from the Ormsby Gore estate and was valued at £40. Lewis also records it as the seat of the Simpson family in 1837. In the 1930s the castle was dismantled and the fittings sold. The ITA survey in the 1940s recorded that the castle had recently been demolished.
Faulties At the time of Griffith's Valuation Francis Nesbitt was leasing a property valued at £11 from Catherine Warren at Faulties, barony of Mohill. Buildings still exist at the site.
Bracklagh The house faced Bracklagh Lough, very close to the border between counties Cavan and Longford. It is marked on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). In the mid-19th century it was inhabited by Captain Mark Ker and held from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The rateable valuation was £15. Home of Matthew William Webb and family in 1901. A building is still extant on this site.
Lakeview (Garrison) A house on the Farnham estate, named on the first edition Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837), valued at £11.10.0. in the mid-19th century when occupied by Edward Soren and held from David Kellett.
Moynehall House Moynehall was originally the home of the Moores. In 1847 Moynehall, the house and 12 acres, was been offered for lease by the Court of Chancery in the matter of Catherine Bell, a minor and heiress in law of Robert Bell, a lunatic, dated 15 February 1847 (Anglo-Celt). Griffith’s Valuation records the house as vacant and the Reverend Anthony Adams as the immediate lessor. Moynehall, the property of the Reverend Anthony Adams, was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court on 28 May 1857. In 1876, Moynehall belonged to John Fay. It is still extant.
Kilnahard House Described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as a castellated country house built circa 1820. Kilnahard is situated on the shore of Lough Sheelin. In the mid-19th century it was occupied by Tuite Dalton, who held the property from Andrew Bell. The buildings had a rateable valuation of £18. This house is still a residence.
Rock House (Cavan) Marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). In the 1850s, this house was occupied by the Reverend Matthew Webb and held from George Wilton. It had a rateable valuation of £21. It is now the centre of a farming complex.
Kilmainham - The Cottage/Heath Lodge Lewis refers to Kilmainham as the residence of A. Bell and the house is named as The Cottage on the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). By the time of Griffith’s Valuation about 20 years later, Henry Montford was the occupier, holding the property from William Humphrys of Ballyhaise. The building would appear to have been extended by this time as its rateable valuation was £15. The house is named Heath Lodge on the 25 inch map. James Hartley and family were resident at Heath Lodge in 1901 while Hector John Atkinson and his wife Sybil were the occupants in 1911 holding the property from the representatives of James Harley. A building of similar shape still exists at this site.
Kill Ambrose Leet records Kill, Mount Nugent, as the residence of George Lenauze. Kill House, located on the estate of the Bishop of Kilmore, is named on the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). At this time there were laid out gardens and extensive plantations within the demesne grounds. The buildings at Kill House are reduced in size on the later 25 inch map. In the 1850s Garrett Keogh was the occupier holding the property valued at £5 from John Orpen. This house is no longer extant.
Riverview/Cloggy House River View was situated on the bank of the River Erne. It was obviously associated with linen making in the early 19th century as beetling and bleaching mills are both marked near the house on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). A corn mill is also shown nearby. The Faris family were resident in Cloggy from at least 1832 when Alexander Faris is mentioned in the Tithe Applotment Books. In the mid-19th century William Faris was resident holding the buildings valued at £15 from Cosby Thomas Nesbitt. Alexander Faris/Ferris, a farmer and his family were living in Cloggy at the beginning of the 20th century. This house has been modernised and still retains a fine range of outbuildings.
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.
Laurel Bank/Holly Bank This house, originally known as Laurel Bank, is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). It is shown in a demesne which included an old bleach mill and a corn mill and kiln. It is believed to have been built by a mill owner in the 18th century. Griffith’s Valuation records William Norton as the occupant holding the property valued at £8.10.0. from the Earl of Gosford. The house is called Holly Bank on the 25 inch map. Altered and added to in the 20th century it continues to be a residence.
Gartinadress House In 1814, Charles Veaitch was the resident at Gortin-ardrass. This house is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). Although having advertised Gartinardress for sale in 1850 William Young was the owner and occupier at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when the property was valued at £15 for rates. By the early 20th century the Armstrong family were occupying Gartinardress, although in 1906 William A. K. Young is recorded as occupier of 228 acres of untenanted land and the mansion house. This house is no longer extant and the site is part of a forestry area. A house known as Lakeville was also located in the townland of Gartinardress. Leases in the National Library record Lakeville as the home of Richard Young in the 1820s. It was described as ‘in ruins’ on the 25 inch map.
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. Photo of Rockfield (Killashandra)
Bruce Hall Thomas Hinds of Prussia Street, Dublin and previously of Bruce Hall, county Cavan, died in 1794. Henry B. Wilson was resident at Bruice-hall, Arva, in 1814. Bruce Hall was the home of John Warren in the mid-19th century. John Warren married Isabella, daughter of Captain James Blakely of Lake View, county Cavan, in 1856 (Anglo-Celt, 28 August 1856). He held Bruce Hall from Robert Burrowes and it was valued at £10 for rates.
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. Photo of Castle Hamilton
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.
Bellville The Fleming family were known to be at Bellville from the early 18th century. The house is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) and located facing two forts in a sizable demesne. Belville was the home of A. Fleming in 1814 and of Captain A. Fleming in the 1830s. By the 1850s, the occupant was Jane Kenny who held the property valued at £7 from Major General Fleming. At the beginning of the 20th century Bellville was the home of the Meikle family, originally from Scotland. It is still extant.
Corstruce House A house located on the outskirts of Bellananagh and near a corn mill. It was situated on part of the Fleming estate and was occupied by William Pollock in the mid-19th century and was in the possession of Thomas Brady in the early 20th century. A modern house now occupies this site.
Lismore Lodge Built as the agent’s house in the Nesbitts’ Lismore Castle demesne close to the village of Crossdoney. Lismore Lodge is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). It was the home of William Tatlow in the mid-19th century, when the buildings were valued at £20. Occupied by the family of Thomas Cosby Burrowes at the beginning of the 20th century. His mother Mary Anne Burrowes had succeeded to the Lismore estate in 1886 following the death of her brother Alexander Nesbitt. Under boundary changes at the end of the 19th century the location of the Lodge was changed to the townland of Lismore Demesne and it was valued at £32 for rates in 1906. In the mid-20th century it was a Lucas-Clements home. This house is extant but unoccupied. Photo of Lismore Lodge
Drumcarban Bence Jones describes Drumcarban as a late 18th century house of 3 storeys and 3 bays. It was the home of the Bell Booth family in the 19th century. George Thomas Bell Booth was resident in the 1830s and 1840s until he was murdered in 1845. Robert Booth Bell was the owner and occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. This house was occupied by Annie Sheridan in 1901, in 1906 by Michael Sheridan when it had a rateable valuation of £22.5.0. and is still extant.
Bingfield A house built in the mid-18th century by the Venerable Joseph Story, Archdeacon of Kilmore. Occupied by Joseph Story in the mid-19th century, when the buildings were valued at £40. The property was held from Anthony O’Reilly. The Story family were still resident in 1901. Bingfield was sold by Arthur Patrick Story [sometime in mid-20th century, Irish Family Records (1976)]. Many of his siblings went to live in New Zealand. This house is still a fine residence. Photo of Bingfield
Castle Cosby Castle Cosby was situated close to a small lough of the same name. A number of other country houses were located in close proximity, such as Lismore. J. Whitethorne was resident at Castle Cosby in the 1830s and 1840s. By the mid-1850s Andrew Smith was the occupant holding the property from John E. Vernon. It was valued at £16. In 1876, Philip Smith of Castlecosby owned 77 acres in co Cavan. He married Delia Mary daughter of Corney Banahan of Renny, Co Roscommon and had a number of sons who became doctors. His third son Frederick Paul married in 1905 Isabella Ann daughter of Edward Smith of Bellamont Forest. Castlecosby was mainly known as Kevit Castle under Smith ownership. The house is now demolished but a gate lodge is still extant. Photo of Castle Cosby
Lismore Castle An early 18th century house, possibly designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce (Bence Jones). Named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837), it was valued at £12 for rates in the mid-1850s. It was a Nesbitt family home until the 1880s when inherited by the Burrowes family and passed from them by marriage to the Lucas Clements in the 1920s. However the house was marked as ‘in ruins’ on the 25 inch map. Bence Jones records that it was later demolished and that the Lucas-Clements resided in the agent’s house nearby Lismore Lodge.
Rockville (Crossdoney) Named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837), Rockville was located on the Nesbitt estate to the north east of Lismore Castle, on the outskirts of Crossdoney. In the 1830s it was the home of John C. Tatlow and in the 1850s of Samuel Moore, when the buildings were valued at £20 for rates. Occupied by Dr John Stirling Greer and his wife in 1901 and held from Thomas Cosby Burrowes. Another medical family named Hallowes was resident in 1911. Apparently still extant and occupied.
Ricehill House Rice Hill was built in the mid-18th century. It was the home of the Bredin family in the first half of the 19th century. It is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). Described by Mulligan as a ‘classic Georgian gentleman’s farmhouse in a small demesne.’ Occupied by Patrick Finnegan and held from the representatives of Sophia Wright in the 1850s, when the buildings were valued at £3.10.0. It was still the home of the Finnegan family at the beginning of the 20th century and continues to be a residence. Photo of Ricehill House
Drumheel House A house named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) with extensive outbuildings and occupied by R. Bell. Griffith’s Valuation records William Smith as owner and occupier in the 1850s, when the buildings were valued at £23.10.0. A building of different shape now occupies this site.
Kilmore Palace A house built in the 1830s for Bishop George de la Poer Beresford, designed by William Farrell and resembling Rathkeeny. It replaced an earlier palace on a different site. Its rateable valuation was £100 in the 1850s, the Bishop of Kilmore being owner and occupier. This house continued to be the home of the Bishops of Kilmore until the early 21st century. It is now in private hands and currently for sale (2022), see https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/kilmore/ Photo of Kilmore Palace
Lisnamandra Lisnamandra was a Sneyd family home in the 18th century. Frances Arabella Sneyd of Lisnamandra married Archdeacon Joseph Story (died 1767) of nearby Bingfield. One of their daughters Sophia married Robert Burrowes of Stradone House. Their grandson, James Edward Burrowes, was the occupant of Lisnamandra in the 1850s. He held the property valued at £20.10.0. from Earl Annesley. However previous to J.E. Burrowes’ occupation Lisnamandra had been the residence of Mrs Elliott in 1814 and of George Burdett L’Estrange in the 1830s. Hugh Hamilton Moore and his wife lived in Lisnamandra in the early 20th century. He was a barrister and Clerk of the Crown and Peace for county Cavan.
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. Photo of Danesfort
Foxfield House In 1814, Andrew Bell was resident at Foxfield (N435 888). In the 1850s John George Parr lived at Foxfield House, a residence on the other side of the road from the original Foxfield, which he held in fee. It was valued at £8 for rates. This house continues to be occupied.