Cranaghan House

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Cranaghan House

Displaying 15 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
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.
Glendoon	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Moses Netterfield held offices and land in the townland of Doon, Ballyconnell, county Cavan, part of the estate of the Earl of Annesley. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes this building as an 'early nineteenth-century house of simple Italianate design'.
Ardue House	Ardue House was the home of the Clemengers, a family of German origin, throughout the 19th century. Mr Clemenger was resident in 1814 and Alexander Clemenger in the 1850s when the house was valued at £13 and held from James H. Story. Henry Taunt Clemenger and his unmarried son John James were resident in 1911. The house was located between Killywilly Lough and Tomkinroad Lough. The site is now a green field.
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.
Killicar House	Named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) and situated in a small demesne in which was situated a quarry. In 1814 Mr William Gwynne was recorded as the proprietor of Killicar, Belturbet by Ambrose Leet. Slater’s Directory of 1846 records Arthur Nesbitt as resident at Killicar Lodge, Belturbet. Killicar House appears to have been extended by the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £18 for rates. John A. Nesbitt was the owner and occupier. In 1906, Anne Davey was described as the occupier of this 'mansion' house with a rateable valuation of £21. There are also references to John Albert Nesbitt of Fort Hill, Drumasladdy [a townland adjoining Killicar] and this house may have been known as Fort Hill for a time. A building is still extant at this site.
Killywilly House	Killywilly House located between Loughs Killywilly and Cuillaghan is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). A corn mill and bleach mill were nearby in the townland of Ardue. James Berry was the occupier in the 1850s. He held the property from James H. Story and the buildings had a rateable valuation of £18. This house is no longer extant.
Oatlands	Built in the 1840s or 1850s and located on the side of the road, Oatlands was the residence of William Rogers at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. He held the property in fee and its rateable valuation was £11. In 1901 Margaret Rogers, a widow, lived at Oatlands with her daughter’s family, the Gaffneys. in 1906, Margaret J. Gaffney was recorded as the occupier, when the building had a rateable valuation of £14. Home of the O’Reilly family in 1911and still extant.
Glenview (Drumlane)	Glenview House was built in the 1840s or 1850s. Captain Michael Phillips owned and occupied it and it had a rateable valuation of £11.10.0. Home of the Ebbitt family at the beginning of the 20th century but no longer extant.
Ture Lodge	Ture Lodge, facing east onto Clonamullig Lough, was the home of John Mont. Jones in 1814. Cavan newspapers refer to David Griffith as the occupier in 1847 and Joseph Knight in 1850. The house was vacant when surveyed for Griffith’s Valuation. Myles Reilly was the immediate lessor holding from James H. Story. The buildings were valued at £18. In 1876 Mrs Sarah Story owned 814 acres in county Cavan, while James Story of the same address owned 405 acres. This house was marked ‘in ruins’ on the 25 inch map of the early 20th century.
Bilberry Hill	William Stanford of Bilberry Hill was High Sheriff of county Cavan in 1774. This house was the home of the Irwin family from at least 1790 when Daniel Irwin of Bilberry Hill married a Miss E. Faris of Cloncorick. Leet records David Irwin as resident in 1814 and Jane Elvin [Irwin] was the occupant in the 1850s holding the property valued at £10.10.0. from Thomas Irvine [Irwin]. Jane Irwin died at Bilberry Hill in 1876 (Cavan Weekly News, 28 July 1876). The Irwins were succeeded by the Berrys of Berrymount to whom they were related. This house is no longer extant.
Ballyconnell Castle/House	Ballyconnell Castle was built in 1764 by George Leslie Montgomery to replace a former early 18th century building which was accidently burnt down. Leet records Mrs Storey as resident in 1814 and Lewis records John Enery as the occupier of Ballyconnell House in the 1830s. The Enerys and Montgomerys were related. In the mid-19th century George Roe, a medical doctor, was the owner and occupier, having purchased the property valued at £40 for rates, from the Enerys, when it was described as a ‘spacious and comfortable mansion, with suitable out-offices’. In 1906, Samuel B. Roe was recorded as the occupier when the buildings were valued at £32.10.0. for rates. It is now located in the middle of a housing estate.
Slieve Russell House	Slieve Russell House was a two storey Victorian lodge, built about 1880 for the Benison family. John Joseph Benison and family were resident in the early years of the 20th century. The house is now derelict.
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.