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Houses within 10km of this house

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Houses within 10km of Hall

Displaying 20 houses.

House name	Description
Ballinderry	Detached four-bay two-storey country house, built about 1870, replacing an earlier house built by Sarah Kelly. The stable block appears to be 18th century. The estate was bought in 1840 by solicitor Edmond Kelly of Rookwood House, Co Roscommon, who also owned Kiltoom House, Athlone. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Sarah Kelly was the occupant of the house valued at £19. She held it in fee. It was inherited by her nephew Robert Bailey whose descendants lived at Ballinderry until the mid-20th century when it was bought by the Land Commission. The house is extant.
Moate View	Moate View is situated on the outskirts of the town of Moate and predates much of the town. It is a detached five-bay two-storey house, built 1762, verified by a cut stone date stone inscribed ‘James Clibborn built this house anno domini 1762’. O’Brien writes that James Clibborn was the son of Joshua Clibborn and his wife Sarah Lecky. His second son William Cooper Clibborn inherited the house and was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) holding the building valued at £32 from Thomas H Mulock MP. It is still the home of Clibborn family members.
Bellanalack	Bellanalack is marked on the first edition OS map and the later 25 inch map but a much smaller building is now located on the site. The house was occupied by Christopher Adamson in 1837 and at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). He held the property valued at £13 from Lord Castlemaine.
Belville	O’Brien writes that Belville was built about 1775 for Richard Cuppaidge and by the early 1780s was occupied by the Jones family. It remained the Jones family home until at least the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when Gustavus Jones Junior was resident. The house was valued at £23. It is now a ruin.
Carn Park	Carn Park was built by the Adamson family in the late 18th century. Travers Adamson, son of William Gustavus Adamson was resident in 1814 and W G Adamson in 1837. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the property was in Chancery, Robert Adamson was the occupant and the buildings were valued at £24. On 17 June 1870 when the house and lands were advertised for sale in the Land Court the house was described as a ‘commodious dwelling house (with suitable out offices) on Lot 1, which, although somewhat out of repair, is capable (at a moderate outlay) of being made a comfortable residence for a gentleman and his family. The house is prettily situated on the slope of a hill, commanding an extensive view’. It was bought by the Rev Thomas Thompson Gray of Dorrington, Drumraney, who was Vice Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, 1916-1924. The house was demolished in the mid-20th century.
Glynwood House	Glynwood house is located east of Athlone. The original house was constructed about 1790 by Francis Longworth and rebuilt about 1860 by John Longworth (1798-1881). A new house in the Italianate style was built in the early 1880s for Francis Travers Dames Longworth to the design of George Moyers. On 1 February 1918, a few lines in the Belfast News-Letter stated that Glynwood House, Athlone, the family mansion of the Dames-Longworth family, had been destroyed by fire. It is now an ivy covered ruin. See https://houseandheritage.org/2018/02/01/glynwood-house/ The present Glynwood House, formerly the agent’s house is located to the northwest of the site of the original Glynnwood House and dates from the late 19th century.
Mount Temple House	Mount Temple House is marked on the first edition OS map, south of Holy Trinity Church and named on the 25 inch map. Leet records Richard Telford as resident at Mount Temple. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Sarah Russell held the house and 182 acres from the Hon R T H Temple, the buildings were valued at £12. This house now provides accommodation for guests. See lodging-world.com/ei/hotels/mount-temple-house-in-moate-91944640.
Moydrum Castle	The National Built Heritage Service states that Moydrum Castle is a Gothic Revival castellated country house built circa 1812 to designs by Sir Richard Morrison (1767-1849), who was commissioned by William Handcock to rebuild an existing house befitting of his new status as Lord Castlemaine. Lewis describes it as ‘a handsome castellated mansion, erected in 1814’. It was valued at £75 in the mid-19th century. The building remained the home of the Castlemaines until it was burnt down on 3 July 1921. A photograph of the remains featured on the cover of the U2 album ‘The Unforgettable Fire'.
Nahodmore House	This building is marked on the first edition OS map, altered and expanded on the 25 inch map. O’Brien states that it was built by the Adamson family. Leet records William Marsh as resident at Nahad in 1814. Valued at £11 Nahodmore House was occupied by Thomas Russell and held from John Trench at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). William Woods Russell son of Mark Goodbody Russell and his wife Mary was born at Nahodmore in July 1855 (The British Friend, 9th month 1855, p 227). Mark Goodbody Russell and his daughter Mary were both living there in 1901. They were members of the Society of Friends while caretakers Alexander and Jane Elder for William W Russell were living there in 1911. This house, a short distance north west of Moate, is still extant.
Shurock	The Homan family appear to have settled at Shurock in the early 18th century. The original house at Shurock was built sometime in the eighteenth century, with a later single-storey Gothic wing added at the end of the eighteenth century. This house was the home of Captain Homan, about 1760 and of Sir W Jackson-Homan (barrister) in 1837. Sir William was created a baronet in 1801. The house is marked but not named on the first edition OS map and the building later expanded as shown on the 25 inch map. O’Brien states that the house was sold in the Encumbered Estates Court and it must have been purchased by George Fleming as he was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) holding it in fee. It was valued at £23. The house is now a ruin.
Twyford	Twyford House was originally built about 1760 by the Handcock Family of Waterstown House, Glassan, but passed into the ownership of the Hodson Family, at the end of the 18th century. In 1814 John Hodson was resident and E Hodson in 1837. Valued at £24 John Hodson was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), holding the property from John Longsworth. The Hodsons continued to reside at Twyford until it was sold about 1960. The house is now derelict.
Ballynahown	Ballynahown built in 1746 by Edmond Malone (lawyer and later MP for Granard) and his wife Ruth Malone nee Judge. It is a building of three storeys over a basement, having a three-bay single-storey wing, added c.1850 by the Ennis family. The National Built Heritage Service states that this grand house is unusual in that it is constructed of brick, a very rare building material in Westmeath at the time of construction. In 1837 Lewis wrote that Ballynahown was the ancient residence of the Malone family, built on the site of an old castle and now unoccupied, having passed into other hands. Andrew Ennis bought the house in 1828. He was a wealthy Catholic merchant and business man who bought up land in the Athlone area of County Westmeath. His son John Ennis became a Governor of the Bank of Ireland and was knighted in 1866. He occupied the house at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when it was valued at £15. Sir John was succeeded by his son Sir John James Ennis who died in 1884 and was succeeded by his sister Marie Sophie who was married to Daniel O’Donaghue of the Glens. The O’Donaghues continued to own Ballynahown until they sold it in 1968. It remains a well maintained residence.
Moate Castle	A complex structure, of at least three periods of construction, which dominates the centre of the town. It is a two-bay three-storey former fortified house/tower house, built 1550, having a three-bay three-storey wing to the west end, built c.1720 and a two-storey bowed extension to the east end, built c.1760, acquired by Captain John Clibborn in 1659 (boi). In 1814 Thomas C Clibborn occupied Moate-castle and in 1837 Moate Castle was the seat of Cuthbert J Clibborn. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Gilbert Nugent was resident holding the property valued at £23 from the representatives of Cuthbert J Clibborn. Moate Castle has remained a private residence and was for sale in 2023.
Fardrum House	Fardrum House, an early 19th century house, named on the first edition OS map. Described by the National Built Heritage Service as a highly appealing early nineteenth-century gentleman’s cottage. Valued at £12 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Eliza Mathews who held it from John Ennis. Later occupants have been the Robinson and Campbell families and it remains a family residence.
Farnagh	Buildings are marked at this site on the first edition OS map and the house is named on the 25 inch map. It was built in the early 19th century and a Mr Benjamin Wynne was resident in 1814. The house was extended about 1850 according to the National Built Heritage Service. This house was the residence of R. Adamson in 1837 (Lewis) and of Hannah Wynne who held it from Edward Digges La Touche, valued at £14.5 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). Edward Wakefield, a ‘gentleman farmer’ and his family were resident in the early 20th century. This house remains a family home.
Castledaly/Kilcleagh Park	Detached six-bay two-storey over basement country house, built 1776 by the Dalys. It replaced an early fortified house dating from the 1600s. A projecting two-storey wing was added about 1880 by the Odells. In 1814 and 1837 it was the seat of Joseph Morgan Daly. It was sold in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1850 and bought by a Scotsman George McDonnell who held it in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when it was valued at £40. In the 1860s it was bought by Thomas Scruton Odell and it remained in the possession of the Odell family until 1961 when it was sold to the Land Commission. It was later renamed Kilcleagh Park when it became a hotel. Now known as Castledaly Manor and in use as a Christian Centre.
Moyvoughly	Moyvoughly named Moyvoughly Lodge on the first edition OS map and Moyvoughly House on the 25 inch map. O’Brien writes that this was originally Arabin land purchased towards the end of the 18th century by the Grogans. This house was constructed by 1837 as C Arabin was resident, who was probably leasing it from the Grogans. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) John Ennis had acquired the house and lands as he is recorded as holding the property in fee . O’Brien writes that he rented the house to William Dargan, the railway entrepreneur, who was building the Mullingar to Dublin railway line and that the land was used to graze and accommodate the horses used in this work. In the mid-1850s Moyvougly was leased to Thomas Maher who eventually purchased the estate. Bought by the Fallon family in the 20th century, the house is now demolished but some outbuildings and stables survive.
Cloonbonny	Cloonboony is a five-bay single-storey over basement house on a U-shaped plan, built c.1790, having two two-storey returns (boi). Cloonbonny House was originally built by the Longworth family as a dower house to Glynwood House (O’Brien). Edward Marsh was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £11 and was held from Francis Longworth. The Johnson and Byrne families have occupied the house from 1869 until the present day.
Creggan House	Creggan House, located just south east of Athlone town and south of Creggan Castle. This house is named on the first edition OS map. It was a two-storey, three-bay house built by the Longworth family in the early 19th century. Peter Longworth was a Cromwellian soldier who settled at Creggan Castle in the mid-17th century. The Longworth family continued to inhabit Creggan House for much of the 19th century, Francis Longworth being recorded as the occupant in 1837. Henry Norwood Trye was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), holding the house valued at £24 from his brother-in-law Francis Longworth. It was occupied by land agent Peter Metge and his family in 1901 and by widower Thomas Davies Longworth and his daughters in 1911. The house was burnt down in 1921 when occupied by a Major Montgomery and subsequently demolished.
Jones Lake	A house south of the railway line and a short distance west of Moate in the mid-19th century. O'Brien writes that it was built by the Jones family in the mid-18th century as a two storey, three bay building. Leet records William Gustavus Jones as resident in 1814. Occupied by John Sills at the time of Griffith's Valuation (publ. 1854) and held from Patrick Dillon Irwin with about 50 acres, when it was valued at £13.