Rockfield

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 37 houses.

Houses within 10km of Rockfield

Displaying 37 houses.

House name	Description
Ballintober (Kilcumreragh)	Ballintober House is named on both the first edition OS map and the early 20th century 25 inch map, but no longer appears to be extant. In 1837 William Fetherstonhaugh was resident and in the mid-19th century it was the home of James Fetherston Haugh, held from Dorothea Horton and valued at £20. In the 1870s James Fetherstonhaugh of Ballintober owned 39 acres in county Westmeath. Ballintober was still in Fetherston Haugh occupation in 1901 but unoccupied by 1911. This was a branch of the Mosstown and Bracklyn Fetherstonhaugh family.
Rosemount House/Oldcourt	Rose Mount House is also known as Old Court, both names appear on the OS maps. The village nearby is known as Rosemount. Described by buildings of Ireland as a well-balanced structure originally built by the Geoghegan Family in the late eighteenth-century, probably replacing an earlier house. Leet records John Pim occupying a house named Rosemount near Moate in 1814 and Lewis records Lady Nagle as the occupant in 1837. O’Brien writes that it was inherited by the Nugent family of Ballinacor through marriage. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was occupied by John J Nugent who held it from the representatives of Sir Richard Nagle. It was valued at £21.10. Still extant and occupied.
Coolatore	This house was not built at the time of the first edition OS survey. It was constructed about 1866 and was the home of members of the Upton family. In 1906 it was valued at £56, occupied by Henry N S Upton who held it with over 400 acres of untenanted land. According to the discover Ireland website it now provides self-catering accommodation.
Grouse Lodge	Grouse Lodge is named on both the first 6 inch and 25 inch OS maps. Described as a three-bay two-storey over basement country house with attic level, built c.1810 (boi), now in use as a residential recording studio. Grouse Lodge was built by a branch of the Fetherstonhaugh Family of Ardagh, County Longford and was occupied by Theodore Fetherston in 1814 and by William Fetherstonhaugh at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The building valued at £24 was held from Edward Fetherstonhaugh, who was the occupant in 1837. It is still a family home.
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.
Glencara House	This building is named Corr House on the first edition OS map but was later known as Glencarry or Glencara House. It was built for the Kelly family in the 1820s with later additions, c.1840. Glencarry was the residence of a J H Kelly in 1837 and of Robert Hume Kelly at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £40 and held in fee. It remained in the possession of the Kelly family until Colonel Arthur Bellingham bought the house in the late 1930s.
Hallstown House	Hallstown or Halston House is named on the first edition OS map. This house was built c.1760 and altered and extended c.1820 by Sir Richard Morrison for the Boyd Gamble family (O’Brien). It is a two-storey, three-bay house and was the home of a H. Boyd Gamble in 1837. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Frederick Gambell held it from Captain H Boyd Gambell, when it was valued at £28. Various other occupants followed and the house and lands were sold to the Hon Kieran Guinness in 1980.
Washford House	Washford House is a five-bay single-storey house, built c.1845, with a shallow projecting porch to the centre. Valued at £20 and held by Captain H Boyd Gamble in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854).
Darlington Lodge	Darlington Lodge, named on the first edition OS map, occupied by A McDonnell in 1837 and by John Malone and held from Captain H Boyd Gamble at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when valued at £18. O’Brien writes that it was possibly built as a dower house for Hallstown/Halston. The home of the Kenny family in recent times.
Toberville House	Toberville House is named on the first edition OS map. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Thomas Murtagh, valued at £12 and held from Captain H Boyd Gamble. A building is still located at this site.
Jamestown House	Jamestown House was not built at the time of the first edition OS map. Situated on the main Mullingar to Athlone road the house, three-bay two-storey over basement house, was occupied by James Brabazon at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the building was valued at £12 and held from Walter McK Bond.
Redmondstown	Redmondstown is named on the first edition OS map and 25 inch map. The National Built Heritage Service records that the main entrance was erected about 1800. In 1814 John Tisdall is recorded as resident. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Frederick Hart who held the house valued at £10 from Jerome Tisdall. The house is now demolished.
Glenown/Clonown	Clonown is named on the first edition OS map. It is a three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1815 now known as Glenown (boi). At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Richard Fitzgerald was resident, holding the house valued at £18 in fee. In the mid-1870s his son Captain James is recorded at Clonown.
Jamestown Court	Jamestown Court is located to the north west of Castle Geoghegan. It is a three-bay two-storey over basement country house with six-bay single-storey over basement wings to either side (boi). It was originally built in 1740, the date is inscribed on a window opening but was substantially altered at a later date which may be why Lewis records it in 1837 as a ‘spacious and handsome castellated mansion of modern erection’. This house was the home of the Nagle family and the property was originally in the ownership of the McGeoghegan family who were direct ancestors of the Nagles. From the late 18th century Jamestown Court was the home of Sir Richard Nagle, Baronet. He also had connections with Donore Castle, near Horseleap, which he ‘restored’ in 1809. Jamestown Court was later the seat of Sir Richard Neagle (Nagle) Geoghegan 2nd Bt in 1846 (Slater’s Directory). Following his death in 1850 it was inherited by his sister Frances Mary who was married to John Grace of Mantua House, Co Roscommon. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the house was valued at £13, occupied by John Lynam who held the property from John Ennis with 156 acres. The rest of the townland was held by John Grace. In 1901 and 1911 occupied by Lt Colonel Gilbert Lavillan Nugent and family. For sale in 2012 and bought in 2013.
Charleville/Lunestown House	This building was named Charleville House on the first edition OS map and Lunestown House on the 25 inch map. A late 18th century five-bay two-storey over basement country house, built 1790 (keystone) and altered c. 1830 and c.1890. Charles Kelly built the house and its first name was derived from his Christian name. He was the occupant in 1814. In 1837 Lewis recorded Charleville as the seat of C Kelly and in the mid-19th century John Hubert Kelly held the house valued at £22 from William H Magan MP. Martin Charles Kelly JP and his wife Emily were resident in 1901 and 1911.
Togherstown	Togherstown House, named The Lodge on the first edition OS map with a small demesne. This is a three-bay two-storey over basement house, built before 1837 possibly incorporating the remains of an earlier house c.1700 built by Thomas Magan, High Sheriff of Co Westmeath. By 1837 Togherstown House was in the occupation of William Thomas Dillon (d. 1870). It was valued at £22 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), William T Dillon holding it from William H Magan MP. William Thomas Dillon was the son of Thomas Dillon of Lung, county Mayo and was married to Teresa daughter of Edmund Count Nugent of Ballinacor, county Westmeath. Margaret Treddin, widow and caretaker, and her family were resident in 1901 and 1911 holding the property from Julia Dillon of Dublin. The house was restored in the 21st century.
Barrettstown	Barrettstown House was not built at the time of the first edition OS map (c. 1837). It is located just south of the railway line. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was valued at £22 and occupied by Thomas Murray who held the property from John Savage Nugent. Still occupied by the Murray family in 1911, this house is extant.
Dysart House	Dysart House was in ruins at the time the first edition OS map was compiled in the 1830s The Nugent family were resident here in the 18th century. Nugent of Desert is recorded on the Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s. Lavallin Nugent born in 1722 died unmarried and the property was inherited by his brother John. When he died in 1812 it passed to his nephew Andrew Savage of Portaferry, Co Down who took the additional name of Nugent. Andrew Savage Nugent never lived at Dysart and it became a ruin.
Lilliput	Andrew Savage Nugent was occupying Lilliput in 1814. Lilliput and Dysart House, also owned by Andrew Savage Nugent, were recorded as uninhabited and in ruins by Lewis in 1837. Griffith’s Valuation records Lilliput as an unoccupied house in the townland of Nure or Lilliput, parish of Dysart, valued at £7.10. The immediate lessor was George A Boyd. Lilliput is also mentioned in the 1906 list when valued at £12.5 and occupied by the representative of Captain R H Boyd Rochfort. O’Brien describes the house as a late 18th century two-storey three-bay building, situated on the shore of Lough Ennell, ‘recently restored’.
Ballinacor	Ballinacor is named on the first edition OS map. This two-storey, five-bay house was erected c 1740 and was the home of the Nugent family who were resident here from the 17th century until the mid-19th century. Referenced on the Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s and occupied by Edward Nugent in 1814. In 1852 James Nugent, Count Nugent, sold the Ballinacor estate to the Halls. The sale rental describes the house as ‘large and commodious and in perfect habitable order’. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Charles Hall held the house valued at £23 in fee. In 1906, Major George C Hall was recorded as the occupant. Bought by the Finnerty family in the early 20th century, the house is now demolished but the main entrance gates remain.
Killare House	Killare House is named on the first edition OS map, it is now a green field site as O'Brien notes it is long demolished. Valued at £12 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Robert Matthews and held from Reverend Dean Pakenham.
Mosstown	Mosstown House named on both the first edition OS map and the 25 inch map. O’Brien writes that Mosstown was originally a property belonging to the Judge family and was sold to Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh in 1790 and he was recorded as occupant in 1814. In 1837 it was recorded as ‘the principal seat’ of the parish ‘the handsome residence of Theobald Fetherston H.’ It remained a Fethetstonhaugh property until sold to William Dargan in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1851 (O’Brien). At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was valued at £40 and occupied by Thomas Smith who held it from William Dargan. Later this house was occupied by members of the Fosberry and Adamson families. In 1906 George A G Adamson was the occupant. The house was destroyed by fire in 1938 and is now a green field site.
Ballinlaban	Buildings are marked at this site on the first edition OS map, now an extensive farming complex. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) a house valued at £18 was occupied by William Colgan who held the property from the representatives of Sir Richard Nagle.
Streamstown House	Streamstown House, just north of the Mullingar to Athlone greenway and marked on the first edition OS map, is a five-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c.1820 (boi). The interest of John Thomas Barlow, assignee of James Nugent, in the mansion house and lands of Streamstown were for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court on 12 February 1852. The property was held under a lease for lives for ever, the last renewal in 1846 was from William Palmer to John Thomas Barlow. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Streamstown was the residence of Captain James H Dickson, valued at £20 and held from William Palmer. By 1906 Anne Somers was in occupation.
Temple House	Temple House, Templemacateer, is located on an old abbey site and very close to the border with County Offaly, it is named on the first edition OS map. This three-bay two-storey house was built in the mid-18th century and altered c.1840 (boi). It was originally the home of the Handy family. Dennis Kelly was the occupant in 1814. Marcus Kelly was resident in 1837 and at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £12 and held from the representatives of Samuel B Handy. It was the home of John Mark Kelly, a farmer, magistrate and land commissioner and his wife in 1901. Now in use as a guesthouse run by the Fagan family, see https://templemacateer.booking.site/en
Ballyhast House	Ballyhast House is named on the first edition OS map and the 25 inch map. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was valued at £12, occupied by Rose Colgan and held from Alicia O’Connor Malone (in Chancery). Eugene Charles Dennis Colgan, farmer, was resident in 1901 and also in 1911 when his wife and family are recorded in the census. There is a building still at the site, the centre of a stud farm.
Middleton Park	Middleton House is marked on the first edition OS map (1838), with extensive gardens to the south east. The present house is a six-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c.1850, in an Italianate style to designs by George Papworth (1781-1855) for George Augustus Boyd. He was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the building was valued at £100. It replaced an earlier smaller-scale house on the site, the property of James M Berry, who was resident in 1814 while W Hudson was the occupant in 1837 holding it from Berry. The present house remained in the Boyd-Rochfort family until 1958 and has had a number of owners since then, one of whom Barney Curly sold it through conducting a raffle. It has since been a hotel and was on the market again in 2023.
New Forest	New Forest is a five-bay three-storey over basement country house, built in the 1770s by the Evans family and acquired by Henry Daniel before the end of the century. In 1837 New Forest was the home of a H. Daniel described by Lewis as ‘one of the most complete and gentlemanly residences in the county of Westmeath’. In 1843 Henry was succeeded by his son Robert Daniel who Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) records was the occupant holding the house valued at £55 from Francis Evans. When the Evans estates in counties Mayo, Monaghan and Westmeath were for sale in the Landed Estates Court in November 1871, Newforest was described as forming 'one of the most complete and gentlemanly residences in the county of Westmeath'. (LEC rental 14 November 1871). O’Brien writes that the Daniels bequeathed the estate to the Catholic Church in the 20th century. It was sold in 1948 to Lt-General Sir Charles Gairdner, who was later appointed Governor of Western Australia (1951–1963) and then Governor of Tasmania (1963-68). Its extensive mature landscaped grounds are now in use as a golf course and the house is a hotel see https://newforest.ie/
Knock House	Knock house is marked on the first edition OS map and named on 25 inch. It is a three-bay two-storey house with a return, built about 1815 and still extant. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the house was occupied by John Robinson who held it from Sir William Leeson. It was valued at £10.
Ballynagore House	This house was not built at the time of the first edition OS map (1838). It is a four-bay two-storey over basement house built in an Italianate style about 1852 for John Perry to designs by John Skipton Mulvany (1813-1870). The Perry Family were a prominent milling family in Ballynagore, having bought out the milling interests of the Mulock family in 1838, and owned the large mill to the southwest of the village and other extensive buildings in the locality at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). The Perrys held their milling interests from the Very Rev Charles Vignoles. At this time the house was valued at £35 and was the residence of John Marshall. Now functions as a Bed and Breakfast.
Dalystown	Dalystown, marked on the first edition OS map and named on the 25 inch map, a three-bay two-storey house, built about 1810. It was the home of Charles Pilkington in 1837 and at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). Valued at £11 the house was held from James W Berry with 189 acres.
Ballard	Ballard House, named on the first edition OS map as Lauree, but on the 25 inch as Ballard, located to the south west of Kilbeggan. It is a five-bay two-storey over basement house, built or rebuilt about 1830 (boi). In 1814 W Battersby was resident and in 1837 R Bolger. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Sylvester Lalor occupied the house valued at £10 from Dr Richard P O’Reilly. The Lalor family still live at Ballard where they run an organic farm.
Bracca Castle/Coolalough House	Coolalough House, also known as Bracca Castle, close to the village of Horseleap is named on both the first six inch and 25 inch OS maps as Coolalough. The first edition six inch map shows a castle in the townland. The estate was granted to the Handy Family in the mid-seventeenth century. Coolalough House was later a base for the Methodists in the area. Wesley records in his letters in 1785 that the Handy Family had recently built a new property at Coolalough, apparently (re)named Bracca Castle (boi). Samuel W Handy was occupying Bracca Castle in 1814 and Samuel Handy is listed as the owner of Bracca Castle in 1837. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Joseph Hackett was occupying the house, valued at £10 and held from the representatives of Samuel W Handy. Home of Katherina Lett, a married lady, and two servants in 1911. This house is no longer extant, a green field site.
Moycashel	Located on a side road south west of Kilbeggan, Moycashel was the home of the Holmes family from the mid-19th century. It is not marked on the first edition OS map. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Robert Holmes held the house valued at £16.10 in fee. It appears to have been occupied by William Serviss and family in 1901. A building remains on this site.
Bellmount/Belmont	Bellmount or Belmont, Hallsfarm, is named on both the first edition six inch OS and the 25 inch maps. O’Brien describes it as a three-bay, two-storey house over a basement erected about 1825 by the Maguire family. In 1837 Barnard Maguire was resident. Ellen Maguire occupied the house at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when it was valued at £11.10 and held from Col William Hall. The censuses of 1901 and 1911 record Eugene Gannon, a 26 year old farmer, born in Argentina, as resident in a first class house while in 1911 Joseph Delaney, herdsman and family were in occupation. This house is still a family home.
Meeldrum	Meeldrum is a three-bay three-storey house, possibly built by Malachy Tracy. The third storey may have been added in the 1880s. A Mr M Tracy was resident in 1814. Malachy’s daughter Catherine married Thomas Clarke in 1798 (O’Brien). Lewis records Mrs Clarke as resident in 1837. Mrs James Clarke occupied the house at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when it was valued at £14 and held in fee. Mrs Maria Clarke lived here in the 1870s. The house appears to be unoccupied in 1901 but held by Thomas Clarke. In 1906 Martin and James Larkin were in residence and they are recorded in the 1911 census as the occupiers the house with their niece. The house remains a family home.
Ballymore Parochial House	Thomas Coffey was leasing this property to Reverend Thomas Guinan at the time of Griffiths Valuation when it was valued at £12. A smaller house appears at this location on the 1st edition map of 1838 but a house labelled “Parochial House” is shown on the early 20th century 25-inch edition. Buildings still extant at site but may not be original.