Huntingdon

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Huntingdon

Displaying 13 houses.

House name	Description
Corbetstown	Corbetstown house, a D’Arcy home, is named on the first edition OS map. It is a three-bay two-storey over basement house, built about 1820. It must have replaced an earlier house as a D’Arcy is recorded at Corbetstown in the late 1770s. Francis D’Arcy was resident in 1814 and John D’Arcy in 1837. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Joseph Purser was resident holding the house valued at £32 from the Earl of Longford. Occupied by Elizabeth and Frances Reynell in 1911, this house remains extant.
Curristown	Curristown House was a property in the ownership of the Purdon Family from about 1760. The house, a two-storey, three-bay late 18th century building, was the home of George Purdon in 1814 and 1837. Valued at £21 it was unoccupied at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). Augustus C Purdon was the immediate lessor. Occupied by Algernon Briscoe and family in 1901, the house remained a Briscoe home until the mid-20th century. It was demolished in the late 20th century.
Joristown	Joristown House, set in a large demesne, with a deer park to the west, as recorded on the first edition OS map, this was a Purdon home from the early 19th century as Peter Purdon was resident in 1814 and 1837. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the house was unoccupied, valued at £16 and held from Augustus C Purdon. Shepherd Hugh Lambe was living in a house in Joristown with two of his cousins, held from General Purdon in 1901 and John Purdon in 1911. This house is now demolished.
Lisnabin Castle	Lisnabin House, located a short distance south east of Huntingdon, this three-bay two-storey castellated country house was built about 1824 by Edward Purdon to replace an earlier house that burnt down and which is referred to on the Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s and by Leet in 1814 as the home of Edward Purdon. Described as 'a handsome castellated mansion recently erected', by Lewis, it was valued at £40 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) and was the residence of the same Edward Purdon who held it in fee. His son George Nugent Purdon of Lisnabin owned over 1,000 acres in the 1870s and it remained a Purdon home until the early 21st century when it was sold.
Riggs Villa/Greenhills	Located a short distance north west of Killucan, this building is named Riggs Villa on the first edition OS map and Greenhills on the 25 inch map. It is a three-bay two-storey house, built about 1830, with two-bay two-storey return to the northeast (boi). Riggville Cottage was the home of Edward Riggs in 1814 and of Anthony Fawcett at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when it was valued at £11.10 and held from the Earl of Longford. Two Fawcett sisters were living in Killucan at the time of the 1911 census. This house is extant.
Woodfort	Woodfort, named on the first edition OS map, situated in a small demesne. This was a five-bay two-storey house built about 1800 and altered in the mid-19th century. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Edmond R Nugent, held from the Earl of Longford and valued at £10. Now part of an extensive business complex.
Riverstown House	Riverstown House, originally known as Rathwire House, this five-bay single-storey over basement villa, was built about 1830 and was associated with a former corn mill run by the Hannons (boi). Occupied by Benjamin Hannan, valued at £15 and held from the Earl of Longford at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). Samuel Clarke, agent and his wife lived here in 1901 and William Bailey, ex RIC and land agent’s assistant and his family were resident in 1911. It was bought by a Father O'Rourke in 1935 who opened the first Camillian Juniorate in Ireland here in 1949, it now functions as St Camillus Care Centre.
Clonlost	Clonlost house is shown amidst a large demesne on the first OS map. The Nugent family were settled at Clonlost from the 17th century. The house was a two-storey, five-bay, late 18th century building (O’Brien). In 1814 it was the home of Lt Col Nugent. Lewis records it as the ‘ancient family seat of J Nugent’. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Captain John J Nugent held it in fee when the house was valued at £40 and he owned an estate of over 3,000 acres in the 1870s. His daughter married William Lamb Palmer of Rahan, Co Kildare and it was their son Charles Colley Palmer who inherited Clonlost. Members of the Palmer family were still resident in the early years of the 20th century. The house is now a ruin.
Cooksborough House	Cooksborough House is named on the first edition OS map but greatly altered by the time of the 25 inch map. The Cooke family were settled here from the 17th century. O’Brien writes that it was ‘a large rambling mainly Georgian house’. It was the home of many generations of the Cooke family. It is marked on the Taylor and Skinner map of the 1770s, Robert Cooke was resident in 1814 and Lewis refers to the ‘fine mansion of the Cooke family’ in 1837. The eccentric family member Adolphus Cooke lived here at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), holding the house in fee. It was valued at £35. After his death in 1876 and the litigation that followed the house passed into the possession of Edward Michael Pakenham, a younger son of the 4th Earl of Longford, to whom he had bequeathed it. A caretaker Thomas Keenan and his family were resident in 1901 and in 1906 the Rt Hon E M Pakenham is recorded as the occupant. The house was demolished many years ago.
Killynan House	Killynan House was located on the border between the two Killynan townlands of Pratt and Cooke. It was the home of the Reynell family who held it from the Winter family. Reverend Edward Reynell is recorded on the Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s and was resident until his death in 1788. He was succeeded by his son Richard who occupied the house in 1814 and 1837. Richard was later succeeded by his son, Richard Winter Reynell, who died in 1887. The Reynells were related to the Winter family. This house is now demolished but outbuildings survive.
Clondrisse House	Clondrisse House, a small building marked on the first edition OS map and named on the 25 inch map. A small two-bay two-storey over basement house built about 1800 and extended in the late 19th century. O’Brien writes that it was the home of Myles O’Reilly in the first two decades of the 19th century. Rev Francis Winter, vicar of the nearby St. John the Baptist's Church of Ireland church was the occupant in the 1840s while Rodney Purdon was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), holding the house valued at £16, from Samuel Winter. Home of Major John Purdon retired in 1911.
Reynella	Reynella House is a seven-bay two-storey country house on T-shaped plan built about 1770 by Richard Reynell. In 1814 it was the seat of Richard M Reynell and in 1837 Lewis records that Reynella was 'the elegant residence of the late R. M. Reynell, Esq., now the property of a minor, situated in a fine demesne, adorned with a lake and extensive plantations'. Valued at £27 it was occupied by John Rynd at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) and held from Blayney T Balfour. This house was home to the broadcaster Marian Finucane and her husband in the 1980s and was a guest house in more recent years.
Sheepstown House	Sheepstown house is named on the early 20th century 25 inch OS map. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by James Seery, valued at £15 and held from the representatives of Robert M Tighe. The Seery family were still resident at the beginning of the 20th century. This house is extant.