Lowtown House

Houses within 10km of this house

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Houses within 10km of Lowtown House

Displaying 31 houses.

House name	Description
Drumman Lodge	Drumman Lodge is named on first edition OS map. It is an early 19th century house of three-bays and two-storeys. In 1837 it was the home of T.M. Carew. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Henry Green was the occupant, holding the house valued at £15 from an estate in Chancery, Rochfort v Brown. O’Brien writes that the Gavin family were resident between 1930s and 1980s and that the house has been recently restored.
The Cottage	The Cottage, Gallstown, is named on both the first edition OS map and the 25 inch. This was the seat of the North family at the end of the 18th century (O’Brien). By 1814 Hugh Sheil was resident and Lewis records Mrs Sheil of The Cottage. This family was related to the Sheils of Gortlumly. The house was occupied by Margaret Sheil at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), valued at £10 and held from Lord Kilmaine. Home of employees of Lord Kilmaine in the early 20th century. The house is no longer extant.
Gortumly	Lewis refers to John Sheil of Gortumly and a long building is evident in this townland on the first edition OS map. O’Brien writes that the Sheils were resident at Gortumly from the mid-18th century. Gortumly house is named on the 25 inch map and is located just south of the long building on the first edition map. O’Brien writes that the Sheils bequeathed the house to a Mr O’Neill about 1910. Patrick O’Neill, a farmer and clerk to the County Council, was resident with his family in 1911. The lands were later sold to the Land Commission and the house demolished.
Claremount House	The original house is named on the first edition OS map and the present house on the 25 inch map. It is a four-bay two-storey country house built after Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) and replaced an earlier Claremount House, located to the northwest and marked on the Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s, when occupied by Tyrrell Esq. From the mid-18th century this property was leased by the Tyrrells from the Rochforts of Belvedere. The present house was built and remained the home of the Ronaldsons until 2015 when it was advertised for sale.
Enniscoffey	Named on the first edition OS map and the 25 inch map, this was a late 18th century two-bay, two-storey house built in front of an older house. In 1837 Mark Anthony Levinge was residence, as he was also at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), when the house was valued at £34 and held with over 900 acres from Daniel Molloy. Tenison Levinge and his wife were the occupants in 1901 and 1911. The house is now demolished.
Woodville	Named on the first edition OS map, this is a three-bay two-storey over basement country house, built about 1785. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was the home of John G O’Keeffe, who held the house valued at £10.10 from Daniel Molloy. Functioned as a restaurant for a time and was recently for sale.
Gaybrook House	This house was built on land originally belonging to the Gay family who sold it to Ralph Smyth before the end of the 18th century. Smyth built the three-storey three-bay house which had extensive outbuildings and pleasure grounds as shown on the first edition OS map. Leet records him as the occupant in 1814 and his widow Mrs A Smyth was resident in 1837. Their son Robert was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) holding the house valued at £95 in fee. Col James Smyth and family were resident at the beginning of the 20th century. The house was demolished by the Land Commission about 1960 (boi).
Rathcam or Lemongrove House	Rathcam House, previously known as Lemongrove, is a four-bay two-storey house, built about 1830 to replace an earlier house. Lemmongrove is marked on the Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s occupied by Wilton Esq. Joseph Lemmon of Lemmongrove is mentioned in a deed of assignment dated 1771. Leet records Joseph Lemon of Lemongrove in 1814. Valued at £18, it was occupied by John ‘Lennon’ at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) and held from Christopher Wilson [Wilton?]. The Lemons were still resident at the beginning of the 20th century. John D Lemon was the occupant in 1906 when the mansion house was valued at £23 and held with 262 acres of untenanted land.
Larkfield House	Larkfield House, situated in the southern half of the small 17 acre townland of Clonmoyle, its demesne was situated to the south in the townland of Vilanstown. It is named on the first edition OS map. In 1837 it was occupied by Francis Pratt Smyth, who was also resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £20.15 and held from Frederick Lestrange. Larkfield was still in the possession of the representatives of the Rev Samuel L’Estrange when it was part of a sale of Violetstown in the Encumbered Estates Court on 4 July 1874. Mrs Henrietta Hodson and her daughter occupied the house in 1901 and in 1911. The site is now a green field.
Gallstown	Gallstown/Gaulstown House was a large country house with extensive grounds as shown on the first edition OS map on which the house is named as Castletown, although the Taylor and Skinner map of the late 1770s refer to the house as Gaulstown Park. Its name changed to Gallstown House on the 25 inch map. It was an 18th century, three storey, seven-bay Palladian style house built by the 2nd Earl of Belvedere to replace the house in which his mother was imprisoned for over thirty years. In 1784 Sir John Browne of The Neale, Co Mayo, later 1st Baron Kilmaine, purchased the house from the 2nd Earl of Belvedere. Lord Kilmaine was recorded as resident in 1814, 1837 and at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). Lewis refers to Gaulstown Park as the ‘splendid seat of Lord Kilmaine in the grounds of which is a very large larch tree, planted by Dean Swift’. The house was valued at £66 in the mid-19th century. O’Brien writes that the 5th Baron Kilmaine sold the house at Gallstown in 1918 and it was burnt in 1921 and the ruins demolished in the 1950s.
Annaskinnan	Annaskinnan, located just south of the Grand Canal and west of Hyde Park, this house had laid out gardens marked on the first edition OS map. It was part of the estates belonging to the Crown in the early 19th century. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the house was valued at £13, occupied by William Garty and held from Alexander Montgomery. Members of the Garty family were still resident in 1901. Complex of buildings now located on the site.
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.
Derrymore	Derrymore House is described by O’Brien as a two-storey, five-bay house mid-18th century building. It is named on both the earliest OS 6 inch and 25 inch maps. In 1814 it was the home of Captain Daly and in 1837 Lewis describes it as the property of T J Fetherston Haugh of Bracklyn Castle. Still in Fetherstonhaugh possession at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), it was occupied by Luke Nolan and valued at £15.10. The Nolan family were still resident at the beginning of the 20th century. The house is now a ruin.
Griffinstown	Griffinstown House, is a three-bay two-storey over a basement neoclassical house, built about 1820, with projecting Greek Ionic entrance porch (boi). It is located to the west of Kinnegad and was built for the Fetherstonhaugh family. O’Brien writes that Andrew Ennis bough Griffinstown about 1800 from the Smyths. There must have been an earlier house as the Taylor and Skinner maps of the 1770s and Leet in 1814 both record Smyths at Griffinstown. Andrew Ennis leased it to the Fetherstonhaughs and family members were resident in 1837 and at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £48 and held from John Ennis. William Napier Magill was in possession at the time of the censuses of 1901 and 1911.
Huntingdon	Huntingdon, a five-bay two-storey over basement country house, built about 1770 by the Purdon family, it remained a Purdon home for all of the 19th century. Robert Purdon was resident in 1814 and 1837. Augustus Cooke Purdon held the house from Robert Purdon at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), when it was valued at £20. Purdon family members were still resident in the early decades of the 20th century and the house remains extant.
Hydepark	Hyde Park, located north of Kinnegad, is a five-bay two-storey over basement country house, built about 1775 by James D’Arcy. This family were related to the D’Arcys of Corbetstown. John D’Arcy, son of James, was resident in 1814 and 1837. George D’Arcy, son of John, held the property in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £23. In 1906 George N Darcy is recorded as the occupant holding the property with 425 acres of untenanted land. Two D’Arcy sisters were living in Hyde Park in 1911.
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.
Wardenstown	Wardenstown is a five-bay two-storey early 18th century country house, built c.1810 possibly incorporating the fabric of an earlier house. The house is believed to have been three-storey high when built but was later reduced in height following a fire (boi). The Berry family lived at Wardenstown in the early 18th century. The Wardenstown Papers record that the estate was later acquired by the Vandeleur family from Kilrush, Co Clare through a connection with the Knight of Kerry (PRONI D3549/F). It is probable that the Vandeleurs built the present house. In 1814 George Webb lived at Wardenstown and in 1837 T M Webb. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Capt Crofton Thomas Vandeleur occupied the house valued at £20 and held from the Knight of Kerry and other Fitzgerald family members. Capt Crofton T. Vandeleur, lived here in the 1870s and it was still the home of members of the Vandeleur family in the early years of the 20th century. In more recent times the home of the Potterton family.
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.
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.
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.
Craddanstown Lodge	Craddanstown Lodge is named on the first edition OS map as Craddanstown House, and on 25 inch as Craddanstown Lodge. It is a three-bay two-storey house, built about 1800, with two storey wings on each side. Craddenstown House was the home of Lockhart Ramage in 1814 and 1837 so must refer to the Lodge. Lockhart Ramage was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), when the house was valued at £17 and held from the Earl of Longford. The census of 1911 records Lockhart Ramage aged 82, gentleman farmer, as head of the household. O’Brien writes that the house was sold in 2013 and it was on the market again in 2017. This house was more substantial than the other Craddanstown until the other was altered about 1860.
Grange Beg House	Grange Beg House, located just north west of Shay Murtagh Pre Cast Ltd is named on both the first edition six inch OS and 25 inch maps. It was a five-bay two-storey over basement house, built about 1730 (boi). D’Arcy of Grangebeg is recorded on the Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s. The D’Arcys seem to have gained possession through marriage with a Judge heiress. The property is referred to as an ‘excellent dwelling-house and extensive farm-yard and offices, all slated’ in a D’Arcy sale rental of 7 May 1850. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Thomas Gibson was resident, holding the house valued at £17 from John Wilson. This house was still the home of members of the Gibson family at the beginning of the 20th century but is now derelict.
Grange More House	Grange More House, located in a large demesne on the first edition OS map. It was a five-bay three-storey over basement house, built in 1823 by John Fetherston inherited by his nephew Edward Briscoe of Riverdale (O’Brien). There must have been an earlier house as the Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s mention Grangemore of Fetherston Esq. Leet records John Fetherston of Grangemore, Killucan in 1814 and it was the seat of Edward Briscoe in 1837 when it was described as 'a handsome house in a well-planted demesne'. Valued at £60 it was occupied by Captain William Graham at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) and held from the Briscoes minors. The mansion house at Grange More was in the occupation of Augusta E Magan in 1906 [she had died in 1905] who held it with 1,922 acres of untenanted land. It is now a ruin.
Riverdale	Riverdale, located just south east of the industrial complex Shay Murtagh Pre Cast Ltd, it is named on both the first edition six inch and 25 inch maps. Home of W T Briscoe in 1837 and Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) records William Briscoe as the occupant, holding the house valued at £30 from Alexander Montgomery. O’Brien records this house as demolished.