Addinstown

Houses within 10km of this house

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Houses within 10km of Addinstown

Displaying 21 houses.

House name	Description
Archerstown House	Archerstown House, located on the shore of Archerstown Lough, is named on the first edition OS map with a police barrack at its front entrance. Also named on the 25 inch map but subsequently demolished. Archerstown was the home of John Maher in 1814 and of Robert Smyth in 1837. O’Brien records Thomas Smyth, ancestor of the Drumcree branch of the family, living at Archerstown in 1671. Samuel Arthur Reynell held the house valued at £50 from Robert Smyth at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). He was agent to the Marquess of Westmeath and became Master of the Westmeath Hunt. The Reynells continued to live at Archerstown until the 1940s when it was sold. Acquired by the Land Commission in the 1960s the house was demolished.
New Archerstown	This house is marked on the first edition OS map. The outbuildings were considerably extended by the time of the 25 inch map. Valued at £15 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), it was occupied by Thomas W Donaldson and held from Robert Smyth. Mrs Jane Crawford and her son lived here in 1901 and 1911. A building still occupies the site.
Ballyhealy House	Ballyhealy House was the home of the Batty family. O’Brien describes it as a two-storey, five-bay late 18th century building. Charles Batty was resident in 1814 and P Batty in 1837. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) William Barry Batty lived here, holding the house valued at £30 from the Rev Edward Batty. The Rev Edward Batty of Ballyhealy owned over 1,200 acres in the 1870s. Espine Batty, JP, farmer and barrister was resident in 1901 and in 1906 but by 1911 Lt Claud O’Hagan and family lived here holding the property from the Battys. The house is now a ruin.
Rosmead House	Rosmead House was set in an extensive demesne as shown on the first edition OS map. This was a seven-bay three-storey over basement mansion built in the late 18th century by Hans Widman Wood (1720-95). His eldest daughter Frances Elizabeth, wife of Admiral Hercules Robinson inherited the house. The Rosmead estate was sold by the Robinsons to Lord Vaux in 1852, when the house was described as an ‘imposing edifice’. In July 1879 it was for sale again and the Marquess de la Bedoyere who married Mildred, daughter of Lord Greville, came into possession. The 1879 sale rental gives descriptive details of the features of the house including the number of rooms and their dimensions and there is also a lithograph of the house. The Marquess was still occupying the mansion house, valued at £49.10 in 1906. It is now a ruin although the courtyard and entrance gate survive.
Clonmaskill	Clonmaskill House is a three-bay two-storey house with an attic level, built about 1790. In 1814 and 1837 it was the residence of Laurence Lloyd Henry, who died in 1846. His widow Margaret was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £13.5 and held from the Hon W F F Tighe. Details of the Henry family are recorded on a table tomb in St Mary’s graveyard, Devlin. The 1911 census records a farmer Thomas Tormey residing in a class one house in Clonmaskill. The house is now surrounded by extensive farm buildings. For members of the Henry family see https://www.from-ireland.net/category/gravestones-transcriptions/page/10/
Clonyn House	Clonyn/Clonin House, (also known as Clonyn or Delvin Castle) is named on the first edition OS map with a riding school to the rear and is recorded as ‘in ruins’ on the 25 inch map. A plaque with the crest of the Nugent family on the façade dates the building 1680. Later extensions to the house dating from the early 18th century to the early 19th century are evident. This was the home of the Earls and Marquess of Westmeath and in 1837 is described as such by Lewis. The first and only Marquess of Westmeath died in 1871 and his estates were inherited by his daughter Rosa, who was married to Lord Greville. However, by the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Lord Greville was already in possession of Clonyn holding it in fee and valued at £60. By 1906 the buildings were valued at £130.3 and held with 824 acres of untenanted land however the estate was ‘In Chancery’. The Hon Priscilla Nugent was the occupant. The house became a ruin some years later and is now surrounded by Delvin Golf course.
Clonyn Castle	Clonyn Castle, five-bay two-and three-storey over basement Gothic Revival-style castle, built between 1867-1876 to the design of John McCurdy (1823-85) for Lord and Lady Greville-Nugent, both of whom died in 1883. Their sons followed careers in England and Australia and the house was only occupied by servants at the time of the 1901 census. Sold by the Grevilles in the 1920s this building remains a private residence.
Mitchelstown	Mitchelstown House was a home of the Tighe family in the early 19th century. Robert S Tighe was the occupant in 1814. Home of G Hinds in 1837 and at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) of Captain John Roden who held the house, valued at £24 from Robert Howard. The house appears to be a ruin on the 25 inch map.
Southhill	Southhill, a five-bay three-storey over basement country house, built about 1810 (boi). South Hill was originally the home of the Tighe Family. In 1814 Major Robert Tighe was occupying Southhill. By 1837 it had passed into the ownership of William Chapman, a younger son of Sir Thomas Chapman 2nd Bt of Killua Castle and grandfather of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’. He held the house in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when it was valued at £41.15. In 1906, Francis V Chapman was recorded as the occupier but by 1911, Peter P Metge, a civil engineer and farmer, was resident with his family. This house has been a convent, hospital and is now the home of St Mary’s Special School.
Dardistown	Dardistown, described by O’Brien as a two-storey, three-bay Georgian house, a Fetherstonhaugh home in the late 18th century. In 1837 Lewis records ‘Durdistown’ as the seat of Theobald Fetherstonhaugh. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the Metge family was in possession. John Branigan held the house valued at £12 from John C ‘Medge’ Metge. The Simons family were living in a first class house at Dardistown at the beginning of the 20th century. Buildings still occupy the site.
Killagh House	Killagh House, named on the first edition OS map with a tuck mill and two corn mills closeby. This five-bay two-storey house was built about 1740 and a three-storey tower house is connected to the rear. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was valued at £10, occupied by Patrick Connell and held from Sir John Nugent. This building is no longer in use. https://www.antaisce.org/killagh-house-killeagh
Ballinlough Castle	Ballinlough Castle, a seven-bay two-storey over basement country house, encompassing a Medieval tower house. This has been the home of the O’Reillys and their descendants, the Nugents, for over four centuries. It has undergone many alterations including some in the late 18th century and was restored in the 1940s. Hugh O’Reilly, born in 1741, was created a baronet in 1795. He changed his name to Nugent in 1812 on inheriting the estates of his uncle John Nugent of Tullaghan. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the house was valued at £67.10. The Nugents continue to live at Ballinlough. O’Brien describes it as ‘one of the great showpieces of the Irish Midlands’.
Heathstown House	Heathstown House is a three-bay two-storey over basement house, built in 1834, as displayed on a weather vane on the roof, for the Dyas family. W Dyer was resident in 1837 and Richard Dyas at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), when the house was valued at £19.5 and was held in fee. Richard’s son Jacob owned 793 acres in the 1870s and the Dyas family were still in possession in the early years of the 20th century.
Killua Castle	Killua Castle, in an extensive demesne, is named on the first edition OS map. It is a multi-bay three-storey over basement castellated Gothic Revival castle built about 1780 (boi). Originally it was a large Georgian house known as St Lucy’s (Leet 1814) which has been enlarged on various occasions and towers added. It was the home of the Chapman family baronets until the death of the 7th Baronet’s death in 1919. Described by Lewis in 1837 as ‘the handsome castellated residence of Sir T Chapman Bart, and contains a fine collection of paintings by the old masters’. The building was valued at £100 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) and remained at that valuation when Sir Montague R Chapman Bt was resident in 1906. O’Brien writes that it was inherited by Major Gen Richard Steel Rupert Fetherstonhaugh who sold it to William Hackett from Co Laois who set up a golf course at Killua in the 1920s. By the late 1950s, having passed through the hands of other owners, the interior of the castle was dismantled and it became a ruin. It has been rebuilt and now belongs to the Montpascal Foundation, the family foundation of the Krause family, see https://killuacastle.com/
Rockview House	Rockview House is a three-bay three-storey building over a basement. It was built in the early 19th century (but not recorded by Leet) for the Fetherstonhaugh family. In 1837 Mrs Richard Fetherstonhaugh was resident. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) her son Richard occupied the house, valued at £70 and held from Thomas J Fetherstonhaugh. The Fetherstonhaugh family continued to occupy the house well into the 20th century and it remains a private residence.
Sallyview	Sallyview is mentioned in The Parliamentary Gazetteer of 1846 but no occupant is given. The building is marked on the first edition OS map and named Sallyview although altered in shape on the 25 inch map. Valued at £14.10 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), occupied by John and Christopher Plunkett and held from Michael Plunkett, now a green field site.
Bracklyn House	On the first edition OS map Bracklin House is set in an extensive demesne with gardens, plantation and outbuildings. It is a five-bay two-storey over basement neoclassical country house, built in the late 18th century by a branch of the Fetherstonhaugh family on land acquired from the Pakenham Family of Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard. Single storey wings were added in 1910. James Fetherstonhaugh was resident in 1814 and his son Thomas James in 1837. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Anne Gavan was the occupant holding the house valued at £70 from Thomas James Fetherstonhaugh. At the beginning of the 20th century Captain Cecil Howard Digby Fetherstonhaugh and family lived at Bracklin. In 1906 the buildings were valued at £60 and held with 2,300 acres of untenanted land. O’Brien writes that in recent times Mr and Mrs Sean Murphy have restored the house.
Dysart	Dysart, located south of Delvin, is a three-bay two-storey over basement Palladian house built about 1757, for the Ogle family to designs by George Pentland. In 1814 and 1837 Nicholas Ogle was resident. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Henry Ogle was the occupant holding the house valued at £25 in fee. The Ogle family still live here.
Craddanstown House	A building is marked on the first edition OS map at this site which is greatly expanded and named on the 25 inch map as Craddanstown House. The originally house probably dates from the early 19th century and the building was extensively altered sometime in the mid-19th century. Valued at £10 and occupied by James Gibson at the time of Griffiths Valuation (publ. 1854), when it was held from the Earl of Longford. James Gibson and family were still resident at the beginning of the 20th century.
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 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.