Landed Estates
University of Galway

Addinstown

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 7 houses.

Houses within 5km of Addinstown

Displaying 7 houses.

House name Description
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. Photo of Rosmead House
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/ Photo of Clonmaskill
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. Photo of Southhill
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’. Photo of Ballinlough Castle
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. Photo of Heathstown House