New Archerstown

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of New Archerstown

Displaying 7 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.
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.
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.
Glenidan	Glenidan House is named on both the first edition six inch and 25 inch OS maps. Stephen Moore lived at Glenidan in 1814. Lewis records it as the residence of Blandford. Robert McCormick held Glenidan, valued at £10.10 from Patrick E Murphy at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). This house appears to be still extant.