Clonyn Castle

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 11 houses.

Houses within 5km of Clonyn Castle

Displaying 11 houses.

House name	Description
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.
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.
Derry Cottage/Drumcree Cottage	Drumcree Cottage (also known as Derry Cottage) is named on the first edition OS map. Lewis records Derry Cottage as the home of Mrs Berry in 1837. Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) records Letitia C Berry (nee Smyth) as resident in a house valued at £20 and held from Robert Smyth. A building still stands on the site.
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.
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.