Clondalever House

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Houses within 10km of Clondalever House

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House name	Description
Monintown/Mornington	Monintown or Mornington House, straddles the border between the parishes of Mutlyfarnham and Stonehall as shown on the first edition six inch OS and the 25 inch maps as Moninton. The original two-storey house was built in the mid-18th century and was the home of the Daly family. It was the seat of Owen Daly in 1837 and Edward Daly held it in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). It was valued at £7.10, while a building he held in the parish of Stonehall was valued at £8. In the late 19th century a five-bay two-storey house was built to the front of the original house by the O’Hara family who acquired the property in 1858. In 1906 the house was valued at £43.13 and was in the possession of Patrick O’Hara. Still in the ownership of the O’Haras, who run it as a guest house.
Ballynagall	Ballynagall, a six-bay two-storey Regency style house, built in the early 19th century for James Gibbons at the cost of £30,000 (Lewis) and was reputedly built using the fabric of an existing castle on site, known as Castle Reynell (boi). Reynell of Castle Reynell is recorded on the Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s. The interior plasterwork was executed by George Stapleton, son of the stuccadore Michael Stapleton. The Smyth Papers in the National Library contain letters to James Gibbons from John Robinson and Francis Johnston relating to the building of Ballynagall, 1810-1815 (Mss 18,926-18,927). Ballynagall remained in the possession of the Gibbons family until 1846 when ownership passed to James Middleton Berry, nephew of James Gibbons. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the buildings were valued at £110 and held by JWM Berry in fee. Inherited by Thomas James Smyth of the Drumcree family in 1855, it remained in Smyth ownership until sold in 1963 (O’Brien). It is now a ruin.
Martinstown	Martinstown is marked on the first edition OS map but is named on the later 25 inch map. It was built c.1820, on a L-shaped plan with two-storey return to the rear (boi). John Kerr held most of this townland from Thomas R Evans at this time and occupied the house valued at £12. Other Kerr family members occupied houses valued at £7 and £8.10.
Kilmaglish	Kilmaglish House not built at time of first edition OS map but is marked on the 25 inch map. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was valued at £17, occupied by William Levinge and held from Sir Richard Levinge. Occupied by Thomas Robinson, a farmer and his son William in 1901 and 1911. It is still extant surrounded by large farmyard.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Edmondstown	Edmondstown named on both the first six inch and 25 inch OS maps. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Richard W Reynell was the occupier, holding the house valued at £10 from the representatives of Marcus Sinnott. Buildings remain at the site.
Killynan House	Killynan House was located on the border between the two Killynan townlands of Pratt and Cooke. It was the home of the Reynell family who held it from the Winter family. Reverend Edward Reynell is recorded on the Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s and was resident until his death in 1788. He was succeeded by his son Richard who occupied the house in 1814 and 1837. Richard was later succeeded by his son, Richard Winter Reynell, who died in 1887. The Reynells were related to the Winter family. This house is now demolished but outbuildings survive.
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.
Knockdrin Castle	A Gothic Revival castle built about 1815; it is not recorded by Leet. Located east of Lough Owel and north of Lough Drin, this castle was built by Sir Richard Levinge (1785-1848) 6th Bt to replace High Park, the Levinges’ old family home and was designed, most probably, by James Shiel. It was valued at £100 in 1906. The Castle remained the home of the Levinge family until the mid-20th century when it was sold. It is now the home of the Prondzyunski family.
Rathconnell Court	Rathconnell Court is named on the first edition OS map and marked as ruins on the 25 inch map of the early 20th century. It was the home of the Adams family and was marked on the Taylor and Skinner maps of the 1770s. Occupied by Francis Adams in the early 19th century and by J Adams in 1837. Francis Adams was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) holding the house valued at £18 in fee.
Reynella	Reynella House is a seven-bay two-storey country house on T-shaped plan built about 1770 by Richard Reynell. In 1814 it was the seat of Richard M Reynell and in 1837 Lewis records that Reynella was 'the elegant residence of the late R. M. Reynell, Esq., now the property of a minor, situated in a fine demesne, adorned with a lake and extensive plantations'. Valued at £27 it was occupied by John Rynd at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) and held from Blayney T Balfour. This house was home to the broadcaster Marian Finucane and her husband in the 1980s and was a guest house in more recent years.
Culleen House	Culleen House is marked on the first edition OS map and had greatly expanded by the time of 25 inch, only the outbuildings remain now. O’Brien describes it as long, low seven-bay, two storey early Victorian house, purchased by Mr Mc Loughlin, a Dublin merchant, from Sir John de Blaquiere of Portloman. A Thomas McEvoy occupied Culleen in 1814. It was later sold to Godfrey Levinge, a grandson of the 4th Baronet, who was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), holding the house, valued at £30 in fee. Home of Thomas M Reddy and family at the time of the 1901 and 1911 censuses. This house is no longer extant.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Drumcree	Drumcree House was a seven-bay two-storey over basement Palladian country house, built in the mid-18th century for a branch of the Smyth family. In 1814 William Smyth was resident. By 1837 his son Robert occupied the house and Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) records Robert Smyth holding the house in fee. It was valued at £60. By the early 20th century Henry Maxwell Smyth had inherited the property. He was there in 1906 when the valuation had increased to £75. O’Brien writes that the house was abandoned after the death of H M Smyth in 1961 and is now an ivy clad ruin.
Glananea/Ralphsdale	Glananea House, formerly Ralphsdale, as it is named on the first edition OS map, with laid out gardens immediately to the back of the house. This two-storey six-bay late 18th century house was built to the design of Samuel Wooley for Ralph Smyth, second son of William Smyth of Drumcree. Ralph’s son William Thomas inhabited the house in 1814 and was succeeded by his son another Ralph, who was resident in 1837 when Lewis recorded that his demesne is ‘entered by a beautiful gate’, which is now at Rosmead. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the house was valued at £50 when occupied by William Edward Smyth who held it from Robert Smyth (of Drumcree). The Smyth family were resident in 1901 but a caretaker occupied the house in 1911. Glananea remains a private residence.
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
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.
Gigginstown House	The original house, Gigginstown Lodge, was a Dardis home and is marked on the first edition OS map. It was occupied by Christopher Dardis in 1814 and Captain Brabazon O’Connor in 1837, who had married the widow of Michael Dardis. It is no longer extant (N528 615). Gigginstown House is described by O’Brien as ‘a two-storey, three-bay classical house designed by John S Mulvany’ built in the mid-1850s on a new site and recorded as unfinished at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). Valued at £40, Elizabeth Busby was the occupant holding the house in fee. The property had been bought on her behalf and that of her sister in 1828. Alphonso Busby owned 1,408 at Gigginstown in the 1870s. James Taylor, farmer and his wife Kate were resident in the early 20th century. A stud and farm are now located at Gigginstown House, owned by Michael O’Leary, see https://www.gigginstownhouse.com/wp/
Ballyknock House	Ballyknock House, Derrynagarragh, is marked on the first edition OS map at a road junction and named on the 25 inch map and appears to be extant. In 1814 Ballyknock was the residence of Richard McCormick. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was valued at £16.10, occupied by Catherine McCormick and held from Richard McCormick. It appears to have been located on the Berry estate.
Gartlandstown House	Gartlandstown House, located at the south eastern toe of Lough Derravargh, is a five-bay two-storey house, built about 1830 (boi) or perhaps replacing an earlier house as Garlandstown, Castlepollard, was the seat of Sterne Tighe in 1814. By 1837 J Murray was resident here and James Murray is recorded as the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £10 and held from James W M Berry. O’Brien writes that Michael Hope was resident in 1869 and in the mid-1870s the representatives of Michael Hope held 487 acres at Gartlandstown. Members of the Hope family was still in occupation at the time of the 1901 and 1911 censuses.
Kinturk House	Kinturk House, located just south of Castlepollard, is a five-bay three-storey over basement country house, built about 1760, remodelled and extended in 1821 for William Dutton Pollard (1789-1839) by Charles Robert Cockerell (1788-1863). It was valued at £90 in 1906. The house remained in the possession of the Pollard/Pollard Urquhart family until the mid-1930s when it was sold to the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary who, in turn, sold it on to the Midland Health Board in 1971.
Streamstown House	Streamstown House, located on the eastern shore of Lough Derravargh, is a five-bay two-storey house, built about 1800. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Thaddeus Lynch, valued at £11 and held from Benjamin Chapman. Michael Hope, JP and farmer, and family were resident here in 1901 and his widow Eliza and family in 1911.
Barbavilla	Barbavilla House is shown on the first edition OS map as situated in a large demesne with laid out gardens close to the house. It is a nine-bay two-storey over basement house, originally built by William Smyth in 1730. Smyth named the house after his wife Barbara Ingoldsby. The house was later altered by his grandson William Smyth in 1790. In the mid-19th century the house was valued at £72 and held in fee by William B Smyth. In 1906 William Lyster Smyth was the occupant when the buildings were valued at £58.5 and held with 434 acres of untenanted land. The Smyths sold Barbavilla in 1955. The house is now surrounded by large buildings relating to the production of artisan products for Barbavilla Dairy.
Benison Lodge	Benison Lodge, west of Lough Lene, is named on both the first edition six inch and 25 inch OS maps. O’Brien describes it as a late 18th century, five-bay, two-storey house, probably by the O’Reilly family, one of whom was shot dead in the house in 1803 by the coachman. In 1814 Thomas H Smyth lived here and the Rev T Smyth in 1837. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) John Henry Roper was occupying the house, valued at £30 and held from William P Urquhart of Castlepollard. In the 1870s Henry J Roper of Benison Lodge owned 447 acres. In the early 20th century Richard O’Neill and family were living in a first class house in this townland. The house is now a ruin.
Sallymount House	Sallymount House is a three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, dating from the early 19th century. It was the home of the Rotheram family for much of the 19th and 20th centuries. The Rotherams acquired it from the Nugent family. G S Rotheram was resident in 1837 and Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) records George Rothram as the occupant holding the house valued at £35 from Priscilla Nugent. Members of the Rotheram family owned 560 acres in the 1870s. The estate was acquired by the Land Commission in the early 1960s and the house became derelict but has been restored recently.
Gillardstown	Gillardstown is named on both the first edition six inch and 25 inch OS maps. A Mrs Scully was living at Gillerstown, Castlepollard, in 1814. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Thomas Webb occupied the house, valued at £25 and held from Robert A Ellis. The house was the home of William Evans, a Civil Engineer and Law Agent, and his family in 1901 and of William Hardy, a farmer and his wife in 1911. The house is now the centre of a farming complex.
Loughpark	Lough Park House, situated on the shores of Lough Lene to the south east of Castlepollard, this five-bay two-storey house, built about 1790 was home to the Evans family for much of the 19th century. N Evans was resident in 1837 and Michael Evans at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). He held the house valued at £20 from William P Urquhart of Castlepollard. Thomas Pender, farmer and family lived here in 1901 and Samuel R Sutton, farmer and family in 1911. The property remains a family home.
Lough Bawn	Lough Bawn House, Carrick, a two-storey, four-bay house built c 1840s as it is not marked on the first edition OS map. It was the home of the Battersby family. George Battersby held it in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the building was valued at £28.5. John Radcliff Battersby, JP and farmer, and family were resident at the beginning of the 20th century and the house remains in the possession of Battersby descendants, see https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2021/06/459-battersby-of-bobsville-lakefield.html
Cummerstown House	Cummerstown House, a two-storey, three-bay house, not built at the time of the first edition OS map but named on the 25 inch. Occupied by Laurence Levey at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the building was valued at £10.10 and held from the trustees of Wilson’s Hospital. Home of farmer Samuel O’Neill and family at the beginning of the 20th century, now the address of Cummerstown Farm Aviation Ltd.
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.