Sallymount House
Houses within 15km of this house
Displaying 64 houses.
Houses within 15km of Sallymount House
Displaying 64 houses.
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| Mountprospect | A Nugent family home until the mid-19th century when it passed into the possession of Richard Dempsey. Eliza Dempsey, a widow, was resident in 1901. This house no longer exists. | |
| Bob's Grove/Farren Connell | The Nugent home known as Bob’s Grove dates from the mid-18th century. It was later known as Farren Connell possibly after alterations were made in the mid-19th century. In 1814, Oliver Nugent was resident at Bob’s Grove. In 1837, Lewis records Christopher E.J. Nugent as proprietor. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation Christopher’s representatives held the property in fee. It was valued at £24 for rates. Emily Nugent, a widow, was resident in 1901 and her son Colonel Oliver Nugent and his wife in 1911. Farren Connell continues to be the home of this family. |
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| Dungummin House | Dungummin House with a very small demesne is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). In 1814 Leet records John Ingham of Dungimmon, Mount Nugent. Joseph Lynch was the occupier recorded in Griffith’s Valuation. He held the property, described as a herd’s house and valued at £12.10.0., from Thomas Whitney. Michael Palles Lynch of Dungimon, county Cavan and of Coola, county Westmeath, sixth son of Joseph Lynch of Roebuck House, county Cavan, is recorded in Walford’s 1910. | |
| Lisnabrin | This house, located on the outskirts of Mount Nugent, was built after the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) was compiled. John Love was the occupant in the 1850s, holding the property, valued at £13, from the Most Reverend J.G. Beresford. A Lynch family home at the beginning of the 20th century and still a residence. |
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| Roebuck | Roebuck was a Lynch home from at least the early 19th century when Edward Lynch was recorded as resident in 1814. Lewis records W. Reilly as the proprietor of Roebuck. In the 1850s Joseph Lynch was the occupant recorded in Griffith’s Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £15 and held from the Representatives of William O’Reilly Adams. By 1906, Henry Galligan was occupying this 'mansion' house valued at £15 for rates and 365 acres of untenanted land. | |
| Lake View (Munterconnaught) | In 1814 the Reverend Nicholas Goslin occupied Lake View, Mountnugent, close to the shore of Lough Ramor. The house is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). In August 1847 T. Drapes, a medical doctor, died at Lake View, Mountnugent, of typhus fever (The Medical Times, XVI, 542). James Blakely was the occupier in the mid-19th century holding the property from the trustees of the Marquess of Headfort. The buildings were valued at £12.10.0. for rates. This house is still extant with an extensive courtyard of outbuildings. | |
| Eighter | On the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) Eighter House, part of the estate of the Marquess of Headfort, is shown as set in a small demesne close to the shore of Lough Ramor. Henry Sargent was the occupier in the mid-19th century when the buildings were valued at £16. In the 1870s Eighter was the home of John Alexander Johnston, who owned 111 acres in the county in 1876. He was medical doctor and his wife had a connection with the Sargent family. Home of Michael M’Enroe in the 1920s. It appears to be extant. References to Eighter in the Small Private Collections of Cavan Library's Archives Service, P017/0084, P017/0104, P017/0125 & P017/0166. | |
| New Grove (Longford) | John Hynds was leasing this property from the Hamilton estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, when it was valued at over £11. In 1837 Lewis referred to it as the seat of R. J. Hinds. It is now a ruin. In the 1870s, John Hinds of New Grove was recorded as the owner of over 240 acres in County Longford. |
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| Coolure | Coolure was held in fee by Sir Richard Pakenham at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s when it was valued at £84. The National Built Heritage Service suggests it was built c.1775 with a later extension in the 1820s. It was likely built for Captain (later Admiral) Thomas Pakenham on his marriage to Louisa Staples, who were the parents of Sir Richard Pakenham. In 1906 it was part of the estate of Hugh P. Wilson and valued at £24. Coolure is still extant and occupied. Its extensive stable block was located in the neighbouring townland of Lispopple and was valued at £9 at the time of Griiffiths Valuation. |
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| Newtown House (Fore) | This house was enlarged after the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map in the 1830s. Elizabeth Ferrally was leasing the property from the Pakenham estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s when it was valued at £9. The Valuation Office books of 1838 also noted her as the owner when the house had a valuation of almost £6. A house is still extant at the site. | |
| Tullynally Castle | The National Built Heritage Service suggests the bulk of Tullynally Castle was built c.1730 but may incorporate the fabric of a house built for Henry Pakenham in the mid-C17. It had a number of phases of construction throughout its long history. Formerly known as Pakenham Hall, it has been the seat of the Pakenham family for over 350 years. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the mid-1850s it was valued at £200 and had the same valuation in 1906. It is still extant and occupied by the Pakenham family. |
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| Tromra House | Tromra was being leased by Wiilliam Riggs from the Pakenham estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s when it was valued at £13. The Valuation Office Books of 1839 indicate Mrs. Mary Anne Riggs was occupying a property valued at £10 at that time. Tromra is still extant and occupied. |
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| Ballinacloon | Ballynaclonagh, named on the first edition OS map as Ballynaclonagh and on the 25 inch map as Ballinacloon and extended. No longer extant, demolished c 1930. Complex of single and two-storey outbuildings on L-shaped plan survive. Ballynaclonagh was the residence of Edward Murphy in 1814 and P. E. Murphy in 1837. Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) records Patrick E Murphy as the occupier holding the property valued at £33.5 in fee. Patrick Delamere, coachman to Captain Murphy, was resident with his wife in 1901. Valued at £45.5 in 1906 and in the possession of Captain Laurence Murphy. The Delameres had three children by 1911 and were resident holding the property from Mrs Sarah Murphy. | |
| Donore House | Donore overlooking Lough Derravaragh, named on the first edition OS map. The Nugents were settled here from the 16th century. Donore House was a three-storey late 18th century Georgian block. James Nugent of Donore was created a baronet in 1768. When his brother Peter the second baronet died in 1797, Donore passed to the family of their sister Catherine who had married Pierce Fitzgerald of Baltinoran. They had two sons Thomas who inherited Donore and Lattin who inherited Soho House. In 1831 Thomas’ son Percy Fitzgerald Nugent was created a baronet and was MP for Westmeath 1847-1852. He was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £80. The Nugents were still resident in the early 20th century. O’Brien writes that the house was given to the Franciscan Community of Multyfarnham from whom it was purchased by the Land Commission. The house fell into disrepair and was demolished in the 1960s. | |
| 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. |
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| Soho (Multyfarnham) | Soho, an early 19th century three-bay two-storey house, is named on the first edition OS map. Inherited by Lattin Fitzgerald, a younger son of Catherine Nugent of Donore and her husband Pierce Fitzgerald, who occupied the house in 1814. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was the residence of Peter Nugent Fitzgerald, valued at £15.15 and held from Sir Percy Nugent of Donore. The house was occupied by Mrs Margaret Fitzgerald’s gardener Edward Fay in 1901 and by Colonel Edward Irwin and family in 1911. Soho is still a family home. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. | |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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/ |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. | |
| 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’. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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/ |
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| 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. |
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| Clondalever House | Clondalever House is marked on the first edition OS map, but expanded and named on the 25 inch map. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was valued at £14, occupied by Edward Hope, who held it from George W Mansell or Maunsell (Oakley Park). A house is still located on this site. | |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Hilltown | Hilltown House, built in front of the ruins of a castle, is a three-bay three-storey over basement Palladian country house, built about 1780, possibly by William Webb. It was the home of William Webb in 1814 and in 1837. Valued at £26 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by George Webb and held from Lady Oranmore [and Browne]. Members of the Webb family were still resident in the early 20th century and O’Brien writes that the estate was acquired by the Land Commission. The house is still a private residence. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. | |
| Gore Port [Derrymacegan] | In the 1850s Captain Alexander Walker was leasing this property from the Gore estate when it was valued at £15. It is labelled Derrymacegan on the 1st edition OS map but as Gore Port on subsequent editions. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests the earlier part of the property dates from the mid 18th century and the later part from the early 19th century. O'Brien suggests that it was Captain Walker who built the later building, c.1835. Sir Samuel Walker, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1892-95, was born at Gort Port in 1832. The house is still extant. | |
| Annis Grove | This property was valued at almost £10 at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s when it was leased by Patrick Lynch from the Gore estate. O'Brien states that it was occupied by the Lynch family from at least the early nineteenth until the last quarter of the twentieth century. He indicates that it was originally known as Money, from the townland in which it is situated. It is now a ruin. | |
| Tullystown | At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s James McCullagh was leasing this property from the Duke of Buckingham’s estate when it was valued at £11. It was still in the McCullough family in 1906 with the same valuation. O'Brien records that Tullystown was damaged by fire in 2013 and gives an account of the various buildings that have existed at this site. |
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| Carlanstown | At the time of Griffiths Valuation Wiilliam McCullogh was leasing this property from the Duke of Buckingham’s estate when it was valued at £13. It is located close to the site of Carlanstown Castle and labelled Carlanstown House on the 25-inch Ordnance survey map. O'Brien suggests it was built c,1830. Both he and the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage provide extensive details of its associations with older structures at the site and the connections with the Nugent family. Carlanstown is still extant and occupied. |
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| Gaulstown House (Fore) | The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests this house was built about 1730. At the time of Griffiths Valuation it was occupied by Andrew Mulligan, leasing from Hubert de Burgh’s estate, when it was valued at £21. It had previously been the seat of the Lill family who had succeeded to de Burgh property and adopted that surname. The house is labelled Gaulstown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map. It is still extant. |
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| Castletown Cottage | At the time of Griffiths Valuation this property was held in fee by Samuel Reynell when it was valued at almost £8. O'Brien suggests that the original property was built c.1840. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage indicates it was extended in the mid C19. The Valuation Office books of 1841 noted a house valued at almost £7 in this townland, then occupied by James Campbell. The house is labelled Castletown Cottage on the 25-inch edition OS map of the early C20. It is still extant and in use. |
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| Lickbla House [ Rockbrook](Fore) | Thomas Fagan was leasing this property from James Fallon at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s when it was valued at almost £19 and included a mill. In 1906 it was the property of Patrick J. Fagan and valued at almost £21. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests that it dates from c.1800 but with later modifications. It is labelled Rockbrook on the 1st edition OS map but as Lickbla House on later editions and is still extant and occupied. |
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| Newcastle (Fore) | Walter Keating was occupying Newcastle at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s when it was leased from the Urquhart estate and valued at £19. In 1839 the Valuation Office Books indicate that George Keating was the occupier with a valuation of £23. It is still extant. | |
| Derrya | At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s William Pollard Urquhart was leasing a herd’s house at this location from the estate of Richard Pakenham, when it was valued at almost £11. The Valuation Office books of 1839 noted the owner as Captain William Pakenham and the valuation was £12. The Untenanted Demesnes survey of 1906 indicates it belonged to Hugh P. Wilson and was valued at over £10. The building is still extant but derelict. | |
| Turbotstown [Turbotstown House] | The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests that the present house at Turbotstown was built in the early decades of the nineteenth century, on the site of an earlier house. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s it was held in fee by Gerald Dease when the buildings were valued at £80. In 1906 it was still the property of Major Gerald Dease and valued at £84. It was occupied by the Dease family until the 20th century and is still extant. O'Brien provides a detailed account of this house and its occupants. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map it is labelled Turbotstown House but on the 25-inch edition of the early 20th century it is labelled Turbotston. |
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| Lakeview House (Fore) | John Smith was leasing this property from Reverend Thomas Smith at the time of Griffiths Valuation when it was valued at £15. The Valuation Office books of 1838 state that the house then held by Reverend Thomas Smith was valued at £16. It is still extant and in use. | |
| Mayne Glebe [Mayne Rectory] | Mayne Rectory was leased by Reverend William Eames from the estate of Reverend Thomas Smith at the time of Griffiths Valuation when it was valued at £8. In 1839, the Valuation Office books recorded that it was occupied by Reverend Richard Handy and had a valuation of almost £9. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built c.1812. It is still extant and in use. |
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