Newtown House [Newtown Lodge]

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Newtown House [Newtown Lodge]

Displaying 7 houses.

House name	Description
Rockfield/Cromlyn	A house known as Rockfield (N295657) is named on the first edition OS map at the southern end of Glen Lough. The lands and house were leased to John Crawford by Sir Peter Nugent in 1795. Matthew Crawford was resident in 1814. A later house a short distance to the east was built by the Crawfords in the late 1840s according to the sale rental of 2 December 1862, ‘The house, which is a spacious and well-built mansion erected within the last fifteen years at an expense of upwards of £2,000 … The house contains on the basement-story nine rooms, including kitchen, wine-cellar, scullery etc with every accommodation for servants. There are on the first floor four large reception-rooms, one dressing room, two pantries, bath-room etc. On the second floor, seven commodious and well-proportioned sleeping apartments besides bathrooms etc.’ This house was originally known as Rockfield and was valued at £36 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when occupied by Matthew Crawford. The name of the house may have been changed to ‘Cromlyn’ when it was purchased by Charles John Battersby of Ballinalack in 1862. It is named as Cromlyn on the 25 inch map (circa 1914). The house remained in the possession of the Battersby family well into the 20th century.
Castlewilder [Cloghdoo House]	Richard P. O’Reilly, MD, held this property in fee at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s, when it was valued at £30. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map it is labelled Cloghdoo House but as Castlewilder on the 25-inch edition of the early 20th century. The Ordnance Survey Name Books note that the townland at that time (1835) was the property of Mr. Wilder. In 1814 Leet referred to 'Castlewilden' as the seat of John Mangan. The National Built Heritage Service suggests the house and its complex of estate buildings was built in the 18th century but modified in the 1880s.
Foxhall (Ballymahon)	Richard M. Fox held this property in fee at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, when it was valued at £40. The original valuation also noted it as his property in 1839 with a valuation of £39. In 1906 it was owned by the representatives of R.E. Fox. The Ordnance Survey Name Books mention that the demesne contained 38 acres of woodland in the mid-1830s. Leet referred to it as the residence of Richard Fox in 1814. The National Built Heritage Service suggests that the house at Foxhall was demolished in 1946. Estate architecture, including the stables, survives
New Port (Ballymahon)	At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s, Patrick Ross was leasing this property from the Fox estate, when it was valued at almost £9. In 1814 Leet referred to it as the residence of J, Molloy. The Ordnance Survey Name Books mention it as a gentleman's residence belonging to Mr. Fox. The house is labelled New Port on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but does not appear on subsequent maps and is no longer extant.
Sleehaun House	This property is not shown on the 1st edition OS map but is labelled Sleehaun Ho on the 25-inch edition of the early 20th century. It was occupied by Michael Ledwidge at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s when it was valued at £13 and leased from the Fox estate. The National Built Heritage Service suggests it was built c.1850. It is still extant.
Treel House	William Atkinson was occupying Treel House at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, when it and the adjacent mill were valued at £28. The National Built Heritage Service suggests the house was built c.1830. In 1839 the original Valuation Books, however, stated that at that time no house in the townland had a valuation of greater than £5 suggesting that Treel House was enlarged after that date. The Ordnance Survey Name Books noted in 1835 that the townland was then the property of Mr. Fox. Treel is still extant though not in use.
Sunfield House	George Gamerson was leasing this property from the King Harman estate in the 1850s when it was valued at £12. The valuers' original valuation, which also includes a description of all buildings on the site, was over £20. The house is not named on the 1st edition OS map but is labelled Sunfield House on the 25” ed. A substantial farm occupies the site including the original buildings