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Windfield

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 38 houses.

Houses within 10km of Windfield

Displaying 38 houses.

House name Description
Barbersfort Originally a Bermingham residence, sold to the Ruttledges in 1816 and recorded as the seat of Mrs. Rutledge in 1894. Burnt down in the 1920s apparently by accident. A new house was built on part of the site which adjoins the old farmyard. Now the home of the Dunlevy family. Photo of Barbersfort
Monivea An O'Kelly tower house, acquired by the ffrenches in the early 17th century, who made additions in the 18th century. Held in fee by Robert French at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £40. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of Acheson French. In 1938 it was bequeathed by Kathleen French to the State as a home for artists, subsequently demolished and now only the original tower remains. A mausoleum, modelled on the tower house and constructed at the end of the nineteenth century, is located in the adjacent woodland. Photo of Monivea
Abbert In 1786, Wilson refers to Abbert as the seat of Mr. Blakeney. Occupied by David Watson Ruttledge at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £35. Slater refers to Abbert as the seat of John Blakeney in 1894. A new house has been built at the site but the ruins of the original outbuildings still exist. Photo of Abbert
Ballina Occupied by Henry Blake at the time of Griffith's Valuation and by Martin J. Blake nephew of Martin Joseph Blake of Ballyglunin, Member of Parliament for the borough of Galway. Now a ruin. Photo of Ballina
Culliagh North [Knockmoy Abbey] Occupied by Robert Blake Forster leasing from Martin J. Blake, at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £10. It is still extant and occupied. Melvin notes that it was also known as Knockmoy Abbey. Photo of Culliagh North [Knockmoy Abbey]
Hillsbrook The home of a branch of the Kirwans of Cregg in the first half of the 19th century. Occupied by Henry Campbell at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at over £20. It is no longer extant. Photo of Hillsbrook
Prospect House John Donnellan was leasing this property from the Kirwan estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £4. It is labelled Prospect House on the 25-inch Ordnance Map of the 1890s. Occupied until 1977, now used for storage. Photo of Prospect House
Moyne Built in the first half of the 19th century by Michael J. Browne who was forced to sell his estate in the mid 1850s when the house was described as ‘a magnificent pile of Grecian architecture of the Doric order’. John Stratford Kirwan bought the house and demesne in 1857 from Edward Browne who had purchased it in 1855. Kirwan advertised it for sale again in 1865. It was eventually sold to the Waithmans who later purchased Merlin Park. In 1912 the house became a hospice for infirm priests and in the 1930s was taken over by the Sacred Heart Missionaries. Since 1972 it has been the home of a number of people, including the broadcaster and poet George MacBeth and the singer Donovan. A floor plan and lithographs of the house are included in the various sale rentals. Photo of Moyne
Vermount Also known as Munine or Moneen, the house was described as 'in ruins' on the Ordnance Survey 6 inch map (1932), following its burning in 1923. Extensive outbuildings are still in use and part of the yard is now a residence. McHale writes that this was, in fact, the original house. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests that the family occupied this building while Vermont House was being constructed. In 1786, Wilson refers to a house called "Munnine" as a seat of Mr. French. Photo of Vermount
Mountsilk This property was held in fee by Michael O'Kelly at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £6. A later house seems to have been constructed by the time the 25-inch Ordnance map was published in the 1890s. This house is no longer extant though a farm still exists at Mount Silk. Photo of Mountsilk
Mounthazel Occupied by Catherine Mahon at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £45. Mounthazel may be the property referred to by Wilson in 1786 as Bunrea, the seat of Mr. Davies. Demolished in 1945 though traces of the walled garden remain. Photo of Mounthazel
Elmhill Occupied by Edward Rochfort in 1814. By the time of Griffith's Valuation there was no house with a valuation of more than £1.18 shillings in the townland. The 25-inch map of the 1890s shows a later building called Elmhill House slightly north of the original building. There is still an extant house at the site. Photo of Elmhill
Mountbernard Home of Bernard Browne in the 1830s. Occupied by James C. [Leslie] Foster at the time of Griffith's Valuation, leasing from Andrew Browne, when the house was valued at £35 Foster was married to Henrietta, daughter of Sir Ross Mahon of Castlegar. The house is now in ruins. Photo of Mountbernard
Cooloo Cottage In 1786 Wilson mentions "Coreloo" as the seat of Mr. Browne. Occupied by James O'Connor in 1814. Held in fee by Edward Browne at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £25. It became the home of Michael O'Kelly in the latter half of the 19th century. Cooloo is still extant and occupied
Carrownacregg West Originally a Concannon house, sold to the Brownes in 1851 when it was in need of repair and to the Hughes family in the early 20th century. The original house is no longer extant. Photo of Carrownacregg West
Waterloo House In 1786, Wilson refers to a house in this area as Fair-Hill, the seat of Mr. French. Waterloo was the home of the Concannons from the 1820s to the early 20th century. It was held in fee by Edmund Concannon at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at over £20. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Waterloo House
Moat Lodge Built by the Digby family in the mid 19th century. Home of the Gilmores in the mid 20th century and now of Mr and Mrs Jarlath Donnellon. In the Blake of Ballyglunin Papers Thomas Murphy in a letter to Martin J. Blake dated 1837, refers to his involvement in the building of a house at Moate for Mr Digby, National Archives M6936/38/29. Photo of Moat Lodge
Cross House Built in the early 19th century and the home of the Evans family afterwards. The walls of the house and extensive farm buildings still remain alongside some modern farm buildings. Photo of Cross House
Corrandoo House This property was granted to the ffrenches in the late 17th century in lieu of Monivea Occupied by the Reverend Mr Marsh in the 1770s sand 1780s, by M. Dowdall in the 1830s and Thomas Kenny at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £10. It is no longer extant. Photo of Corrandoo House
Glennagloughaun North A building valued at £12 was occupied by Digby French at the time of Griffith's Valuation, this may have been the old charter school marked on the first Ordnance Survey map. The latter building appears to have fallen into disuse by the 1890s and the site is now occupied by a farm supply stores.
Corgary or Corgerry The house known as Corgary was part of the Joyce estate. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Eleanor Morgan, leasing from Walter Joyce, and valued at £30. It was shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s but labelled "in ruins" on the 6-inch map of 1932.
Newtown The home of the Kelly family in the 19th century, sold to Major Frederick Carr in the early 1930s and sold again in the late 1960s. The house has had a number of owners in the intervening years and is well maintained. It was offered for sale in 2007. Photo of Newtown
Farmhill Joseph Kelly was leasing a property valued at almost £10 from Charles Kelly at Farmhill, barony of Tiaquin, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house still exists at this site.
Killaclogher House/Spring Park This property is labelled Spring Park on the First edition Ordnance Survey map and as Killaclogher House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It was the main home of the Kenney family in the 18th and 19th centuries. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at over £16 and held in fee by James C. Kenny. The house is no longer extant. Photo of Killaclogher House/Spring Park
Summerville/Thomastown Home of Dominick G. Bodkin in 1814. The Bodkins intermarried with the Kilkellys. In 1855 the mansion house was described as 3 storeys high and in good repair. By the 1870s John Lyons of Summerville, Moylough, owned 218 acres in county Galway. In 1906 another source records Summerville, valued at £13.10 shillings, as occupied by John Lyons. Renovated in 2006 by its present owner Pat Lyons. Photo of Summerville/Thomastown
Cloverfield Joseph E. Nolan was resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £4. It appears to have become ruinous by the time of the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s.
Ryehill Ryehill House was built in the early part of the 19th century and was still occupied in 1906 by a member of the Roche family. Unroofed in the mid 1950s only the impressive gateway and yard buildings still remain. Photo of Ryehill
Colmanstown Originally a French property which became a Quaker settlement. Griffith's Valuation describes the buildings as a herd's and steward's house occupied by Edward Barrington and partners and then valued at £30. Buildings on both sides of the road mark the site of Colmanstown. Only the walls remain of some of these buildings, others are still in use. Photo of Colmanstown
Tiaquin At the time of the Burke sale in 1851 the house was described as an 'old fashioned cottage style' type of building. A gable end of the house still stands with the nearby farm buildings still in use. Photo of Tiaquin
Creeraun At the time of Griffith's Valuation the townland was held by Margaret O'Kelly and the house and some land was occupied by Anthony O'Kelly. In the sale particulars of Creeraun in 1889 the house is marked on the map as 'in ruins'. Photo of Creeraun
Lakeview Built by the Carr family and occupied by Michael Carr at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £13. A house is shown though not labelled on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map. It is named as Lakeview House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Lakeview is still extant. Photo of Lakeview
Mountbellew A three storey house built in the 18th century. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Michael Belew. Extensively renovated in the mid 19th century and valued at £80 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was demolished in the late 1930s. Photo of Mountbellew
Moyloughmore The O'Rorkes lived in the rectory at Moylough. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Reverend John O'Rorke was leasing a property valued at £11 from Charles O'Rorke. The rectory is still extant. Photo of Moyloughmore
Castle Bellew Occupied by Peter Geraghty in the mid 1850s when it was valued at almost £9, this house is labelled as Castle Bellew House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It is no longer extant with some ruins remaining at the site.
Hampstead Built in the mid-18th century. In 1814 Hampstead House was the residence of John Bodkin. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of F.Davis. In 1853 it was occupied by Thomas Pilkington Davies who was leasing it from George Davies. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by the Morgan family to Martin Blake. In 1906 it is recorded as being part of the estate of James Johnston. It is now a ruin. Photo of Hampstead
Springlawn Occupied by John W. Maunsell at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £5. This house is no longer extant.
Clogherboy Cottage David Rutledge was leasing a house valued at over £8 to James Kealy at Clogerboy, barony of Clare, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house was later known as Cahergal. There is still a building extant at this site. Photo of Clogherboy Cottage
Ashfield (Tiaquin) IN 1786, Wilson refers to Ashfield as the seat of Mr. Blakeney. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map a tree-lined avenue and buildings are shown but not named. None of the buildings are visible today though a portion of the avenue remains.