Landed Estates
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Roadstown

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 11 houses.

Houses within 5km of Roadstown

Displaying 11 houses.

House name Description
Chaffpool Chaffpool House was the centre of the Armstrong estate in the 19th century having previously belonged to the Somers family. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by Catherine Armstrong and was valued at £35. In 1906 it was occupied by the representatives of Edward Armstrong and was valued at £49. It was also recorded as a seat of the Armstrong family by Lewis in 1837. Extensive remains of walled garden, stable and a later (c.1890s) house remain. Photo of Chaffpool
Doobeg At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property at Doobeg consisted of a herd's house, valued at over £1, together with over 300 acres, and was in the ownership of Robert McAlpine. In the later nineteenth century it was lived in by the Phibbs family. Doobeg house is still extant and occupied as a family home.
Flower Hill Flower Hill was being leased by Magdalene Irwin from the Perceval estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £3. The Irwins had a modest house at this location and in the 1820s set about building a larger property. Due to debt and court proceedings it was never finished and remains a roofless ruin.
Doocastle Cottage In Griffith's Valuation Joseph M. McDonnell held Doocastle Cottage from John B. Lindsey [of Turin Castle, barony of Kilmaine] when it was valued at £10. It is now a ruin.
Kilturra At the time of Griffith's Valuation Joseph Verscoyle was leasing a property valued at £6 together with over 300 acres to Bartholomew McGettrick, at Kilturra, barony of Corran. This later became the residence of John Ormsby Cooke. It was partially damaged by fire in 1920 and Cooke eventually abandoned the property which became derelict. It was demolished in the 1930s.
Powellsborough At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Abraham Powell, was leasing a property at Powellsborough, barony of Leyny, valued at £5 together with almost 400 acres from Edward Powell, In 1906 James J. Powell was the owner of buildings valued at £12 at Powellsborough, barony of Leyny. The Congested Districts Board later acquired over 50 acres of this estate. The house is still extant but derelict.
Knockalass House At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Patrick Graham was leasing a house at Knockalass, barony of Corran, valued at £5 together with 75 acres from the Gore Booth estate. McTernan notes that the Grahams were initially tenants and later owners in fee. Photo of Knockalass House
Leitrim House (Achonry) The 1st edition OS map indicates "Leitrim House (in ruins)" at Leitrim South, barony of Leyny. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Kane was leasing 85 acres here from the Ormsby Gore estate though the herd's house on the property only had a valuation of 5s.
Achonry House John Docker was leasing Achonry House from the Armstrong estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8. McTernan states that local tradition suggests the house was built by Docker when he leased the property from the Armstrongs. It was subsequently occupied, until the 1930s, by the Gorman family. It is still extant and has recently been renovated.
Larkhill A late nineteenth century house which replaced an earlier residence on an adjacent site. Held by the Greer family from the Perceval estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £1. The property was later acquired by the Bell family who built the existing house. Purchased in the twentieth century by the Taylor family and still extant and occupied.
Quarryfield McTernan notes that Robert Howes of Bunninadden and Quarryfield married Jane Irwin of Mount Irwin in 1754. Subsequently the then house at Quarryfield alternated between Howes and Irwins. In the 1840s the property was purchased by Col.Perceval of Templehouse and later in the nineteenth century by the Coopers of Markree, by whom the present house was built in 1887. The house had a number of owners since and is still extant and occupied. Photo of Quarryfield