Monday, 15 March 2021

Where in the County (9) 'Big Houses'

 Welcome to our 9th 'Where in the County', this time we look at some of the 'big houses' in the county, some well-known, while some of the photos come from different angles.

Hope you enjoy the St Patrick's Day and keep well, greetings from Dundalk, that has taken on a green look!


Answers
There are some further details and links for the houses at the end.



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Anaverna
McClelland - Thompson 1807+
Built by Baron McClelland. Owned by the Thompsons after 1831. M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13900424/anaverna-house-anaverna-ravensdale-co-louth

Ardee House

Red Brick Georgian House built c. 1780 for the Ruxton family

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13823035/ardee-district-hospital-townparks-ardee-by-ardee-co-louth


Ball's Grove
Ball 1720+
M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.


Ballsgrove House was built for the High Sheriff of Louth George Ball. It stands on an elevated site to the south-west of Drogheda town and is a mid-eighteenth-century house. The fine entrance gate to the north of Ballsgrove House, once created a prominent entrance way and still stands is a prominent landmark in Drogheda.

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13621018/ballsgrove-house-ballsgrove-drogheda-county-louth

 

Barmeath Castle
Bellew 1750+
Enlarged 1839 by Sir Patrick Bellew. M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13901817/barmeath-castle-barmeath-co-louth

 

Beaulieu
Tichborne - Montgomery 1667+
Built by Sir William Tichborne. M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988. J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, II, 1855, 95. D. Guiness, Irish Houses, 1971, 241. T.U. Sadleir, Georgian Mansions in Ireland, 1915, 17.

https://beaulieuhouse.ie/a-short-history-of-beaulieu/

 

Bellurgan

Tipping

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13900746/bellurgan-house-bellurgan-county-louth

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/argus/news/restoring-tippings-estate-26946189.html

https://www.bellurganpark.ie/

 

Carstown
Plunkett 1612
Still intact? M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13902116/carstown-house-carstown-co-louth

 

Castle Bellingham
Bellingham 1700+
Acquired by Col Thomas Bellingham. Burned before Battle of the Boyne. New house built ca. 1700. Remodelled ca. 1780. M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988. J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, I, 1854, 134,

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13826003/bellingham-castle-castlebellingham-castlebellingham-castlebellingham-co-louth

Castletown Castle, Dundalk
Bellew - Boyne - Eastwood 1550+
Passed to Viscount Boyne; acquired by James Eastwood 1837. M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988. See: 

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13900737/dun-luigagh-castletown-dundalk-co-louth

http://davidhicksbook.blogspot.com/2013/04/castletown-house-dundalk-co.html

Castletown Castle House and Castle are now part of Dun Lughaidh Convent and secondary school. Richard Bellew built a tower house in the fifteenth century at Castletown where the family lived until the period of the Battle of Boyne and Aughrim. In 1740, Edward Tipping had acquired the castle with the surrounding lands and built a Georgian house adjacent to the castle. By 1784, the Tipping family had left Castletown and it was purchased by John Eastwood from Armagh. when he died in 1790, his son James, a clergyman, inherited the property. He died in 1808 and Charles Eastwood was the next occupant.

Collon

https://www.collonhouse.com/

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/building-of-the-month/collon-house-drogheda-street-collon-td-collon-county-louth/

 

Drumcar
McClintock 1777
Built by John McClintock, MP (d. 1799). M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988. J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, I, 1854, 49.

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13901503/saint-john-of-god-residence-drumcar-co-louth

Glyde Court
Foster 1780+
Remodelled 19 cent. M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.


see the interesting detail and more photos on Conor Kenny's facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/stephenstown66/posts/1945930032392596

 

Killineer

Harpur, Carroll

http://www.killineerhouse.ie/Killineer/Home.html

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/garden/LH0041/killineer-house-co-louth

https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/killineer/

 

Knock Abbey/ Thomastown
O'Reilly 1600+
Tower house with 18 cent. additions. Library. Burned 1920 (including books). M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13901130/knock-abbey-thomastown-co-louth

 

Lissrenny
Filgate 1788+
Built by William Filgate. M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.


https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13901418/lisrenny-house-lisrenny-co-louth

 

Louth Hall
Plunkett 1760+
Built on to orig. castle. M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13901426/louth-hall-louth-hall-co-louth

 

Maine

Smith Stafford ...

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/garden/LH0047/maine-house-co-louth

 

Mount Oriel / New Mellifont

Collon: New Mellifont Monastery

A large demesne laid out for Anthony Foster from the mid 18th century with an ornamental building at its centre, a small but impressive Doric temple, Oriel Temple is now within the present Cistercian Monastery. 

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/garden/LH0021/new-mellifont-abbey-co-louth

 

Mount Pleasant / Mount Oliver

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13900414/mount-oliver-convent-culfore-co-louth


Richardstown

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13901712/richardstown-castle-richardstown-co-louth

Richardstown House comprises a 14c. or 15c. castle and the house got its Georgian look c. 1770. The house contains within its fabric, a substantial part of a tower house, likely dating to the fifteenth century. It is described as a castle and bawn (notes of the late Padraig Faulkner 2012, 78) and it was in the ownership of John White in 1657 prior to the start of the Cromwellian confiscations in the Barony of Ardee. It was granted to Sir William Aston during this period and following the restoration, he obtained confirmation of his title to the property. Aston held various legal positions including that of treasurer at the King's Inns (1665-9). During this time he resided in Dublin while his country residence was at Richardstown (Ball 1926, 346). In 1689 Thomas Aston was declared an ‘absentee’ by the Jacobites. The Dartrey papers at PRONI contain title deeds and other papers (1710-1780) relating to the lands of Richardstown (& some nearby townlands), sold by William Brownlow of Lurgan to Alderman Richard Dawson in 1753. The papers also contain quit rent receipts to Alexander Henry, Viscount Cremorne's County Louth agent, relating to lands in the barony of Ardee (1784-95). Richardstown was sold to Alexander Henry before he died in 1796.

 

Rokeby Hall
Robinson 1788+
Built by Richard Robinson, Archbishop of Armagh and 1st Lord Rokenby. M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988. J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, II, 1855, 221. C. Campbell, Vitruvius Britannicus, III, 1725.

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13901802/rokeby-hall-rokeby-co-louth

http://www.rokeby.ie/

 

Stameen

Cairnes, now the Boyne Valley Hotel.

https://www.boynevalleyhotel.ie/en/

 

Townley Hall
Balfour 1794+
Built by Blayney Balfour. Library. Sold to Trinity College Dublin in 1956. M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13902414/townley-hall-townleyhall-co-louth

 

 Toberdoney

Toberdoney came into the ownership of the Henry family in the early 1860s. Francis (Frank) Henry, after his marriage in 1860 to Louisa Braddel, bought the land in Toberdoney, that was later owned by his son, John Henry (c. 1862-1930) who married Mary Florence, daughter of William Cole Bayly of Ardristan, Tullow, Co Carlow.

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13901714/toberdoney-house-toberdoney-county-louth

https://www.airbnb.ie/rooms/23159378?source_impression_id=p3_1616367400_DU0vunl4MnZ1zV63

 








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