13th C. – Drumlane Priory, Co. Cavan
The remains of a 13th century church and round tower. St Mary’s Priory was established here on the northern banks of Garfiney Lough in the 12th century for Augustinian Canons.
Architecture of Cavan
1730 – Bellamont Forest, Cootehill, Co. Cavan
Architect: Sir Edward Lovett Pearce
Built between 1725 and 1730 for Thomas Coote, once Lord Justice of Ireland, and designed by Coote’s gifted nephew,
1733 – Ballyhaise Agriculture College, Co. Cavan
Architect: Richard Cassels
Ballyhaise House was built for the Newburghs, a local landowning family, in the 1730s. Richard Cassels (1690-1751) was of German origin and also known as Richard Castle.
1795 – 1st Bailieborough Presbyterian Church, Corglass, Co. Cavan
Corglass Congregation was founded in 1714. Still in use today.
1802 – Farnham House, Co. Cavan
Architect: Francis Johnston
A large addition around 1802 by Francis Johnston gave the house its current form today. This is the latter day surviving Farnham House,
1805 – Lismore Lodge, Crossdoney, Co. Cavan
Lismore Lodge is a very attractive early c1800 period house and gate lodge. The main house with six bays and two storey extends to 9,680 sq ft and is bound by a large stone wall.
1808 – Cabra Castle, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan
The current Cabra Castle was constructed in a mixture of a neo-Norman-style and the more decoratively-based Gothick-style in the first decade of the 19th-century.
1810 – Lanesborough Lodge, Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Constructed around 1810 for the Cavendish Butler family, and extended to rear in 1846. Burned out in the early 1920s and now an ivy-clad ruin.
1810s – Hollywell Lodge, Lough Sheelin, Co. Cavan
From; J.P. Neale, Views of the seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, vol.VI, London, 1823
“HOLLYWELL LODGE is situated on Lough -Shellin,
1819 – Church of Ireland, Cootehill, Co. Cavan
Built in 1819, the church replaced an earlier parish church in Church Street. The church contains a memorial to Charles Coote Esq.
