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.
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.
1829 – Rathkenny House, Cootehill, Co. Cavan
Architect: William Farrell
A sizeable four-square Regency-style house built in the late 1820s for Theophilus Lucas-Clements to the design of William Farrell.
1837 – Bishop’s Palace, Kilmore, Co. Cavan
Architect: William Farrell
Described in the late 1830s: “The new palace is built in the Grecian Doric style and covered with Roman cement.
1840 – Castle Saunderson, Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Castle Saunderson is a large castellated mansion in a Tudor-Revival style. The majority of the structure dates from 1840, architect unknown,
1860s – The Castle, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Victorian house, the home of the 1st and indeed last Lord Lisgar, who was Governor of New South Wales, and later Governor-General of Canada.
