1868 – Bessmount, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
Architect: William Barre
Originally a relatively conventional Georgian residence,
Originally a relatively conventional Georgian residence,
Previously known as Rockfield until rebuilt in 1860 by Colonel J.G.
A medium sized country house, originally finished in brick,
“This week we give an illustration of Ballycraigy Manor,
Built for Major-General Francis Plunkett Dunne in 1869,
Originally a hunting lodge of ca 1750,
Extended and altered for Charles Talbot Ponsonby in 1867.
Home to the Bindon, Phelps, Massey,
Originally built in the 1780s by the McClintock family and called Newtown House.
“The lithograph illustration given with the present number is of a hose just completed,