Maps, plans, and printed sale papers, relating to Cronebane, alias Castle Howard, Avoca, Co. Wicklow.
Photographs and negatives of Castle Howard and Avoca village in County Wicklow. The file includes seventeen copies of the same photograph and two aerial photographs of Castle Howard, which was the residence of Sheelah and Langlois Massy Lefroy. The file also includes negatives of a woman [Sheelah Lefroy] fishing on the River Avoca.
This series relates mainly to Sheelah Lefroy and her husband Langlois Lefroy.
Castle Howard was purchased by Langlois Lefroy circa 1924, who in that year would have been flush with the capital which his wife, Sheelah's marriage settlement, brought to them. . He sold Cronebane in 1954, on inheriting Carrigglas Manor, Longford, Co. Longford, from his elder brother, and died in 1957, when his widow, Sheelah, née Trench, moved back to Loughton to live with her unmarried sister, Thora. The last item in the box is a statement of account for 1957-1958 showing the value of the late Langlois Lefroy's and his wife, Sheelah's, investments under the provisions of her marriage settlement of 1924.
Lefroy, Langlois MassyResearch on Castlearmstrong Fortified House, Co. Offaly (Parish of Lemanagh, Barony of Garrycastle). County Inventory Registration: 869.
Contains field sheet with sketches of exterior and interior elevations, a written report over seventeen pages and 139 photographs.
Research on Castlefield "Ballymacadam" Castle Site, Co. Offaly (Parish of Letterluna, Barony of Ballybritt). County Inventory Registration: 899.
Contains a field sheet with details to level of preservation, nature of surviving structures, earthworks and cartographic evidence. Incl. sketch of a site plan, a written report over one page and two photographs.
Research on Castlefield House, Co. Offaly (Parish of Letterluna, Barony of Ballybritt). County Inventory Registration: 950.
Contains field sheet, a written report over two pages and nine photographs.
Research on Castleroan Tower House, Co. Offaly (Parish of Dunkerrin, Barony of Clonlisk). County Inventory Registration: 832.
Contains field sheet with details to level of preservation, nature of surviving structures, walls, earthworks and detailed measurements. Incl. a sketch of the site, a written report over two pages (note with need to revisit the site as most of recorded data lost) and 27 photographs.