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.

Cooks Series souvenir post card booklet of Dún Laoghaire, Kingstown. Contains six post cards with images of O'Connell Street, Dublin; George's Street, Dún Laoghaire; Sorrento, Dalkey; New Promenade, Sandcove, Dún Laoghaire; and Bray.

Handwritten extract from 'A guide to the County of Wicklow' published by William Curry, Jun, and company 1835.
The extract describes Avoca and Castle Howard 'Before the tourist leaves this delightful spot, (Avoca), he is recommended to visit C-H (Castle Howard), the seat of Robert Howard, Esq. A handsome bridge of one arch is thrown across the Avonmore, from the battlements of which springs a lofty arched gateway of rustic masonry, bearing on its summit a lion passant, holding an arrow in his mouth (the crest of the Wicklow family, of which Mr. Howard is a member), tolerably executed in soft stone. Passing through this arched way, proceed up the hill to the right, and apply for permission to drive through the demesne : which request is not only never refused, but granted with much politeness. Near the entrance, on the lawn sloping towards the river, stands Mrs. H's (Howard) cottage, the exterior and interior decorations of which are extremely chaste and appropriate ; and close by the cottage, on a little green mound beside a rivulet, which, running beneath a rustic bridge, rolls down several artificial falls, is a model of the castle itself; an extremely beautiful modern building, the design of which is grand, chaste, and picturesque. It unites the ideas of a castle and abbey; nor is Mr. R. Morrison's talent and taste more conspicuous in any of his beautiful works, than in the reconciliation of internal convenience with an irregular outline, which he has so ably and scientifically accomplished at C-H (Castle Howard). The avenue now winds round the hill, or rather rock, for the road is actually cut through a solid rock for the most part of its length, at every step of which is a delightful, extensive, and rich view of the valley of Cronebane, Ballymurtagh, and the M of the W (meeting of the waters). Pursuing the direction of the avenue, you arrive at the castle, standing on the very apex of the mountain, having a great expanse of level ground in front.'

The file also contains a letter from B. Redmond the Wicklow County librarian.

Extract from a lease of the lands of Monksfield in Baltinglass, dated 17 July 1770, between Lord Baltinglass and Samuel King, Brewer of Baltinglass. This lease was given to Elizabeth Cronhelm by her half-brother Sir William Crosbie, sixth baronet.

Deeds of lease and assignments relating to the Charleville estate's holdings of lands and properties outside of King's County - namely, Wicklow, Dublin and Limerick.

Schedule of legal advice provided by Messers Ryan and Parkinson to Edward William Crosbie with the purpose of straightening advising him and his sisters on their claim to the family lands of Kilmurry, part of Crosbie Park (later Slaney Park) in Baltinglass, County Wicklow. This advice lead to an agreement among Edward William Crosbie, and his siblings Sir William Edward Crosbie, Louisa Dorothea Crosbie, and Elizabeth Cronhelm with her husband Henry Clark Cronhelm. There is also an account of the collective cost of the services provided by Messers Ryan and Parkinson.

Letter from Charles Hunt to Henry Clarke Cronhelm at 100 Summer Hill, regarding a deed that serves as claim to the house and garden at Ballinglass.

Documents contained within this file include a copy of an ordnance survey map from 1838 which records the property of the Lefroys at Cronebane. The file also includes a plan of the garden at Cronebane and an inventory of plants