Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 17th century
Newtown Lower (gorey By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown Lower (gorey By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WX003-004----
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The National Monuments Service's description
An estate was granted to Sir Richard Cooke in Gorey Barony in 1612, and this was passed on to his son-in-law, Walsingham Cooke, as the manor of Cookestown. By 1621 there was an unfinished stone castle with a stairs tower at the rear. It was sold to Sir George Sexton and Mathew Foard in 1624, and the latter is recorded as in possession of a ruined castle, two mills and a manor house at Ballynowe, which is probably Newtown in the Civil Survey (1654-56) (Simington 1953, 11). He also owned 600 acres, but the exact location of his house is unknown. (Loeber and Stouthamer-Loeber 1987, 195)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 14 February 2012
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Loeber, R. and Stouthamer-Loeber, M. 1987 The lost architecture of the Wexford Plantation. In K. Whelan and W. Nolan (eds), Wexford: history and society, 173-200. Dublin. Geography Publications.