Templeview House Sligo

Описание: Templeview House, a well-known building outside of Easkey in County Sligo, can be seen from the road via openings in the high stone wall that encloses it. But most people will be surprised to learn that this abandoned house in the Sligo countryside has an interesting connection because the funds used to build it came from Mexico. Large characteristic bargeboards that give the house what estate agents today refer to as "kerb appeal" are described as being a gentleman's residence. Many people who aspire to restore this home to its former splendour admire it. Members of the Hale family from Easkey travelled across the Atlantic Ocean in the 1800s, which is seen from the rear elevation. They were exceedingly wealthy men when they returned to their country of origin, and they showed off their fortune by erecting Templeview house.

In the nineteenth century, Peter Hale, a native of Easkey in County Sligo who had immigrated to Mexico, erected Templeview, which was connected to the Hale family. An intriguing glimpse into the fortune of the man who built Templeview can be found in his 1864 will. According to the document, he bequeaths all of his real and personal property in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mexico to his nephew James Hale of Matamoras, Mexico, with the exception of $5,000, which was to be divided among his family and charitable causes. Over the course of his more than 20 years in the Republic of Mexico, Peter Hale spent the most of that time managing Hale & Co. at Matamoras, which had been in operation for more than a century. James Hale, Peter's nephew, managed the business for an additional fifteen years after Peter retired. In Northern Mexico, Hale & Co. was one of the first businesses to set up cotton plants, and at the time of Peter's passing, the business still held significant interests there. The Milmo family, who owned D. Milmo & Co. in Webb County, Texas, was related to the Hales family, a wealthy and well-connected family. Patrick Milmo, a Hale family relation, finally rose to the position of president of the Bank of Mexico.
County the 1850s, Peter Hale relocated to Easkey County Sligo and paid £4,100 for the Irwin estate in the townland of Killeenduff in the Landed Estate Court. Peter constructed the structure afterwards known as Templeview in 1855, but because of his early demise, James also became the legal heir to both his Irish and Mexican estates. The 54-acre demesne around Templeview in Easkey was encircled by a high wall and could be entered by a neighbouring gate and gate lodge that matched the design of the home. When Peter Hale passed away, his estate in Ireland was worth £7,000.

The home has persisted in its abandoned condition, and in recent years, the degradation of this once-grand property has quickened. As each winter goes by, the roof's condition worsens as a result of growing water infiltration holes that are degrading what's left of the roof's original interior.
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