The original structure was built as a hunting lodge for the 2nd Earl of Kingston around 1780.

[1][2] In the 1850s, the Kingstons were forced to sell off vast amounts of their landed estate due to debts, including the lodge and approximately 20,000 acres (81 km2)surrounding it.

The building was remodeled and expanded c.1892 when its new owner Abel Buckley inherited the estate from his brother Nathaniel, he had previously purchased sole ownership in 1873.

Tobin of Glanworth, County Cork, who wished to use the stone and the slates to build a new church in his parish.

[5][2] Today very little is left on the site of the former house; some of the lower base foundations are all that remain.