Termon House

The Alexanders of Termon were kinsmen of the Alexanders, Earls of Caledon.

THE REV SAMUEL ALEXANDER (1808-89), Rector of Termonmaguirc, County Tyrone, 1851-56, married, in 1839, Charlotte Frances, daughter of the Rev Charles Cobbe Beresford (son of the Rt Hon John de la Poer Beresford), and had issue,

John Adam (1854-1907);

CHARLES MURRAY, of whom we treat;

Henry George Samuel;

Amelia Henrietta; Charlotte Frances Selina; Frances Sophia.

The second son,

CHARLES MURRAY ALEXANDER JP (1845-1902), of Termon House, Carrickmore, County Tyrone, and Enagh, County Londonderry, Colonel, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, wedded, in 1888, Mary Anna Catherine, daughter of Robert William Lowry, of Pomeroy House, County Tyrone, and had issue,

CHARLES ADAM MURRAY, his heir;

Charlotte Frances; Mary Anna Catherine Letitia; Emily Geale Hester Lowry.

Colonel Alexander's son and heir,

CHARLES ADAM MURRAY ALEXANDER MC JP DL (1889-1958), of Termon House, and Pomeroy House, both in County Tyrone, married, in 1918, Gladys Sylvia MacGregor, daughter of Major Thomas MacGregor Greer, and had issue,

Evelyn Ruth Dorinda Mary;

Margaret Sylvia Daphne.

Termon House (Image: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society)

TERMON HOUSE, Carrickmore, County Tyrone, is a late-Georgian mansion of 1815.

It comprises three storeys, and was built as a glebe house for the Rev Charles Cobbe Beresford.

Termon: rear elevation (Image: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society)

This glebe house, which served as the rectory and vicarage for the parish of Termonmaguirc, was in the diocese of Armagh, and in the patronage of the Marquess of Waterford.

It cost £3,293 to build in 1815, equivalent to about £243,000 in 2024.

Termon House's entrance front comprises three bays, with a projecting porch; while the rear elevation has four bays, with two large windows on the ground floor.

Termon ca 1900 (Image: historic OS map).  Click to enlarge.

Following the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland in 1869, Termon was inherited by the Rector's youngest daughter, Charlotte Frances Beresford (1812-90), wife of the Rev Samuel Alexander. 

The Alexander’s sold Termon in the mid-1980s.

Is Termon House vacant or derelict today and when was it last inhabited?