Rockenham, Passage West, Co Cork   

Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.    

p. 243. “(Johnson/LGI1912) A very attractive two storey Regency house on the edge of a cliff above Lough Mahon. Entrance front consisting of a three sided bow separated by one bay from a one bay rectangular projection framed by strip pilasters, and a single-storey bow fronted wing. Round headed windows in lower storey of main block and wing; round-headed entrance doorway, with hood moulding on female head corbesl…Garden front, facing the water, with three bay pedimented projection and three sided bow. Hall with early C19 ceiling rosette, separated by a screen of grey marble Ionic columns from an elliptical staircase hall, in which there is a slightly curving stair with an iron balustrade. Octagon room with views up and down river. Drawing room with early C19 cornice and ceiling rosette painted in the original colouring of grens, greys and reds; recess at one end with yellow scagliola columns; doors with unusual round-headed panels. Library in single-storey wing, curved wall, recessed bookcases with scroll pediments and Gothic shaped openings. Originally the seat of Johnson family; afterwards sold to the Abbott family. Subsequent owners included Col Lindsay and Mrs Doreen Walmsley. Now owned by Mrs Mary Kenneally.”