Mount Salem
NAME Mount Salem
AREA LOCATION STILLORGAN
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Galloping Green
South and it is annotated as Mount Salem on both maps.
GENERAL A detached four bay single storey house with part raised basement. It has a rendered
surface finish with rusticated quoins to corners. The central door, which once had a
stone portico is approached by flight of six cut-granite steps, the panelled door has
sidelights below a simple fanlight. Christine Grace Orpen (Kit), daughter of Sir William
Orpen was born here in 1906.
YEAR BUILT circa 1830
VALUATION In 1912 the valuation was 38 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as having 14
rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, Registry of Deeds, Stillorgan Parish
Registers, OSI maps, 3rd Dublin Scouting records, Trove and NAI Census & Wills.
OCCUPANTS
1846 - 1851 James Egan
1852 - 1853 Doctor Knipe
1855 G T Hayden
1858 - 1885 John Ormsby Jones
1885 - 1931 Misses Jones
1935 - 1940 N.E. Allens (Painters and Decorators)
1939 Barbara Knox
1953 House for sale (lease holder)
1959 - 1985 Noel R McGovern (Architect)
STAFF
1901 Annie Fitsimons – General Domestic
Andrew Byrne – Servant
1911 Mary Fagan – General Domestic Servant
Patrick Murphy – Gardener
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2017
AREA LOCATION STILLORGAN
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Galloping Green
South and it is annotated as Mount Salem on both maps.
GENERAL A detached four bay single storey house with part raised basement. It has a rendered
surface finish with rusticated quoins to corners. The central door, which once had a
stone portico is approached by flight of six cut-granite steps, the panelled door has
sidelights below a simple fanlight. Christine Grace Orpen (Kit), daughter of Sir William
Orpen was born here in 1906.
YEAR BUILT circa 1830
VALUATION In 1912 the valuation was 38 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as having 14
rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, Registry of Deeds, Stillorgan Parish
Registers, OSI maps, 3rd Dublin Scouting records, Trove and NAI Census & Wills.
OCCUPANTS
1846 - 1851 James Egan
1852 - 1853 Doctor Knipe
1855 G T Hayden
1858 - 1885 John Ormsby Jones
1885 - 1931 Misses Jones
1935 - 1940 N.E. Allens (Painters and Decorators)
1939 Barbara Knox
1953 House for sale (lease holder)
1959 - 1985 Noel R McGovern (Architect)
STAFF
1901 Annie Fitsimons – General Domestic
Andrew Byrne – Servant
1911 Mary Fagan – General Domestic Servant
Patrick Murphy – Gardener
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2017