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Woodley Park House
Photograph by kind permission of Geraldine O'Sullivan
NAME                          Woodley House/Woodley Park House/Woodley Villa /Woodley Dower House

AREA LOCATION
        STILLORGAN, Kilmacud Road Upper on the section that runs from Stillorgan Heath to Drummartin link road.
 
MAP LOCATION         OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Kilmacud East and
                                      it is annotated  as Woodley and Woodley/Kilmacud House respectively.  On Taylors map of 1816 is is noted as                                                  Woodley.   Its gatelodge was in between sweetbriar lane and the shops on Drummartin Road.  Land was owned
                                      by John Ladaveze Arabin in the 1840's.  
 
GENERAL                    This house has been added to, divided, added to again and split again.   It had stables, gatelodge a farm and
                                     walled garden. 
              
YEAR BUILT                 c1760
 
VALUATION                In 1921 the valuation was 44 pounds and in the census of 1901 it is noted as having  26 rooms occupied by family. 
     
ARCHITECT                 Unknown but possibly Brassington of Brassington and Gale
 
SOURCES                     Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, Registry of Deeds NAI Census & Wills and OSI maps
  
OCCUPANTS

1809                            Henry Arabin leases 18 acres exclusive of an avenue to Peter Alexander Leslie
1824 - 1844                Peter Alexander Leslie                                                                                 
1844 - 1849                Charles Brassington – Solicitor
1851                            Samuel Smylie
1863 - 1866                William Henry
1868-1890                  Edward Chapman (merchant) land 30 acres
1890                            Sale ordered by land judges see sale of Chapman estates
1890 - 1921                William Henry Foster Verschoyle  (land now only 20 acres)
1912                            Nicholas O’Dwyer
1926                            Vacant
1930 - 1935                Charles Kennedy/Nicholas O’Dwyer
1931                             (House divided into 2 residences) See Woodley Villa
1931-1939                   Josephine MacNeill/Sir George Mahon
1940                             Sir George Mahon/Mrs Phyllis Shaw
1940 - 1955                 Mrs. Phyllis Shaw
1960                             Colmans (related to Winters)
1960                             Lands sold off to build Woodey Park to Mr Burrell
1968                             Permission to demolish refused
1970 - 1973                 Dr Michael F & Mrs. Lennon (Woodley Park House)
1973                             Kevin G Boyle (Woodley House)
2011                             Aida Lennon (Woodley Park House)

                                   
STAFF
1849                             John Downey - Gatekeeper
​1872                             Thomas Hughes - Coachman
​1876                             Hopton Lucas - Coachman/Gardener
1901                             Alice Gordon - Nurse
                                      George McDowell - Yardman
                                      John McCann - Coachman
                                      Anna Gough - Parlourmaid
                                      Mary Gough - Husemaid
                                      Anne Moore - Cooke

1911                              Susan Jane Jenkinson - Housemaid
                                       Mary Breen - Cook
                                       Beatrice Carroll - Laundress
                                       Bridget Farnan - Parlourmaid

           
CURRENT
STATUS
                        Extant in 2017

CONTRIBUTORS        ©  June Bow/Karen Poff
DATE                            November 2017
We welcome additions and corrections and ask you to note that this is
a work in progress.  The authors acknowledge the significant
contributions to this body of information.  Not all could be cited 
because of reference limitations.  Source information supplied on
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