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Altona
NAME Altona
AREA LOCATION Leopardstown Road
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Galloping Green
South and it is annotated as Altona.
GENERAL It was leased to Paul Dane, agent to the Earl of Belmore and Mrs M
Thompson by the Bentley Bros for £15 per annum for 900 years from 1860 to 1867 and
was. Non basement house on 1½ statute acres, with a coal vault, water closet and stabling
for two horses. It had three reception rooms, three bedrooms and a bathroom. When it
was for sale in 1955 it was still on 1½ acres and was described as being in a rural setting
overlooking Foxrock Golf Club with a sweeping gravel drive from the entrance gate. It
had five bedroom, two reception tooms , bathrooms and servants room. The enclosed
yard held a garage, stable and gardener's accommodation. It had a kitchen garden, orchard,
two greenhouses and two summerhouses.
YEAR BUILT circa 1860
VALUATION In 1874 the valuation was 82 pounds and on the 1901 census it is
noted as have 14 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, Griffith's Valuation, NAI Census & Wills
contemporaneous newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1860 - 1867 Leased to Paul Dane, agent to the Earl of Belmore by the Bentley Bros.
1867 - 1894 Edward Darcy McCrea
1894 - 1925 John Harris McCrea
1927 - 1932 Annie Elizabeth Wallis
1934 Vacant
1935 - 1936 Raymond Carew Meredith
1938 - 1954 Hilda Daphne Riall
1955 For Sale
1971 Peter Kieran
2000 New house 'Oakwood' built on the old tennis court of Altona.
STAFF
1901 Catherine McCluskey - Nurse
Ellen Middleton - Cook
1911 Anne McWilliams - House/Parlour maid
Mary McWilliams - Cook
CURRENT Extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE July 2019
AREA LOCATION Leopardstown Road
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Galloping Green
South and it is annotated as Altona.
GENERAL It was leased to Paul Dane, agent to the Earl of Belmore and Mrs M
Thompson by the Bentley Bros for £15 per annum for 900 years from 1860 to 1867 and
was. Non basement house on 1½ statute acres, with a coal vault, water closet and stabling
for two horses. It had three reception rooms, three bedrooms and a bathroom. When it
was for sale in 1955 it was still on 1½ acres and was described as being in a rural setting
overlooking Foxrock Golf Club with a sweeping gravel drive from the entrance gate. It
had five bedroom, two reception tooms , bathrooms and servants room. The enclosed
yard held a garage, stable and gardener's accommodation. It had a kitchen garden, orchard,
two greenhouses and two summerhouses.
YEAR BUILT circa 1860
VALUATION In 1874 the valuation was 82 pounds and on the 1901 census it is
noted as have 14 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, Griffith's Valuation, NAI Census & Wills
contemporaneous newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1860 - 1867 Leased to Paul Dane, agent to the Earl of Belmore by the Bentley Bros.
1867 - 1894 Edward Darcy McCrea
1894 - 1925 John Harris McCrea
1927 - 1932 Annie Elizabeth Wallis
1934 Vacant
1935 - 1936 Raymond Carew Meredith
1938 - 1954 Hilda Daphne Riall
1955 For Sale
1971 Peter Kieran
2000 New house 'Oakwood' built on the old tennis court of Altona.
STAFF
1901 Catherine McCluskey - Nurse
Ellen Middleton - Cook
1911 Anne McWilliams - House/Parlour maid
Mary McWilliams - Cook
CURRENT Extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE July 2019