Annefield
NAME Anne Field
AREA
LOCATION Taney Hill, Dundrum
MAP
LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Dundrum and it is
annotated as Annefield, it does not appear on the map of 1837-1842.
GENERAL Georgian style three bay, two storey over garden basement. It has a slate
roof with overhanging bracketed eves and sash windows. Approached by a long carriage drive
through granite pillars on Taney Hill, the house is quite close to the Upper Kilmacud Road. It is
a protected structure RPS number 1040. A small gateway, now the side gate of Sydenham House,
connected Annefeld with Railway walk (a lane which connected the upper Kilmacud Road and the
railway station with a turnstile at each end). Described as a modern residence in 1868 with 4 large
bedrooms and servants quarters.
This house is not to be confused with a house called Anna Field which was on the site of what is now
Taney Lawn and later called the Manor House/Coolgraney and is no longer extant.
YEAR BUILT circa 1860
VALUATION In the 1901 census it is noted as having 10 rooms occupied by family. No
valuation found.
ARCHITECT Possibly George Wilkinson of 49 Westland Row.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, OSI Maps, NAI Census &
Wills.
OCCUPANTS
1855 Land purchased by Bentley Brothers
1856 Lease of Annefield and building plots (architect George Wilkinson of 49 Westland Row)
1860 Some of the land acquired for the new railway line
1860 Land sold for houses & construction of Sydenham Rd
1864 - 1868 Major General William Raikes Faber (removed to London)
1869 - 1870 Mrs Tuites
1871 Vacant
1861 - 1879 John Hamilton
1880 - 1901 Sara Elizabeth Hamilton
1909 Lilla Mary Groves (RIP)
1909 - 1933 Ernest Buxton Ferrier
1934 Vacant
1937 - 1942 Annette Barlee (Mrs Wilfred Lee Barlee)
1943 For Sale
1947 - 1957 Mrs O M Rutledge (Sylvan Dachsund breeder)
1959 - 1980 Philip Shiels moved from of 1 Campfield Tce
1985 - 1999 Ronald J Bergin, engineer
2014 Bought for 1.8 Million by Greg Kavanagh
2014 Planning permission sought for 33 units on the site by Kavcre Taney Road Limited
2016 For Sale on 1.8 acres for 4 Million.
STAFF
1901 Lizzie Coogan - Servant
1911 Annie Victoria Bell - Maid
Mary Arlott - Cook
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE August 2016
AREA
LOCATION Taney Hill, Dundrum
MAP
LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Dundrum and it is
annotated as Annefield, it does not appear on the map of 1837-1842.
GENERAL Georgian style three bay, two storey over garden basement. It has a slate
roof with overhanging bracketed eves and sash windows. Approached by a long carriage drive
through granite pillars on Taney Hill, the house is quite close to the Upper Kilmacud Road. It is
a protected structure RPS number 1040. A small gateway, now the side gate of Sydenham House,
connected Annefeld with Railway walk (a lane which connected the upper Kilmacud Road and the
railway station with a turnstile at each end). Described as a modern residence in 1868 with 4 large
bedrooms and servants quarters.
This house is not to be confused with a house called Anna Field which was on the site of what is now
Taney Lawn and later called the Manor House/Coolgraney and is no longer extant.
YEAR BUILT circa 1860
VALUATION In the 1901 census it is noted as having 10 rooms occupied by family. No
valuation found.
ARCHITECT Possibly George Wilkinson of 49 Westland Row.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, OSI Maps, NAI Census &
Wills.
OCCUPANTS
1855 Land purchased by Bentley Brothers
1856 Lease of Annefield and building plots (architect George Wilkinson of 49 Westland Row)
1860 Some of the land acquired for the new railway line
1860 Land sold for houses & construction of Sydenham Rd
1864 - 1868 Major General William Raikes Faber (removed to London)
1869 - 1870 Mrs Tuites
1871 Vacant
1861 - 1879 John Hamilton
1880 - 1901 Sara Elizabeth Hamilton
1909 Lilla Mary Groves (RIP)
1909 - 1933 Ernest Buxton Ferrier
1934 Vacant
1937 - 1942 Annette Barlee (Mrs Wilfred Lee Barlee)
1943 For Sale
1947 - 1957 Mrs O M Rutledge (Sylvan Dachsund breeder)
1959 - 1980 Philip Shiels moved from of 1 Campfield Tce
1985 - 1999 Ronald J Bergin, engineer
2014 Bought for 1.8 Million by Greg Kavanagh
2014 Planning permission sought for 33 units on the site by Kavcre Taney Road Limited
2016 For Sale on 1.8 acres for 4 Million.
STAFF
1901 Lizzie Coogan - Servant
1911 Annie Victoria Bell - Maid
Mary Arlott - Cook
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE August 2016