Ardmore House 2021 courtesy of Declan McGinn
Ardmore
NAME Belview/Ardmore/Ardmore House
AREA LOCATION Stillorgan Road, UCD Campus.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck
and it is annotated as Belview and Ardmore respectively. It appears as
Belview on both Taylor's Map 1816 and Duncan's Map 1821.
GENERAL Ardmore House is a typical example of a 19th century country villa. An
extension in the late 1800s incorporated a balustraded Corinthian porch and bow ends. It
had a gate lodge, and stables which went on fire in 1897. It was for sale in 1914 on 15 acres.
‘Upon this holding there is a small dwelling house two stories high consisting of parlour, drawing room
and two bed chambers, basement story with kitchen and servants apartments, stabling for five horses
coach house and garden.’ (Brassington 1832)
YEAR BUILT circa 1806 (Lease - held for 280 years from 25 Mar 1806)
VALUATION In the 1901 census it is described as having 13 rooms occupied by family. No
Valuation found.
ARCHITECT William Donlevy. Ambrose Moore made improvements.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Griffith's Valuation, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI
Census & Wills and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1863 - 1876 Frederick Manders
1877 - 1880 Lord Chancellor John Thomas Ball
1882 - 1888 John William Jameson
1888 - 1889 Mrs Jameson
1889 - 1897 Surgeon Colonel Brisbane Somerville Large
1901 - 1902 Lady Emily J Arnott
1903 - 1904 Hon Mrs R J Kennedy
1905 - 1913 Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel Brisbane Somerville Large
1921 - 1924 Henry Coghlan
1924 - 1947 Frederick Henry Hall
1947 Sold for £23,000 on 15A 3R 25P
1948 Government purchase for Television Studio
1957 UCD (land swap with government for Montrose)
STAFF
1901 Annie Peyton - House Maid
Elizabeth Murphy - House Maid
Maria Harney - Kitchen Maid
John William Mays - Butler
Elizabeth Mays - Cook
John MacLeod - Gardener living on site
John Power - Gardener living on site
William Murphy - Groom living on site
William Henry Richardson - Steward and Gardener living on site
George McKeon - Coachman living on site
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTORS © June Bow Catherine Brugha & Karen Poff
DATE January 2019
NAME Belview/Ardmore/Ardmore House
AREA LOCATION Stillorgan Road, UCD Campus.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck
and it is annotated as Belview and Ardmore respectively. It appears as
Belview on both Taylor's Map 1816 and Duncan's Map 1821.
GENERAL Ardmore House is a typical example of a 19th century country villa. An
extension in the late 1800s incorporated a balustraded Corinthian porch and bow ends. It
had a gate lodge, and stables which went on fire in 1897. It was for sale in 1914 on 15 acres.
‘Upon this holding there is a small dwelling house two stories high consisting of parlour, drawing room
and two bed chambers, basement story with kitchen and servants apartments, stabling for five horses
coach house and garden.’ (Brassington 1832)
YEAR BUILT circa 1806 (Lease - held for 280 years from 25 Mar 1806)
VALUATION In the 1901 census it is described as having 13 rooms occupied by family. No
Valuation found.
ARCHITECT William Donlevy. Ambrose Moore made improvements.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Griffith's Valuation, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI
Census & Wills and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1863 - 1876 Frederick Manders
1877 - 1880 Lord Chancellor John Thomas Ball
1882 - 1888 John William Jameson
1888 - 1889 Mrs Jameson
1889 - 1897 Surgeon Colonel Brisbane Somerville Large
1901 - 1902 Lady Emily J Arnott
1903 - 1904 Hon Mrs R J Kennedy
1905 - 1913 Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel Brisbane Somerville Large
1921 - 1924 Henry Coghlan
1924 - 1947 Frederick Henry Hall
1947 Sold for £23,000 on 15A 3R 25P
1948 Government purchase for Television Studio
1957 UCD (land swap with government for Montrose)
STAFF
1901 Annie Peyton - House Maid
Elizabeth Murphy - House Maid
Maria Harney - Kitchen Maid
John William Mays - Butler
Elizabeth Mays - Cook
John MacLeod - Gardener living on site
John Power - Gardener living on site
William Murphy - Groom living on site
William Henry Richardson - Steward and Gardener living on site
George McKeon - Coachman living on site
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTORS © June Bow Catherine Brugha & Karen Poff
DATE January 2019