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Avonmore
NAME Avonmore
AREA LOCATION Between Kelston at White's Cross and Hermiston with an entrance from the
Bray Road on the site of what is now the Avonmore estate.
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Galloping Green South and
it is annotated as Avonmore.
GENERAL A Victorian detached three-bay two-storey house over part raised basement.
It had a pedimented breakfront and was rendered ruled and lined. It had a pitched hipped slightly
over hanging slate roof with brackets. The central door had a simple fanlight and was approached
by fourteen cut granite steps between cast-iron railings. The plaster walls were quoined with granite.
The porch supporting the breakfront boasted two Tuscan columns and the timber sash windows had
cut granite sills, the first storey windows had hood moulds. It had two gate lodges and a coach house
with living accommodation. Its main entrance was from the Bray Road. On 5 acres in 1884 and 9
acres in 1963.
YEAR BUILT circa 1860
VALUATION The valuation in 1883 was 85 pounds.
Number of
Rooms In the 1901 census it is noted as having 14 rooms.
ARCHITECT Unknown architect but built by George William Boyd.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1859 - 1861 Land purchased by William and John Bentley
1861 - 1862 Ulick Daly
1863 - 1870 Thomas Weldon Berry Adams
1871 Vacant
1872 - 1874 Francis John Power
1875 - 1885 Francis Low
1885 Vacant
1886 - 1897 Thomas Knight Roche
1898 Mrs Knight Roche
1899 Pierce Giles Hovenden
1900 - 1903 Mrs Hovenden
1903 Household furniture For Sale
1905 - 1930 Thomas Francis Crozier
1931 - 1941 John Chalk Barrett
1942 - 1963 David Coyle
1963 & 1973 For Sale on 9 acres
1976 Demolished
Gatelodge on Bray Road
1963 - 1981 Patrick and Kathleen Traynor
Gatelodge on Leopardstown Road
1975 James Slattery - Gardener
STAFF
1877 - 1883 Thomas Goff - Gardener living at gate lodge
1884 James Nicholson - Gardener living at gate lodge
1901 Emily Mary Robinson - Cook
Edith Walsh - Housemaid
1901 William Cahill - Gardener living at lodge
James Murray - Coachman living at lodge
1909 Mr Nolan - Gardener living at gate lodge
1911 Edith Williamson - Housemaid
Fanny Bradbrook - Cook
Katherine Mary Lynch - Housemaid
Mary Josephine Courtney - Kitchenmaid
1911 - 1930 Mary Margaret Cleary - friend and servant
1917 Robert Corry - Gardener
1927 Laura Maud Sealy - Nurse
1928 Gertrude Campbell - Domestic
1930 Bridget Rourke - Servant
1970's Christie Manny - Gardener
CURRENT
STATUS No longer Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE May 2020
AREA LOCATION Between Kelston at White's Cross and Hermiston with an entrance from the
Bray Road on the site of what is now the Avonmore estate.
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Galloping Green South and
it is annotated as Avonmore.
GENERAL A Victorian detached three-bay two-storey house over part raised basement.
It had a pedimented breakfront and was rendered ruled and lined. It had a pitched hipped slightly
over hanging slate roof with brackets. The central door had a simple fanlight and was approached
by fourteen cut granite steps between cast-iron railings. The plaster walls were quoined with granite.
The porch supporting the breakfront boasted two Tuscan columns and the timber sash windows had
cut granite sills, the first storey windows had hood moulds. It had two gate lodges and a coach house
with living accommodation. Its main entrance was from the Bray Road. On 5 acres in 1884 and 9
acres in 1963.
YEAR BUILT circa 1860
VALUATION The valuation in 1883 was 85 pounds.
Number of
Rooms In the 1901 census it is noted as having 14 rooms.
ARCHITECT Unknown architect but built by George William Boyd.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1859 - 1861 Land purchased by William and John Bentley
1861 - 1862 Ulick Daly
1863 - 1870 Thomas Weldon Berry Adams
1871 Vacant
1872 - 1874 Francis John Power
1875 - 1885 Francis Low
1885 Vacant
1886 - 1897 Thomas Knight Roche
1898 Mrs Knight Roche
1899 Pierce Giles Hovenden
1900 - 1903 Mrs Hovenden
1903 Household furniture For Sale
1905 - 1930 Thomas Francis Crozier
1931 - 1941 John Chalk Barrett
1942 - 1963 David Coyle
1963 & 1973 For Sale on 9 acres
1976 Demolished
Gatelodge on Bray Road
1963 - 1981 Patrick and Kathleen Traynor
Gatelodge on Leopardstown Road
1975 James Slattery - Gardener
STAFF
1877 - 1883 Thomas Goff - Gardener living at gate lodge
1884 James Nicholson - Gardener living at gate lodge
1901 Emily Mary Robinson - Cook
Edith Walsh - Housemaid
1901 William Cahill - Gardener living at lodge
James Murray - Coachman living at lodge
1909 Mr Nolan - Gardener living at gate lodge
1911 Edith Williamson - Housemaid
Fanny Bradbrook - Cook
Katherine Mary Lynch - Housemaid
Mary Josephine Courtney - Kitchenmaid
1911 - 1930 Mary Margaret Cleary - friend and servant
1917 Robert Corry - Gardener
1927 Laura Maud Sealy - Nurse
1928 Gertrude Campbell - Domestic
1930 Bridget Rourke - Servant
1970's Christie Manny - Gardener
CURRENT
STATUS No longer Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE May 2020