Belfort
NAME Belfort
AREA LOCATION Newpark School (known as the Redbrick Building)
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1888-1913 place it in the townland of Newtown Castlebyrne
and it is annotated as Belfort.
GENERAL Mid Victorian Redbrick with stables and gatelodge to Newtownpark Avenue (still extant)
YEAR BUILT circa 1870
VALUATION In 1935 the valuation was 73 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as
having 15 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills, OSI Maps, South
Dublin Historical Mapping.
OCCUPANTS
1872 - 1891 Graves S Warren (2nd son of Robert Warren of Killiney castle)
1892 For Sale
1892 George Malcomson
1893 - 1897 Thomas Hayes
1898 Vacant
1899 - 1900 Charles Hill
1907 - 1935 Joseph MacDermott
1936 For Sale on two acres
1936 Avoca School move from Whitehall
1971 Newpark Comprehensive School
STAFF
1911 Honor Reilly - Cook
Alice Byrne - Housemaid
Ellen Twamley - Parlourmaid
Agnes McNamee - Serving maid
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE January 2019