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Bellevue, Cross Avenue
NAME Belle Vue/Bellevue
AREA LOCATION Cross Avenue, Booterstown
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Williamstown and it is annotated as Belle Vue and Bellevue respectively.
GENERAL Georgian residence which was split into three, West Wing, Bellevue and
East Wing sometime after 1959. In 1818 it had stabling for four horses and a coach house with
space for 2 or 3 carriages and accommodation for servants above. The gatelodge had
disappeared by 1907.
YEAR BUILT circa 1770
VALUATION In 1883 the Valuation was 96 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 19 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown but extensive additions and alterations by John Lotfus Robinson c1874.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, Griffith's Valuation, NAI Census & Wills
contemporaneous newspapers, Griffith's Valuation and Registry of Deeds.
OCCUPANTS
1770 - 1789 Ellis, Countess of Brandon
1789 Captain Tisdall
1807 John Boyle Roche
1818 For Sale 'being almost rebuilt'
1824 - 1855 John Gillman
1855 - 1859 Mary Elizabeth Gillman
1860 Household contents For Sale
1861 Elizabeth O'Connor Morris
1862 - 1863 William O'Connor Morris
1864 - 1870 Rev J Denham Smith
1871 - 1881 Thomas Brangan
1882 - 1883 Mrs Annie Lambert
1886 - 1893 Martin Joseph Baron French
1895 - 1896 Anne Maria Kavanagh
1897 Emily Margaret Kavanagh
1898 - 1899 Mrs Colohan
1900 - 1906 Arthur Henry Pim
1901 - 1912 Archibald Herbert Pim
1912 - 1927 Edward Lee
1927 - 1931 Mrs Edward Lee
1933 - 1940 De Valera family
1943 Pasquale Roa
1952 For Sale on 3 acres
1956 Philip Vilain
1959 For sale on 3 acres
1967 2 acres For Sale plus 12 roomed residence
1995 West Wing for Sale
2013 West Wing sold for 960K
2014 East Wing sold for 900K
STAFF
1901 Jane Connolly - Cook
Mary Ward - Housemaid
William H Jones - Footman
1911 Sarah Murphy - Cook
Mary Swifte - Housemaid
Catherine Walmsley - Parlourmaid
1912 - 1920 Anne Cosgrave - Housemaid
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE May 2019