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NAME Belmont House/Belmont School/Belmont Nursing Home
AREA LOCATION Stillorgan N11 at Galloping Green
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Galloping Green North and it is annotated as Belmont House and
Belmont School respectively.
GENERAL Three storey five bay over basement Georgian villa with a breakfront on
18 acres with gate lodge. It was integrated into a modern nursing home and some of its
Georgian core is still intact. A separate building on the grounds contained the school rooms
in 1857. On 20 Dec 1887 a neo-gothic style stone built chapel with stained glass windows
was consecrated by the Right Rev Bishop Nicholas Donnelly of Canea. The chapel is still
extant but no longer in use as a place of worship.
YEAR BUILT circa 1790
VALUATION In 1900 it had a valuation of 120 pounds and 10 shillings and in 1911
is noted as having 12 rooms occupied.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Shaws, contemporaneous newspapers, Registry
of Deeds, NAI Census and Wills and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1790
1809 - 1815 Sir William Alexander
1818 - 1819 Rev R W Mathias
1822 Thomas Christie Wakefield
1823 To Let house on 13.5 acres for 4 or 9 years
All Hallow Missionary College (Prep school)
1833 - 1850 Belmont Boarding school*
1850 - 1856 John Smyth (School) & George Saunders Smyth (House)
1857 For Sale with 8 bedrooms and 4 reception rooms and dormitories
1863 - 1990 Oblates - House of Formation for the priesthood
c1987 11 acres sold off for private housing
1990 For Sale on 7 acres
1992 Sold to Newman College on 14th August 1992
1994 Oakley Ltd apply for planning for 120 apartments and nursing home
1996 - To-date Belmont Nursing Home
STAFF
1849 James Fox -Gatekeeper
1896 Joseph Judge - Gardener
1901 Mary Taylor- Gate Keeper
STUDENTS:
of Dr Smyth Guinness, Dixon, Seymore, Darley, Newenham, Ball, Plunkett
& William Lightfoot Kenny
CURRENT
STATUS Extant and in use as a nursing home (part of the old house exists in its interior)
and the chapel is a protected structure.
CONTRIBUTOR ©June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2017
* 'Belmont Boys' courtesy of Michael Fitzgerald
AREA LOCATION Stillorgan N11 at Galloping Green
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Galloping Green North and it is annotated as Belmont House and
Belmont School respectively.
GENERAL Three storey five bay over basement Georgian villa with a breakfront on
18 acres with gate lodge. It was integrated into a modern nursing home and some of its
Georgian core is still intact. A separate building on the grounds contained the school rooms
in 1857. On 20 Dec 1887 a neo-gothic style stone built chapel with stained glass windows
was consecrated by the Right Rev Bishop Nicholas Donnelly of Canea. The chapel is still
extant but no longer in use as a place of worship.
YEAR BUILT circa 1790
VALUATION In 1900 it had a valuation of 120 pounds and 10 shillings and in 1911
is noted as having 12 rooms occupied.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Shaws, contemporaneous newspapers, Registry
of Deeds, NAI Census and Wills and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1790
1809 - 1815 Sir William Alexander
1818 - 1819 Rev R W Mathias
1822 Thomas Christie Wakefield
1823 To Let house on 13.5 acres for 4 or 9 years
All Hallow Missionary College (Prep school)
1833 - 1850 Belmont Boarding school*
1850 - 1856 John Smyth (School) & George Saunders Smyth (House)
1857 For Sale with 8 bedrooms and 4 reception rooms and dormitories
1863 - 1990 Oblates - House of Formation for the priesthood
c1987 11 acres sold off for private housing
1990 For Sale on 7 acres
1992 Sold to Newman College on 14th August 1992
1994 Oakley Ltd apply for planning for 120 apartments and nursing home
1996 - To-date Belmont Nursing Home
STAFF
1849 James Fox -Gatekeeper
1896 Joseph Judge - Gardener
1901 Mary Taylor- Gate Keeper
STUDENTS:
of Dr Smyth Guinness, Dixon, Seymore, Darley, Newenham, Ball, Plunkett
& William Lightfoot Kenny
CURRENT
STATUS Extant and in use as a nursing home (part of the old house exists in its interior)
and the chapel is a protected structure.
CONTRIBUTOR ©June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2017
* 'Belmont Boys' courtesy of Michael Fitzgerald