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Chesterfield
NAME Chesterfield
AREA LOCATION Cross Avenue, Booterstown
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Merrion and it is annotated as Chesterfield on both. On Duncan's map of 1821
and on Rocque's map of 1760 it is unnamed.
GENERAL
Chesterfield is a two storey, over semi-basement house, constructed circa 180. A 10 acre parcel of land
on the south side of Cross Avenue was leased by the Fitzwilliam Estate to a builder called Thomas Meade
in 1803. In 1804, Thomas Meade then leased the lands to Stanhope Gresham, who subsequently
constructed a house on these lands. The house is thought to be named Chesterfield after Philip
Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, who was Viceroy of Ireland from 1745 to 1746.
It was For Sale or Lease from 1814 to 1820 on 8 acres with eleven principal rooms, kitchen, servants hall,
laundry, store room and two coach houses. There were also apartments for ten servants. It had a
large productive garden and a sheet of water stocked with fish. It was surrounded by thousands of
registered and evergreen trees. In 1907 a rustic cottage was built in the grounds by Laurence
Aloysius McDonnell for Howard Guinness which it thought to be still extant. A gatelodge was
added during its occupation by Nathaniel Sneyd.
In the 1970's most of the was house demolished and rebuilt around the drawing room of the original
structure. A house was built in the grounds for Tom Roche, junior and his wife Ann Doyle
(daughter of PV Doyle). 'Renesca, a newly-built c.11,800sq ft mansion is also in the grounds of what
was once Chesterfield'. In 2006 a new boundary was built cutting off Woodford (a house which
had been built on the grounds incorporating the old outhouses) and a new entrance made to
Chesterfield. The entrance to Rossmore was blocked up at this time.
YEAR BUILT circa 1805
VALUATION In 1883 the Valuation was 79 Pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 19 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, Griffith's Valuation, NAI Census & Wills
contemporaneous newspapers, Griffith's Valuation and Registry of Deeds.
OCCUPANTS
1803 Land leased from Richard Fitzwilliam by Thomas Meade, builder.
1804 - 1820 Stanhope Gresham
1814 - 1821 For Sale by Stanhope Gresham
1822 - 1833 Nathaniel Sneyd
1831 - 1834 Reps of Mrs Burgh
1835 - 1838 Rev William Betty
1838 - 1845 Ambrose Cox
1845 - 1852 Maria Cox
1845 - 1859 Eliza Cox
1860 Vacant
1862 - 1876 Henry Dwyer
1876 - 1885 John McCurdy
1885 - 1893 Dowager Lady Jane Anna Eliza Power
1894 - 1923 Howard Rundell Guinness
1923 - 1942 Rev Robert Northridge
1943 Rev Herbert Aubrey Hamilton Northridge
1945 - 1957 G Ashford Bradbury and Mrs A Bradbury of Bradmola
1957 - 1970 Tom Roche (Roadstone) (married Claire PV Doyle family)
1996 Permission to build 97 house in the grounds (not actioned)
2004 Myles Crofton's Avenue Homes for €47 million
2006 Most of the lands of Chesterfield were sold for development
2018 An Bord Pleanala gave permission for 217 houses. The original drawing room is
to be retained within a reconstructed Chesterfield House containing three new
apartments.
2022 Woodford for sale
STAFF
1849 Eliza Cox & Mary Devans- Gate keepers
1875 Mr Donnelly - Gardener
1888 James Cleary - Coachman
1893 Lucy Cleary - living at gatelodge
1896 - 1906 Michael Howe - Coachman
1901 Annie Maxwell - Childs nurse
George Bowden - Groom
Isabella Harison - Cook
Charlotte Magee Cochrane - Housemaid
Elizabeth Smith - Parlourmaid
Marie Angele Nanteuel - Childs maid
1901 Peter Walsh - gardener living at the gatelodge
1911 Jemima Henrietta Campbell - Housemaid
Bridget Maria Douglas - Laundress
Daisy Dorothy Chapman Cosstick - Kitchen maid
Kathleen Gorman - Cook
Margaret Anne Carroll - Parlourmaid
Caroline Maxwell - Childs maid
Robert James Crone - Groom
1911 - 1915 Lachlan Black - Gardener living at gatelodge
CURRENT
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE May 2019
AREA LOCATION Cross Avenue, Booterstown
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Merrion and it is annotated as Chesterfield on both. On Duncan's map of 1821
and on Rocque's map of 1760 it is unnamed.
GENERAL
Chesterfield is a two storey, over semi-basement house, constructed circa 180. A 10 acre parcel of land
on the south side of Cross Avenue was leased by the Fitzwilliam Estate to a builder called Thomas Meade
in 1803. In 1804, Thomas Meade then leased the lands to Stanhope Gresham, who subsequently
constructed a house on these lands. The house is thought to be named Chesterfield after Philip
Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, who was Viceroy of Ireland from 1745 to 1746.
It was For Sale or Lease from 1814 to 1820 on 8 acres with eleven principal rooms, kitchen, servants hall,
laundry, store room and two coach houses. There were also apartments for ten servants. It had a
large productive garden and a sheet of water stocked with fish. It was surrounded by thousands of
registered and evergreen trees. In 1907 a rustic cottage was built in the grounds by Laurence
Aloysius McDonnell for Howard Guinness which it thought to be still extant. A gatelodge was
added during its occupation by Nathaniel Sneyd.
In the 1970's most of the was house demolished and rebuilt around the drawing room of the original
structure. A house was built in the grounds for Tom Roche, junior and his wife Ann Doyle
(daughter of PV Doyle). 'Renesca, a newly-built c.11,800sq ft mansion is also in the grounds of what
was once Chesterfield'. In 2006 a new boundary was built cutting off Woodford (a house which
had been built on the grounds incorporating the old outhouses) and a new entrance made to
Chesterfield. The entrance to Rossmore was blocked up at this time.
YEAR BUILT circa 1805
VALUATION In 1883 the Valuation was 79 Pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 19 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, Griffith's Valuation, NAI Census & Wills
contemporaneous newspapers, Griffith's Valuation and Registry of Deeds.
OCCUPANTS
1803 Land leased from Richard Fitzwilliam by Thomas Meade, builder.
1804 - 1820 Stanhope Gresham
1814 - 1821 For Sale by Stanhope Gresham
1822 - 1833 Nathaniel Sneyd
1831 - 1834 Reps of Mrs Burgh
1835 - 1838 Rev William Betty
1838 - 1845 Ambrose Cox
1845 - 1852 Maria Cox
1845 - 1859 Eliza Cox
1860 Vacant
1862 - 1876 Henry Dwyer
1876 - 1885 John McCurdy
1885 - 1893 Dowager Lady Jane Anna Eliza Power
1894 - 1923 Howard Rundell Guinness
1923 - 1942 Rev Robert Northridge
1943 Rev Herbert Aubrey Hamilton Northridge
1945 - 1957 G Ashford Bradbury and Mrs A Bradbury of Bradmola
1957 - 1970 Tom Roche (Roadstone) (married Claire PV Doyle family)
1996 Permission to build 97 house in the grounds (not actioned)
2004 Myles Crofton's Avenue Homes for €47 million
2006 Most of the lands of Chesterfield were sold for development
2018 An Bord Pleanala gave permission for 217 houses. The original drawing room is
to be retained within a reconstructed Chesterfield House containing three new
apartments.
2022 Woodford for sale
STAFF
1849 Eliza Cox & Mary Devans- Gate keepers
1875 Mr Donnelly - Gardener
1888 James Cleary - Coachman
1893 Lucy Cleary - living at gatelodge
1896 - 1906 Michael Howe - Coachman
1901 Annie Maxwell - Childs nurse
George Bowden - Groom
Isabella Harison - Cook
Charlotte Magee Cochrane - Housemaid
Elizabeth Smith - Parlourmaid
Marie Angele Nanteuel - Childs maid
1901 Peter Walsh - gardener living at the gatelodge
1911 Jemima Henrietta Campbell - Housemaid
Bridget Maria Douglas - Laundress
Daisy Dorothy Chapman Cosstick - Kitchen maid
Kathleen Gorman - Cook
Margaret Anne Carroll - Parlourmaid
Caroline Maxwell - Childs maid
Robert James Crone - Groom
1911 - 1915 Lachlan Black - Gardener living at gatelodge
CURRENT
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE May 2019