Elm Grove


NAME                       Elm Grove

AREA LOCATION   Blackrock,  junction of Carysfort Avenue and Stillorgan Park.

 
MAP LOCATION    OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Stillorgan Park.

 
GENERAL                A substantial house, part of it's land was given over to the building of All Saint's National School.  In 1827 the house was for sale on eight acres and was described as as having two sitting and four bedrooms.  It also had stabling for four horses and it was enclosed within a stone wall.    It's gatelodge was demolished pre 1907.    


YEAR BUILT      

 
VALUATION       No PLU valuation found,  in the 1911 census it is noted as having 14 rooms occupied by family.
 
ARCHITECT        Unknown.  
 
SOURCES           Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
  
OCCUPANTS

1836 - 1848       J.W.C. Richards
1828 - 1837       Mrs. Richards
1855                   M de Burg Graff (French Consul)
1858                   Lady Emily McKenzie
1866                   Mrs William Cosgrave (widow)
1876                   ​Mason Family
1895                   Lesley Follett Jones
1897                   Robert Edward Follett Jones
1895 - 1911       Lucy Follett Jones
​         
1977 - 1978       7 Houses built in the grounds                                   
STAFF
1828                     John Lynch - Porter/Gatekeeper
1849                     Thomas Brady - Gatekeeper
1901                     Annie Fitzsimons - General Domestic Servant
                              Paul Byrne - General Domestic Servant
1911                     Mary Fagan - General Domestic Servant
                              Patrick Murphy - Gardener
 

           
CURRENT
STATUS                 Demolished    

CONTRIBUTOR    © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                      May 2017