|
|
NAME Farmhill/Farm Hill
1926 Photograph Courtesy of Bill Somerville-Large
1959 Photograph of a Lagonda passing the demolished Farmhill by George Stuart
AREA LOCATION Dundrum, Taney Road opposite the gatelodge of Campfield
(now called Taney Lodge)
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck and it
is annotated as Farmhill on both.
GENERAL The photo shows the demolished house on the rhs in 1959. The house was leased by
the Somerville-Large family to the British government to use as the residence for the British Ambassador
to Ireland. It had two gate lodges which were demolished by the 1970's.
YEAR BUILT circa 1830
VALUATION In 1867 the valuation was 146 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as having 25
rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, OSI maps, Registry of Deeds and NAI
Census & Wills
OCCUPANTS
1837 - 1842 James Pratt
1842 - 1846 Mrs James Pratt
1846 - 1871 William Booth
1871 - 1888 Robert William HIllas
1889 - 1890 Sackville B Hamilton, Assistant Inspector-General the RIC
1891 - 1900 Tomas J Callaghan, JP
1901 - 1912 Sir Heffernan James Fritz Considine
1914 - 1917 George Monro Meares
1918 - 1939 Rev William Somerville-Large
1921 - 1929 Philip Townsend Somerville-Large
1939 - 1957 British Ambassador’s Residence
1939 - 1945 Sir John Maffey
1946 - 1957 Sir Alexander Clutterbuck
1957 For Sale/To Let on 14 acres
1959 Demolished
STAFF
1835 - 1836 William Kelly - Gardener/Steward
1849 Matthew Duncan & Patrick Lee - Gate porters
1871 - 1889 Mrs Maria L Fox - Housekeeper
1890 - 1893 Thomas Downes - Gardener
1901 Bridget O'Brien - Cook
Margaret Walsh - Housemaid
Sarah Bolger - Parlourmaid
Kate Kane - Housemaid
Edith Eckersley - Governess
1911 Margaret Foley - Cook
May Murray - Parlourmaid
Rose McConville - Housemaid
Margaret Smith - Housemaid
Bridget Matthews - Kitchenmaid
1911 Daniel Heaslip
1946 Joseph Rooney - Gardener
CURRENT
STATUS Demolished 1959
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE March 2017
1926 Photograph Courtesy of Bill Somerville-Large
1959 Photograph of a Lagonda passing the demolished Farmhill by George Stuart
AREA LOCATION Dundrum, Taney Road opposite the gatelodge of Campfield
(now called Taney Lodge)
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck and it
is annotated as Farmhill on both.
GENERAL The photo shows the demolished house on the rhs in 1959. The house was leased by
the Somerville-Large family to the British government to use as the residence for the British Ambassador
to Ireland. It had two gate lodges which were demolished by the 1970's.
YEAR BUILT circa 1830
VALUATION In 1867 the valuation was 146 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as having 25
rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, OSI maps, Registry of Deeds and NAI
Census & Wills
OCCUPANTS
1837 - 1842 James Pratt
1842 - 1846 Mrs James Pratt
1846 - 1871 William Booth
1871 - 1888 Robert William HIllas
1889 - 1890 Sackville B Hamilton, Assistant Inspector-General the RIC
1891 - 1900 Tomas J Callaghan, JP
1901 - 1912 Sir Heffernan James Fritz Considine
1914 - 1917 George Monro Meares
1918 - 1939 Rev William Somerville-Large
1921 - 1929 Philip Townsend Somerville-Large
1939 - 1957 British Ambassador’s Residence
1939 - 1945 Sir John Maffey
1946 - 1957 Sir Alexander Clutterbuck
1957 For Sale/To Let on 14 acres
1959 Demolished
STAFF
1835 - 1836 William Kelly - Gardener/Steward
1849 Matthew Duncan & Patrick Lee - Gate porters
1871 - 1889 Mrs Maria L Fox - Housekeeper
1890 - 1893 Thomas Downes - Gardener
1901 Bridget O'Brien - Cook
Margaret Walsh - Housemaid
Sarah Bolger - Parlourmaid
Kate Kane - Housemaid
Edith Eckersley - Governess
1911 Margaret Foley - Cook
May Murray - Parlourmaid
Rose McConville - Housemaid
Margaret Smith - Housemaid
Bridget Matthews - Kitchenmaid
1911 Daniel Heaslip
1946 Joseph Rooney - Gardener
CURRENT
STATUS Demolished 1959
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE March 2017