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Glensavage 2018
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Glensavage
NAME Landsend/Glensavage
AREA Avoca Road, Stillorgan/Blackrock
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Stillorgan Grove and it is annotated as Landsend and Glensavage
respectively.
GENERAL Originally the home of Henry Maunsell, a professor of midwifery
and hygiene, Landsend shared a gatelodge with Carysfort Lodge. A two storey five bay
block built residence with smooth render, it has a hipped slate roof with oversailing eaves
& brackets. The windows are a mixture of casement and sash with granite sills and the tall
chimney stacks have terracotta pots. The front windows have internal wrought iron
shutters/grills which gives it quite a Mediterranean feel. Two ionic columns grace the
reception hall and it has a carved staircase. The house is still on its original three acres
and has a coach house and stabling set around a cobblestone courtyard. The name of
the house was changed to Glensavage around 1867. It is surrounded by a drystone wall.
This house is also next door to Oriel, the house where Sir William Orpen was born and
where he grew up. William was friends with Archibald de Montfort who was the same
age as him. It shared a gatelodge with Carysfort Lodge which is no longer extant.
All Saint's Parish fete was held in the renowned gardens of Glensavage for 25 years
during the occupancy of the Findlater sisters and it was here that Doris Findlater grew
her prize winning nerines. "Glensavage Gem" and Glensavage Glory" are just two of her
famous cultivars that were produced in this garden.
YEAR BUILT circa 1820
VALUATION In 1912 the valuation was 54 pounds
NUMBER OF
ROOMS Noted as having ten rooms occupied by family in 1911
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census and Wills &
OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1844 - 1866 Henry Maunsell
1867 - 1872 Charles Kenney
1874 - 1893 Archibald Harmen de Montfort
1894 - 1899 Anna Eliza Pickering Richards de Montfort
1901 - 1906 Alexander Ross Hamilton
1906 - 1931 William Herbert Boyd
1932 - 1968 William Findlater
1971 - 2011 Thomas P Whelehan (MD of TP Whelahans who acquired Boilieau & Boyd)
2016 Bantra (Property Developers) paid €3 million for the 2.3-acre site.
2019 Permission given to demolish
2020/2021 22 Units for Sale (5 bed quoting 1.9 million) eight houses and 14 flats.
STAFF
1901 Maria Pierce - Cook
Mary Smith - Housemaid
1911 Margaret Griffith - Nurse/Domestic Servant
Sally Quinn - Cook
CURRENT STATUS No longer Extant, demolished under DLRCoCo Planning D17A/0397
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE October 2017
NAME Landsend/Glensavage
AREA Avoca Road, Stillorgan/Blackrock
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Stillorgan Grove and it is annotated as Landsend and Glensavage
respectively.
GENERAL Originally the home of Henry Maunsell, a professor of midwifery
and hygiene, Landsend shared a gatelodge with Carysfort Lodge. A two storey five bay
block built residence with smooth render, it has a hipped slate roof with oversailing eaves
& brackets. The windows are a mixture of casement and sash with granite sills and the tall
chimney stacks have terracotta pots. The front windows have internal wrought iron
shutters/grills which gives it quite a Mediterranean feel. Two ionic columns grace the
reception hall and it has a carved staircase. The house is still on its original three acres
and has a coach house and stabling set around a cobblestone courtyard. The name of
the house was changed to Glensavage around 1867. It is surrounded by a drystone wall.
This house is also next door to Oriel, the house where Sir William Orpen was born and
where he grew up. William was friends with Archibald de Montfort who was the same
age as him. It shared a gatelodge with Carysfort Lodge which is no longer extant.
All Saint's Parish fete was held in the renowned gardens of Glensavage for 25 years
during the occupancy of the Findlater sisters and it was here that Doris Findlater grew
her prize winning nerines. "Glensavage Gem" and Glensavage Glory" are just two of her
famous cultivars that were produced in this garden.
YEAR BUILT circa 1820
VALUATION In 1912 the valuation was 54 pounds
NUMBER OF
ROOMS Noted as having ten rooms occupied by family in 1911
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census and Wills &
OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1844 - 1866 Henry Maunsell
1867 - 1872 Charles Kenney
1874 - 1893 Archibald Harmen de Montfort
1894 - 1899 Anna Eliza Pickering Richards de Montfort
1901 - 1906 Alexander Ross Hamilton
1906 - 1931 William Herbert Boyd
1932 - 1968 William Findlater
1971 - 2011 Thomas P Whelehan (MD of TP Whelahans who acquired Boilieau & Boyd)
2016 Bantra (Property Developers) paid €3 million for the 2.3-acre site.
2019 Permission given to demolish
2020/2021 22 Units for Sale (5 bed quoting 1.9 million) eight houses and 14 flats.
STAFF
1901 Maria Pierce - Cook
Mary Smith - Housemaid
1911 Margaret Griffith - Nurse/Domestic Servant
Sally Quinn - Cook
CURRENT STATUS No longer Extant, demolished under DLRCoCo Planning D17A/0397
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE October 2017