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Glenvar
NAME Churchview, D'Acort Ville/Glenvar
AREA LOCATION Cross Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI map 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Merrion
and it is annotated as Glenvar.
GENERAL Originally called Churchview. A large house was built circa 1856 on
the site for George McMullin initially called D'Court Ville, later Glenvar. In 1921 it was
described as a detached residence on 11 acres. It has a concave roof with bracketed eves
which gives it an slightly Oriental look, the high chimneys are an unusual feature but very
typical of one of Mulvany's styles. It had two gatelodges (one on Mount Merrion Ave and
another on Cross Ave). One mirrored the architecture of the main residence with a quirky
belgcast/pagoda style roof very similar to the one Mulvany designed for Kilmacud House,
no image of the other has been found to date.
YEAR BUILT 1856 for George McMullin
VALUATION In 1879 the valuation was 115 pounds and on the 1901 census it is
noted as having 17 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT John Skipton Mulvany
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, Griffith's Valuation, NAI Census & Wills
contemporaneous newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1834 - 1837 Henry Higginbotham
1840 Col Jones
1845 - 1848 Charles Hopes
1855 - 1856 George Reade MacMullen
1862 - 1866 John Barrington
1867 - 1886 Joseph Garratt
1886 - 1916 William Arthur Garratt
1916 - 1920 Mr & Mrs William Dove
1921 De Valera arrested here
1921 - 1926 (House in Mrs McGarry's name - purchased by The Dáil as their headquarters)
1939 Houses built on the land
1947 Edward Kearon
1950 - 1952 Mrs Evelyn Hornidge
1952 - 1989 The Wall Family
2013 Sold for €5,250,000
STAFF
1848 Murtagh Ennis – gatekeeper
1882 - 1883 John Williams - Gardener
1900 - 1901 James Rennix - Gardener living on site
1900 Elizabeth Anne Long - Cook
1901 Charlotte Foote - Housemaid
Ellen Moore - Kitchenmaid
Sarah Allingham - Parlourmaid
Johanna O'Brien - Cook
1911 Emily Bray - Parlourmaid
Maria Johnston - Cook
Ellen McKay - Housemaid
Lucy Abbott - Kitchenmaid
CURRENT Extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE August 2019
AREA LOCATION Cross Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI map 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Merrion
and it is annotated as Glenvar.
GENERAL Originally called Churchview. A large house was built circa 1856 on
the site for George McMullin initially called D'Court Ville, later Glenvar. In 1921 it was
described as a detached residence on 11 acres. It has a concave roof with bracketed eves
which gives it an slightly Oriental look, the high chimneys are an unusual feature but very
typical of one of Mulvany's styles. It had two gatelodges (one on Mount Merrion Ave and
another on Cross Ave). One mirrored the architecture of the main residence with a quirky
belgcast/pagoda style roof very similar to the one Mulvany designed for Kilmacud House,
no image of the other has been found to date.
YEAR BUILT 1856 for George McMullin
VALUATION In 1879 the valuation was 115 pounds and on the 1901 census it is
noted as having 17 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT John Skipton Mulvany
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, Griffith's Valuation, NAI Census & Wills
contemporaneous newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1834 - 1837 Henry Higginbotham
1840 Col Jones
1845 - 1848 Charles Hopes
1855 - 1856 George Reade MacMullen
1862 - 1866 John Barrington
1867 - 1886 Joseph Garratt
1886 - 1916 William Arthur Garratt
1916 - 1920 Mr & Mrs William Dove
1921 De Valera arrested here
1921 - 1926 (House in Mrs McGarry's name - purchased by The Dáil as their headquarters)
1939 Houses built on the land
1947 Edward Kearon
1950 - 1952 Mrs Evelyn Hornidge
1952 - 1989 The Wall Family
2013 Sold for €5,250,000
STAFF
1848 Murtagh Ennis – gatekeeper
1882 - 1883 John Williams - Gardener
1900 - 1901 James Rennix - Gardener living on site
1900 Elizabeth Anne Long - Cook
1901 Charlotte Foote - Housemaid
Ellen Moore - Kitchenmaid
Sarah Allingham - Parlourmaid
Johanna O'Brien - Cook
1911 Emily Bray - Parlourmaid
Maria Johnston - Cook
Ellen McKay - Housemaid
Lucy Abbott - Kitchenmaid
CURRENT Extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE August 2019