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Glenvar
NAME 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 Glenvar built circa c1856 on the site of Church View, Booterstown
House with 2 gatelodges (on Mount Merrion Ave and Cross Ave). In 1921 it was described as
a detached residence on 11 acres. It has a concave roof with bracketed eves which gives it an
quirky Oriental look, the high chimneys are an unusual feature.
YEAR BUILT 1856
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
1837 Henry Higginbotham
1848 Charles Hope
1862 - 1866 John Barrington
1867 - 1886 Joseph Garratt
1886 - 1916 William Arthur Garratt
1916 - 1920 Mr & Mrs William Dove
1921 De Valera captured here
1926 Mrs MacGarry
1939 Houses built on the land
1950 - 1952 Mrs Evelyn Hornidge
1989 - 2012 Retired businessman Peter Ledbetter
2013 Sold for €5,250,000
STAFF
1848 Murtagh Ennis – gatekeeper
1882 - 1883 John Williams - Gardener
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 Glenvar built circa c1856 on the site of Church View, Booterstown
House with 2 gatelodges (on Mount Merrion Ave and Cross Ave). In 1921 it was described as
a detached residence on 11 acres. It has a concave roof with bracketed eves which gives it an
quirky Oriental look, the high chimneys are an unusual feature.
YEAR BUILT 1856
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
1837 Henry Higginbotham
1848 Charles Hope
1862 - 1866 John Barrington
1867 - 1886 Joseph Garratt
1886 - 1916 William Arthur Garratt
1916 - 1920 Mr & Mrs William Dove
1921 De Valera captured here
1926 Mrs MacGarry
1939 Houses built on the land
1950 - 1952 Mrs Evelyn Hornidge
1989 - 2012 Retired businessman Peter Ledbetter
2013 Sold for €5,250,000
STAFF
1848 Murtagh Ennis – gatekeeper
1882 - 1883 John Williams - Gardener
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