Hawthorn c1952. Photograph by Norman Ashe courtesy of Patrick Kiersey
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Hawthorn Lodge
NAME Hawthorn/Hawthorn Lodge
AREA LOCATION Blackrock, corner of Newtown Park and Carysfort Avenue. Now the site of
Hawthorn Manor.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Stillorgan
Park and it is annotated as Hawthorn Lodge and Hawthorn respectively.
GENERAL Detached residence with offices, gardens and grounds, originally on 4 acres.
Its gatelodge was on Carysfort Avenue and the house was approached by a short avenue. The Victorian
cast iron gas lamps supported by dolphins (one broken) at Hawthorn Manor are the only reminder of
Hawthorn that survive.
YEAR BUILT circa 1830 rebuilt circa 1841
VALUATION In 1897 the valuation was 75 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 12 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, Registry of Deeds, Valuation
records, OSI maps and NAI Census & Wills.
OCCUPANTS
1841 - 1862 Ann Hunt
1844 For Sale
1865 Edward Love Alma
1865 - 1907 Francis Robert Davies
1907 - 1913 James George Powell
1921 - 1929 Timothy Hogan
1935 - 1936 Vacant
1943 - 1947 Rev H A H Northridge
1971 - 1986 Dr Joseph P McMullin
1987 Demolished
STAFF
1865 - 1880 Mrs Jane McCoy - Servant
1879 - 1883 John Robert Wilson - Gardener
1900 Bridget Coffey - Servant
1901 Margaret Ethel Raby - Cook
Margaret Henry - Housekeeper
Bridget Penstone - Servant
1911 Elizabeth Herbert - Parlourmaid
Mary Plant - Housemaid
Sarah M Murray - Cook
1898 - 1913 Charles Dickinson - Gardener Living at the lodge.
1972 - 1980 Mary Keane - Living at gatelodge
CURRENT No longer extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE January 2018
NAME Hawthorn/Hawthorn Lodge
AREA LOCATION Blackrock, corner of Newtown Park and Carysfort Avenue. Now the site of
Hawthorn Manor.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Stillorgan
Park and it is annotated as Hawthorn Lodge and Hawthorn respectively.
GENERAL Detached residence with offices, gardens and grounds, originally on 4 acres.
Its gatelodge was on Carysfort Avenue and the house was approached by a short avenue. The Victorian
cast iron gas lamps supported by dolphins (one broken) at Hawthorn Manor are the only reminder of
Hawthorn that survive.
YEAR BUILT circa 1830 rebuilt circa 1841
VALUATION In 1897 the valuation was 75 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 12 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, Registry of Deeds, Valuation
records, OSI maps and NAI Census & Wills.
OCCUPANTS
1841 - 1862 Ann Hunt
1844 For Sale
1865 Edward Love Alma
1865 - 1907 Francis Robert Davies
1907 - 1913 James George Powell
1921 - 1929 Timothy Hogan
1935 - 1936 Vacant
1943 - 1947 Rev H A H Northridge
1971 - 1986 Dr Joseph P McMullin
1987 Demolished
STAFF
1865 - 1880 Mrs Jane McCoy - Servant
1879 - 1883 John Robert Wilson - Gardener
1900 Bridget Coffey - Servant
1901 Margaret Ethel Raby - Cook
Margaret Henry - Housekeeper
Bridget Penstone - Servant
1911 Elizabeth Herbert - Parlourmaid
Mary Plant - Housemaid
Sarah M Murray - Cook
1898 - 1913 Charles Dickinson - Gardener Living at the lodge.
1972 - 1980 Mary Keane - Living at gatelodge
CURRENT No longer extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE January 2018