Hilton Lodge, Waltham Terrace
 
NAME                             Hilton Lodge

AREA LOCATION          Waltham Terrace
 
MAP LOCATION           OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 & 1898 - 1913 place it in the townland of Blackrock and
​                                         is annotated as Hilton Lodge on both.
 
GENERAL                  ​      Five bedroom Regency detached villa with a walled garden.
     
YEAR BUILT                   circa 1830
 
VALUATION                   In 1862 the valuation was 39 pounds.
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NUMBER
OF ROOMS                     In the 1901 census it is noted as having 12 rooms occupied by 5 people.

ARCHITECT                     Unknown.  
 
SOURCES                        Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
​                                          and OSI Maps
  
OCCUPANTS
1841 - 1844                    Arthur Ormsby
1851 - 1854                    George Reade MacMullen
1855 - 1867                    Edward Simmonds
1869 - 1876                    Benjamin Ormsby
1877 - 1927                    Thomas Ormsby
1879 - 1933                    Mrs Thomas Ormsby (Kate)/Mrs Edward Lindsay
​1933 - 1935                    Miss Louisa Ormsby
1962                                Sold prior to auction on 1/2 acre needing major repair 
1963                                Thompson family
1993                                Sold on .45 acre for £395,000
1996                                For Sale with PP for mews dwelling in grounds.  Sold for £602,500             
       
STAFF
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1871                                Essy Waldren - living at gatelodge
1901 - 1933                    Fanny Keenan - Cook/General Domestic
1911                                Margaret Blakeney - Cook

        
CURRENT
STATUS                           Extant and a protected structure.
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CONTRIBUTOR              © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                                December 2020