Dunamase - For sale in 1986
Dunamase
NAME Lota/Dunamase
AREA LOCATION Cross Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1837-1842 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Williamstown
and it is annotated as Lota on both.
GENERAL Cross Avenue laid out in the 1750's. Trapezoid site, the acreage varies on to let
advertisements. Noted as having a coachhouse in 1832 and a gatelodge in 1885.
Started as a 3 bed house, lots of alterations and extensions, now a series of
interconnecting buildings. Seven bay two storey over basement. Off centre door
flanked by a 2 bay wing to one side and flanked by a bowed extension and a two
bay wing to the other. To the rear it appears to be three storey over basement.
Various window types, one wing has typical 6 over 6 Victorian, an older section of
the house has a lovely tripartite window. Name changed to Dunamase circa 1925.
Its still extant gatelodge is no longer part of the site and part of the site was used
to provide access to St Margaret's housing estate.
YEAR BUILT circa 1830
VALUATION In 1869 the valuation was 79 pounds and on the 1901 census it is
noted as having 13 rooms occupied by family and 16 rooms in 1911.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, Griffith's Valuation, NAI Census & Wills,
contemporaneous newspapers and Registry of Deeds.
OCCUPANTS/OWNERS
1763 John Griffith
1787 Ephraim Hutchinson
1801 Land leased by William Harcourt Carter
1808 - 1814 Hickman Kearney
1814 Philip Crampton
1822 Michael O Brien
1832 House To Let
1832 To let (3 bedrooms) servant's apartments with coach house and stabling.
1836 - 1837 To let on 3 acres (H Maclean - House agent)
1839 To let on 4A OR 20R
1837 O' Gorman Mahon
1841 Colonel Dowker
1843 - 1857 Henry Bewley
1858 To let with 5 bedrooms on 4 1/4 acres
1860 Lady Arabella O'Donel
1861 - 1862 Mrs George Staunton King Massy-Dawson
1864 Major General Joseph Ellison Portlock
1864 For Sale
1865 Mrs Hall (Sale of furniture - Arthur Jones and Sons)
1866 Vacant
1867 - 1873 John Tertius Purser
1875 - 1881 John William Jameson
1882 - 1886 Vacant and To Let
1887 - 1893 William Mansfield Mitchell
1893 - 1905 Captain Alexander Frazer Boxer
1906 - 1922 William Vickers Dixon
1923 For sale on about 4 acres
1925 - 1927 Kevin O'Higgins, Mrs Higgins/ PJ Hogan - minister for Ag (Higgins best friend)
1927 To let on 4 acres 37 Perches
1927 - 1936 Francis Devine, solicitor
1936 To let on 4 acres 37 Perches
1936 - 1943 Alexander Ewing Nesbitt
1943 Peter Canning
1949 - 1950 D L Martin/Francis Lee Martin
1958 - 1970 Christopher G Cooney Ltd
1986 For Sale
STAFF
1849 John Walsh - gateporter
1901 Julia Goulding - Domestic Servant
Margret Goulding - Domestic Servant
1899 - 1905 James Baker - Gardener
1999 -1905 Elizabeth Baker - Cook
Lizzie Fitzsimmons - Servant
1911 Rebecca Watson - Cook
Mary Louisa Long - House Maid
Florence Rennix - Kitchen Maid
CURRENT Extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE August 2017
AREA LOCATION Cross Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1837-1842 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Williamstown
and it is annotated as Lota on both.
GENERAL Cross Avenue laid out in the 1750's. Trapezoid site, the acreage varies on to let
advertisements. Noted as having a coachhouse in 1832 and a gatelodge in 1885.
Started as a 3 bed house, lots of alterations and extensions, now a series of
interconnecting buildings. Seven bay two storey over basement. Off centre door
flanked by a 2 bay wing to one side and flanked by a bowed extension and a two
bay wing to the other. To the rear it appears to be three storey over basement.
Various window types, one wing has typical 6 over 6 Victorian, an older section of
the house has a lovely tripartite window. Name changed to Dunamase circa 1925.
Its still extant gatelodge is no longer part of the site and part of the site was used
to provide access to St Margaret's housing estate.
YEAR BUILT circa 1830
VALUATION In 1869 the valuation was 79 pounds and on the 1901 census it is
noted as having 13 rooms occupied by family and 16 rooms in 1911.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, Griffith's Valuation, NAI Census & Wills,
contemporaneous newspapers and Registry of Deeds.
OCCUPANTS/OWNERS
1763 John Griffith
1787 Ephraim Hutchinson
1801 Land leased by William Harcourt Carter
1808 - 1814 Hickman Kearney
1814 Philip Crampton
1822 Michael O Brien
1832 House To Let
1832 To let (3 bedrooms) servant's apartments with coach house and stabling.
1836 - 1837 To let on 3 acres (H Maclean - House agent)
1839 To let on 4A OR 20R
1837 O' Gorman Mahon
1841 Colonel Dowker
1843 - 1857 Henry Bewley
1858 To let with 5 bedrooms on 4 1/4 acres
1860 Lady Arabella O'Donel
1861 - 1862 Mrs George Staunton King Massy-Dawson
1864 Major General Joseph Ellison Portlock
1864 For Sale
1865 Mrs Hall (Sale of furniture - Arthur Jones and Sons)
1866 Vacant
1867 - 1873 John Tertius Purser
1875 - 1881 John William Jameson
1882 - 1886 Vacant and To Let
1887 - 1893 William Mansfield Mitchell
1893 - 1905 Captain Alexander Frazer Boxer
1906 - 1922 William Vickers Dixon
1923 For sale on about 4 acres
1925 - 1927 Kevin O'Higgins, Mrs Higgins/ PJ Hogan - minister for Ag (Higgins best friend)
1927 To let on 4 acres 37 Perches
1927 - 1936 Francis Devine, solicitor
1936 To let on 4 acres 37 Perches
1936 - 1943 Alexander Ewing Nesbitt
1943 Peter Canning
1949 - 1950 D L Martin/Francis Lee Martin
1958 - 1970 Christopher G Cooney Ltd
1986 For Sale
STAFF
1849 John Walsh - gateporter
1901 Julia Goulding - Domestic Servant
Margret Goulding - Domestic Servant
1899 - 1905 James Baker - Gardener
1999 -1905 Elizabeth Baker - Cook
Lizzie Fitzsimmons - Servant
1911 Rebecca Watson - Cook
Mary Louisa Long - House Maid
Florence Rennix - Kitchen Maid
CURRENT Extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE August 2017