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. Trapazoid 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 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
1801 Land leased by William Harcourt Carter
1808 - 1814 Hickman Kearney
1814 Sir Philip Crampton
1822 Michael O Brien
1832 House To Let
1832 To let (3 bedrooms ) servants apartments with coach house and stabling.
1836 - 1837 To let on 3 acres (H Maclean - House agent)
1839 To let on 4A OR 20R
1843 - 1857 Henry Bewley
1858 To let with 5 bedrooms on 4 1/4 acres
1860 Lady O'Donel
1861 - 1862 Mrs G Massy Dawson
1864 Major General Joseph Ellison Portlock-
1864 For Sale
1865 Mrs Hall (Sale of Arthur Jones and sons furniture)
1866 Vacant
1869 - 1873 John Tertius Purser
1875 - 1881 John William Jameson
1882 - 1886 Vacant
1885 To Let
1887 - 1893 William Mitchell
1893 - 1905 Captain Alexander F Boxer
1910 - 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
1930 - 1935 E Devine, solicitor
1936 To let on 4 acres 37 Perches
1940 -1941 Alexander Ewing Nesbitt
1950 D L Martin
1970 Christopher G Cooney
1980 Seamus Crowe
1986 For Sale by Tom O' Higgins (still owned by the O'Higgins family)
STAFF
1901 Julia Goulding - Domestic Servant
Margret Goulding - Domestic Servant
1905 Mrs 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. Trapazoid 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 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
1801 Land leased by William Harcourt Carter
1808 - 1814 Hickman Kearney
1814 Sir Philip Crampton
1822 Michael O Brien
1832 House To Let
1832 To let (3 bedrooms ) servants apartments with coach house and stabling.
1836 - 1837 To let on 3 acres (H Maclean - House agent)
1839 To let on 4A OR 20R
1843 - 1857 Henry Bewley
1858 To let with 5 bedrooms on 4 1/4 acres
1860 Lady O'Donel
1861 - 1862 Mrs G Massy Dawson
1864 Major General Joseph Ellison Portlock-
1864 For Sale
1865 Mrs Hall (Sale of Arthur Jones and sons furniture)
1866 Vacant
1869 - 1873 John Tertius Purser
1875 - 1881 John William Jameson
1882 - 1886 Vacant
1885 To Let
1887 - 1893 William Mitchell
1893 - 1905 Captain Alexander F Boxer
1910 - 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
1930 - 1935 E Devine, solicitor
1936 To let on 4 acres 37 Perches
1940 -1941 Alexander Ewing Nesbitt
1950 D L Martin
1970 Christopher G Cooney
1980 Seamus Crowe
1986 For Sale by Tom O' Higgins (still owned by the O'Higgins family)
STAFF
1901 Julia Goulding - Domestic Servant
Margret Goulding - Domestic Servant
1905 Mrs 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