Loyola
NAME Ardilea/Loyola
AREA LOCATION Bray Road, backing on to Granville Road, off Newtownpark Avenue.
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Newpark and it is annotated as Ardilea.
GENERAL Detached 6 bedroom house with 3 reception rooms on 2.5 acres in 1963. It had a
vegetable garden and lawn tennis court. Out offices included garaging for three cars, a summer house, hen
house and garden sheds.
YEAR BUILT circa 1927
VALUATION In 1935 the valuation was 95 pounds
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1900 -1912 The Golf Grounds - J Farrelly
1930 -1947 Thomas Hardway Downey, JP
1947 - 1963 Herbert J W Downey
1963 For sale on 2.5 acres
1980's Bought by the Russian Embassy
2010 - 2022 Russian Trade Representation in Ireland
STAFF
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE June 2022
AREA LOCATION Bray Road, backing on to Granville Road, off Newtownpark Avenue.
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Newpark and it is annotated as Ardilea.
GENERAL Detached 6 bedroom house with 3 reception rooms on 2.5 acres in 1963. It had a
vegetable garden and lawn tennis court. Out offices included garaging for three cars, a summer house, hen
house and garden sheds.
YEAR BUILT circa 1927
VALUATION In 1935 the valuation was 95 pounds
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1900 -1912 The Golf Grounds - J Farrelly
1930 -1947 Thomas Hardway Downey, JP
1947 - 1963 Herbert J W Downey
1963 For sale on 2.5 acres
1980's Bought by the Russian Embassy
2010 - 2022 Russian Trade Representation in Ireland
STAFF
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE June 2022