Ardilea circa 1963

Loyola                 

NAME                             Ardilea/Loyola  - work in progress                                 

AREA LOCATION         Bray Road, backing on to Granville Road, off Newtownpark Avenue. 
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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
approached by a wooded driveway for sale 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.  30 perches to the front of the house were lost during the Bray Road widening scheme
of 1938 and the Downeys received £300 in compensation.       

YEAR BUILT                   circa 1927     
 
VALUATION                  In 1935 the valuation was 95 pounds
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ARCHITECT                    Unknown           
 
SOURCES                        Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census and OSI Maps.
  
OCCUPANTS

1900 - 1912                    The Golf Grounds - J Farrelly
1927 - 1947                    Thomas Hardway Downey - Ardilea
1930 - 1963                    Herbert John William Downey - Ardilea
1963                                For sale on 2.5 acres
1970s                              Purchased by the Russian Embassy
1977 - 1980                    Commercial Counsellor USSR Embassy - Loyola
                                         Mr Len F Krasilnikov - 1977/8
                                         Mr Ivan Hangaldian - 1980
2010 - 2022                    Russian Trade Representation in Ireland
                 
STAFF
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CURRENT
STATUS                         Extant

CONTRIBUTOR          ©​ June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                             June 2022