For sale with O'Mahony Auctioneers in 2011
Lynwood House
NAME Farmley, Lynwood, Lynwood House
AREA LOCATION Ballinteer Road, Dundrum
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Dundrum and it is annotated as Farmley on both.
GENERAL For sale in 1836, 1843 and 1854 on 14 acres with a river running through
the land. It was described as two storey over basement with four reception room and five
bedrooms and servants apartments in 1855. The main entrance was on the Ballinteer and the
house was approached by a well planted carriage drive with gate lodge. It had out offices, stabling
and a well stocked walled garden. It also had an entrance and gatelodge on the high road to
Enniskerry.
YEAR BUILT l
VALUATION In 1875 the valuation was xx pounds and in the 1911 census it is
noted as having XX rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, F E Ball and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
Valentine Dunne late of Farmley
1730 Richard Saunders (ring found in 1828)
1828 - 1836 James Tracy (RIP) - Farmley
1841 Le Chevalier Fitzgerald - Farmley
1844 - 1853 Thomas T Lloyd/John Thomas Lloyd (RIP) - Farmley
1858 - 1874 Joseph William Coppinger - Solicitor - Farmley
1864 Erwin Harvey & Julia Wadge - Farmley
1876 J W Coppinger - Lynwood
1884 Walter Gyles - Lynwood
1902 Furniture for sale
1891 - 1903 John Low
1908 Furniture auction
1911 Charles Henry Crookshank
1938 - 1942 Dr Joseph F O'Carroll (Rip)
1946 Joseph B Whelehan and wife Mary (see death of son Gerard)
1951 For sale on 14 acres
1954 Josephine MacLoone (rip)
1971 - 1977 Modern Developments Ltd - McCarthy & Co
2011 For sale quoting €975,000
STAFF
1836 Daniel Adams & Sarah Banon (marriage)
1888 Frost/Prost living at gatelodge
1882 George Smith & Julia Dickinson - Lynwood
1886 - 1892 William Greer - Gardener - Lynwood
1893 Christina Gartland - Cook
1896 John Reilly - Coachman (see birth of child)
1899 Samuel Blackburn - Gardener (see birth of child) living at Lodge
1900 - 1909 Robert Gilbert - Herd/gardener living on site
1900 - 1906 John Gilbert - Gardener
1901 Margaret Tackaberry - Housemaid
Bessie Mason - Cook
1911 Harriett Shaw - Servant
Sarah Slacke - Servant
Grace Elizabeth Sullivan - Servant
CURRENT Extant and in use as offices
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE January 2025
AREA LOCATION Ballinteer Road, Dundrum
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Dundrum and it is annotated as Farmley on both.
GENERAL For sale in 1836, 1843 and 1854 on 14 acres with a river running through
the land. It was described as two storey over basement with four reception room and five
bedrooms and servants apartments in 1855. The main entrance was on the Ballinteer and the
house was approached by a well planted carriage drive with gate lodge. It had out offices, stabling
and a well stocked walled garden. It also had an entrance and gatelodge on the high road to
Enniskerry.
YEAR BUILT l
VALUATION In 1875 the valuation was xx pounds and in the 1911 census it is
noted as having XX rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, F E Ball and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
Valentine Dunne late of Farmley
1730 Richard Saunders (ring found in 1828)
1828 - 1836 James Tracy (RIP) - Farmley
1841 Le Chevalier Fitzgerald - Farmley
1844 - 1853 Thomas T Lloyd/John Thomas Lloyd (RIP) - Farmley
1858 - 1874 Joseph William Coppinger - Solicitor - Farmley
1864 Erwin Harvey & Julia Wadge - Farmley
1876 J W Coppinger - Lynwood
1884 Walter Gyles - Lynwood
1902 Furniture for sale
1891 - 1903 John Low
1908 Furniture auction
1911 Charles Henry Crookshank
1938 - 1942 Dr Joseph F O'Carroll (Rip)
1946 Joseph B Whelehan and wife Mary (see death of son Gerard)
1951 For sale on 14 acres
1954 Josephine MacLoone (rip)
1971 - 1977 Modern Developments Ltd - McCarthy & Co
2011 For sale quoting €975,000
STAFF
1836 Daniel Adams & Sarah Banon (marriage)
1888 Frost/Prost living at gatelodge
1882 George Smith & Julia Dickinson - Lynwood
1886 - 1892 William Greer - Gardener - Lynwood
1893 Christina Gartland - Cook
1896 John Reilly - Coachman (see birth of child)
1899 Samuel Blackburn - Gardener (see birth of child) living at Lodge
1900 - 1909 Robert Gilbert - Herd/gardener living on site
1900 - 1906 John Gilbert - Gardener
1901 Margaret Tackaberry - Housemaid
Bessie Mason - Cook
1911 Harriett Shaw - Servant
Sarah Slacke - Servant
Grace Elizabeth Sullivan - Servant
CURRENT Extant and in use as offices
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE January 2025