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 Road 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 circa 1820
VALUATION In 1866 the valuation was 110 pounds and in the 1911 census it is
noted as having 15 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 John Thomas Lloyd - Farmley
1853 - 1855 Mrs John Thomas Lloyd - Farmley
1856 - 1877 Joseph William Coppinger - Farmley
1864 Wadge family - Farmley Lodge sojourning there for five months.
1884 Walter Thomas McGuire Gyles - Lynwood
1880 - 1908 John Low - Lynwood
1908 Furniture auction
1911 Charles Henry Crookshank
1932 - 1942 Dr Joseph Francis O'Carroll
1942 - 1946 Joseph Beningus Whelehan
1948 - 1951 James Thomas Baker (a native of Australia)
1951 For sale on 14 acres
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 the lodge
1906 Robert Cummins/Cummings (RIP) - undergardener living at the 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 Road 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 circa 1820
VALUATION In 1866 the valuation was 110 pounds and in the 1911 census it is
noted as having 15 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 John Thomas Lloyd - Farmley
1853 - 1855 Mrs John Thomas Lloyd - Farmley
1856 - 1877 Joseph William Coppinger - Farmley
1864 Wadge family - Farmley Lodge sojourning there for five months.
1884 Walter Thomas McGuire Gyles - Lynwood
1880 - 1908 John Low - Lynwood
1908 Furniture auction
1911 Charles Henry Crookshank
1932 - 1942 Dr Joseph Francis O'Carroll
1942 - 1946 Joseph Beningus Whelehan
1948 - 1951 James Thomas Baker (a native of Australia)
1951 For sale on 14 acres
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 the lodge
1906 Robert Cummins/Cummings (RIP) - undergardener living at the 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