Marley House - 1864
House
NAME Grange, Marley House, Marlay House, Marlay Park
AREA LOCATION Grange Road, Rathfarnham
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it spanning the townlands
of Haroldsgrange and Clarkestown and it is annotated as Marley House
on both.
GENERAL A seven-bay structure (five-bay deep) of two storeys over part basement,
with a bow at either end and a handsome Doric-columned central door executed in Portland stone
and granite. It had two mountain streams flowing through it (one being the little River Dargle) that
fed two large fish ponds. It was for sale by David La Touche from 1864 and was sold on 305 acres in
1866 for £11,500 to Edwin Harvey Wadge through the Landed Estates Court. The furniture went to
auction in 1866 and included four poster beds and two massive tables from the library and dining
room. It was sold in 1924 to Robert Love to run as a dairy however Hughes Dairy seemed to be too
great a competition. A portion of the land was sold to Grange Golf Club in 1925 so they could
expand to an 18 hole course. This also helped finance the setting up of the estate as a market
garden by Robert Love.
YEAR BUILT The current house was built in 1764 on the site of the original house.
VALUATION No valuation found, in the 1911 census it is noted as having 28 rooms
occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, F E Ball and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
- 1729 Rt Hon William Connolly
1729 - 1754 John Taylor
1754 - 1764 Rev Edward Montgomery Taylor
1764 - 1856 La Touche Family
1857 - 1859 Dowager Marchioness of Ormonde
1864 Archbishop Richard Chenevix Trench
1866 Erwin Harvey Wadge
1867 - 1872 David Fitzgerald
1872 - 1919 Robert Tedcastle
1920 - 1924 Tedcastle estate vacant
1924 - 1939 Robert Ketton Love
1939 - 1970 Philip Austin Love
1972 - 1994 Dublin County Council
1994 - Todate DLRCoCo
COURTYARD OCCUPANTS
1943 - 1950 Evie Hone
STAFF
1857 Edward Charles Butler (burial)
1863 Edward Shea (Baptism of child)
1865 Samuel Keogh - Labourer (marriage)
1868 John Rainsford - Labourer (marriage)
1891 William Baker - Gardener
1896 - 1900 James Kelly - Labourer
1901 Margaret Thomas - Domestic Servant
1901 - 1911 Charlotte Layng - Governess
1901 - 1911 Jane Clare - Cook
1911 Margaret Jane Evans - Housemaid
Anna Bella Elder - Palourmaid
CURRENT Extant and in use as a public park.
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE July 2018
AREA LOCATION Grange Road, Rathfarnham
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it spanning the townlands
of Haroldsgrange and Clarkestown and it is annotated as Marley House
on both.
GENERAL A seven-bay structure (five-bay deep) of two storeys over part basement,
with a bow at either end and a handsome Doric-columned central door executed in Portland stone
and granite. It had two mountain streams flowing through it (one being the little River Dargle) that
fed two large fish ponds. It was for sale by David La Touche from 1864 and was sold on 305 acres in
1866 for £11,500 to Edwin Harvey Wadge through the Landed Estates Court. The furniture went to
auction in 1866 and included four poster beds and two massive tables from the library and dining
room. It was sold in 1924 to Robert Love to run as a dairy however Hughes Dairy seemed to be too
great a competition. A portion of the land was sold to Grange Golf Club in 1925 so they could
expand to an 18 hole course. This also helped finance the setting up of the estate as a market
garden by Robert Love.
YEAR BUILT The current house was built in 1764 on the site of the original house.
VALUATION No valuation found, in the 1911 census it is noted as having 28 rooms
occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, F E Ball and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
- 1729 Rt Hon William Connolly
1729 - 1754 John Taylor
1754 - 1764 Rev Edward Montgomery Taylor
1764 - 1856 La Touche Family
1857 - 1859 Dowager Marchioness of Ormonde
1864 Archbishop Richard Chenevix Trench
1866 Erwin Harvey Wadge
1867 - 1872 David Fitzgerald
1872 - 1919 Robert Tedcastle
1920 - 1924 Tedcastle estate vacant
1924 - 1939 Robert Ketton Love
1939 - 1970 Philip Austin Love
1972 - 1994 Dublin County Council
1994 - Todate DLRCoCo
COURTYARD OCCUPANTS
1943 - 1950 Evie Hone
STAFF
1857 Edward Charles Butler (burial)
1863 Edward Shea (Baptism of child)
1865 Samuel Keogh - Labourer (marriage)
1868 John Rainsford - Labourer (marriage)
1891 William Baker - Gardener
1896 - 1900 James Kelly - Labourer
1901 Margaret Thomas - Domestic Servant
1901 - 1911 Charlotte Layng - Governess
1901 - 1911 Jane Clare - Cook
1911 Margaret Jane Evans - Housemaid
Anna Bella Elder - Palourmaid
CURRENT Extant and in use as a public park.
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE July 2018