Landed Estates Court Rentals 1858
Montpelier Manor
NAME Montpelier Cottage/ Montpelier Manor
AREA LOCATION Monkstown Road, junction of Montpelier Manor estate.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland
of Montpelier and it is annotated as Mont Pelier Cottage and
Montpelier Manor.
GENERAL A fashionable residence on 2 acres built in the Elizabethan & Tudor
style possibly on the site of an older house named Mont Pelier Cottage. It had seven
bedrooms and five reception rooms with servants apartments. Its front entrance was
on the Bray Road opposite Newtown Park and the back entrance was on Monkstown
Road near Temple Hill. There was a rabbit furrier farm in the grounds in 1943 which
was run by Dowd and Martin. For sale in 1962 on about 1.5 acres it was described as
a Tudor mansion. It has an entrance hall and double staircase with a gallery. It had
three reception rooms and five bedrooms with two bathrooms. The coach house was
converted into a residence circa 1955.
YEAR BUILT circa 1853
VALUATION In 1921 the valuation was £73 and in the 1901 census it is noted that
there were 15 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown but builder is possibly Hugh Kelly of 164 Great Brunswick Street.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, NAI Census & Wills and contemporaneous
newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1847 - 1849 Captain Robert Jackson of Montpelier cottage
1854 - 1855 Hugh Kelly, owner with a caretaker in residence.
1857 - 1886 James and Catherine Harrison
1887 Col Walter Burrowes
1895 - 1899 Walter Conan
1900 - 1919 Mrs Sophie M Allan
1919 - 1941 Albert D Mitchel
1937 - 1941 Senator Desmond Fitzgerald
1943 - 1956 Netta Mitchel
1956 - 1958 Mrs M M McCormack
1962 For sale on 1.5 acres advertised as suitable for development.
1967 3 houses built on the site
STAFF
1901 John O'Brien - Gardener
Sarah Cullen - Housemaid
Lizzie Ross - Cook
1911 May McCarthy - Cook
Jane Thompson - Parlourmaid
Mary Carrol - Housemaid
William Mathews - Gardener
COACH HOUSE
1955 -1973 Charles G Mitchell
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2018
AREA LOCATION Monkstown Road, junction of Montpelier Manor estate.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland
of Montpelier and it is annotated as Mont Pelier Cottage and
Montpelier Manor.
GENERAL A fashionable residence on 2 acres built in the Elizabethan & Tudor
style possibly on the site of an older house named Mont Pelier Cottage. It had seven
bedrooms and five reception rooms with servants apartments. Its front entrance was
on the Bray Road opposite Newtown Park and the back entrance was on Monkstown
Road near Temple Hill. There was a rabbit furrier farm in the grounds in 1943 which
was run by Dowd and Martin. For sale in 1962 on about 1.5 acres it was described as
a Tudor mansion. It has an entrance hall and double staircase with a gallery. It had
three reception rooms and five bedrooms with two bathrooms. The coach house was
converted into a residence circa 1955.
YEAR BUILT circa 1853
VALUATION In 1921 the valuation was £73 and in the 1901 census it is noted that
there were 15 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown but builder is possibly Hugh Kelly of 164 Great Brunswick Street.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, NAI Census & Wills and contemporaneous
newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1847 - 1849 Captain Robert Jackson of Montpelier cottage
1854 - 1855 Hugh Kelly, owner with a caretaker in residence.
1857 - 1886 James and Catherine Harrison
1887 Col Walter Burrowes
1895 - 1899 Walter Conan
1900 - 1919 Mrs Sophie M Allan
1919 - 1941 Albert D Mitchel
1937 - 1941 Senator Desmond Fitzgerald
1943 - 1956 Netta Mitchel
1956 - 1958 Mrs M M McCormack
1962 For sale on 1.5 acres advertised as suitable for development.
1967 3 houses built on the site
STAFF
1901 John O'Brien - Gardener
Sarah Cullen - Housemaid
Lizzie Ross - Cook
1911 May McCarthy - Cook
Jane Thompson - Parlourmaid
Mary Carrol - Housemaid
William Mathews - Gardener
COACH HOUSE
1955 -1973 Charles G Mitchell
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2018