Mount Anville
NAME Demesne of Rowbuck Hill/Mountainville/Darganville/The Tower/Mount Anville
AREA
LOCATION ROEBUCK, 14 Mount Anville Rd, Mountanville, Dublin
MAP
LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Mountanville and it is
annotated as Mountanville and Mountanville Convent respectively.
GENERAL A detatched two story six bay Georgian house with a doric style porch approached by seven
granite cut steps. It was extended and a Belvedere tower added circa 1855 this is thought to be the work of John
Skipton Mulvany. By 1857, William used 'The Tower, Mount Anville' as his business address as well as 74 Harcourt
Street. Queen Victoria came to visit Mr Dargan in 1853. The visit is described in the Illustrated London News,
September 1853. She planted the Wellingtonia tree which is still growing outside the main door of Mount Anville
House. In 1863 plants from Mount Anville were transplanted to the public gardens in Bray. In 1865 Mount Anville
was sold to Madame Julia Scully, the Superioress of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Glasnevin and sister
to Vincent Scully QC, MP and a large wing was added to the design of George Ashlin. In 1884 an Oratory was
built in grounds commissioned by Ashlin's mother, Dorinda Ashlin. It had two gatelodges originally which were
demolished circa 1851 when a new entrance gatelodge and avenue was created off Mount Anville Road.
YEAR BUILT circa 1798
VALUATION In 1896 the valuation was 680 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as having 24
rooms occupied by members of Community.
ARCHITECT 1851 J S Mulvany
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Registry of Deeds, contemporaneous newspapers, OSI Maps, NAI Census & Wills.
OCCUPANTS
1795 37 acres held by Lord Trimbleston at Roebuck (Nicholas Barnwell)
1799 - 1802 Thomas Kemmis
1802 - 1824 Daniel Beere, Esq.
1824 - 1842 John Beatty West
1842 - 1851 Eliza Felicia West nee Barton
1851 - 1865 William Dargan
1865 - todate Sisters of the Sacred Heart
STAFF
1849 James Meegan & Patrick Kearney
1852 - 1856 James Byrne - Gardener
1901 Bridget Birney - Domestic servant
Josephine McEvoy - Cook
1921 Thomas Carroll - Gardener
CURRENT
STATUS Extant and in use as a school.
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2018
AREA
LOCATION ROEBUCK, 14 Mount Anville Rd, Mountanville, Dublin
MAP
LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Mountanville and it is
annotated as Mountanville and Mountanville Convent respectively.
GENERAL A detatched two story six bay Georgian house with a doric style porch approached by seven
granite cut steps. It was extended and a Belvedere tower added circa 1855 this is thought to be the work of John
Skipton Mulvany. By 1857, William used 'The Tower, Mount Anville' as his business address as well as 74 Harcourt
Street. Queen Victoria came to visit Mr Dargan in 1853. The visit is described in the Illustrated London News,
September 1853. She planted the Wellingtonia tree which is still growing outside the main door of Mount Anville
House. In 1863 plants from Mount Anville were transplanted to the public gardens in Bray. In 1865 Mount Anville
was sold to Madame Julia Scully, the Superioress of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Glasnevin and sister
to Vincent Scully QC, MP and a large wing was added to the design of George Ashlin. In 1884 an Oratory was
built in grounds commissioned by Ashlin's mother, Dorinda Ashlin. It had two gatelodges originally which were
demolished circa 1851 when a new entrance gatelodge and avenue was created off Mount Anville Road.
YEAR BUILT circa 1798
VALUATION In 1896 the valuation was 680 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as having 24
rooms occupied by members of Community.
ARCHITECT 1851 J S Mulvany
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Registry of Deeds, contemporaneous newspapers, OSI Maps, NAI Census & Wills.
OCCUPANTS
1795 37 acres held by Lord Trimbleston at Roebuck (Nicholas Barnwell)
1799 - 1802 Thomas Kemmis
1802 - 1824 Daniel Beere, Esq.
1824 - 1842 John Beatty West
1842 - 1851 Eliza Felicia West nee Barton
1851 - 1865 William Dargan
1865 - todate Sisters of the Sacred Heart
STAFF
1849 James Meegan & Patrick Kearney
1852 - 1856 James Byrne - Gardener
1901 Bridget Birney - Domestic servant
Josephine McEvoy - Cook
1921 Thomas Carroll - Gardener
CURRENT
STATUS Extant and in use as a school.
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2018