New Park Lodge

NAME                           New Park Lodge

AREA LOCATION       Stillorgan Road (N11) opposite Knocksinna.
 
MAP LOCATION         OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Newpark.
                                     
 
GENERAL                    A two-storey 6 bedroom period house with gate lodge.  In 1922, the gate
lodge was the scene of a raid by National troops, two irregulars were ​shot dead and another
injured.  The house has been much extended and most of the original architectural features
including windows, ceilings and fire places have been replaced/refurbished to mock older 
​period houses.
                                    
YEAR BUILT               circa 1860
 
VALUATION               No valuation has been found.

Number of
Rooms                         In the 1901 census it is noted as having 6 rooms occupied by family.            
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ARCHITECT                 Unknown                                     
 
SOURCES                    Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
                                      and OSI Maps.
  
OCCUPANTS

​1866 - 1899                James Quigley
1901 - 1903                Emily Quigley
1911                            Mary Webster
1914 - 1940                Walter Webster                  
1953                            H P O Flaherty
​1955                            For Sale on 10 acres
1960                            Standish O'Grady
1962                            For Sale on 2 acres
1963                            Adelaide Kirkham
1965                            Sold at auction for £17500
2022                            For Sale 0.33 acres as a prime apartment development site
                    
STAFF

1922                            Thomas Bohan - Groom (living at gate lodge) 
      
CURRENT
STATUS                       Extant

CONTRIBUTOR        ©​ June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                           October 2019