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Newstead
NAME Newstead House, Newstead Abbey/Newstead
AREA LOCATION ROEBUCK, Clonskeagh Road adjacent to Richview and between Hollywood and
Knockrabo. Site now part of the UCD campus.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck. It is
not marked on the earlier map but is annotated as Newstead House on the later
map.
GENERAL ‘Upon this holding there is a thatched cottage containing parlour, drawing room
and kitchen, two bed chambers, a small garden, stable.’ (Brassington 1832). A plain property carved
out of Roseville in 1845 with gatelodge and a long carriage drive. In 1904 it was described as a
charming residence with five/six family bedrooms and three reception rooms. It had a large garden,
tennis and pleasure gardens and stabling.
YEAR BUILT circa 1845
VALUATION In 1872 the valuation was 60 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as having
12 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown. Builder - Anthony Dempsey
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Brassington 1832, contemporaneous newspapers
& Sherrard 1873.
OCCUPANTS
In 1783 the meadow was leased by Mr Cheater but by 1799 the lands have been leased by the
Rt Hon Lord Trimlestown to Charles Haskins. By 1812 it was the estate of Solomon Richards
1832 leased by Miss Stephens to Anthony Dempsey
1845 - 1862 Patrick Scott, Solicitor
1858 - 1860 William Cruice, Barrister (Fines and Penalties office - Dublin Castle)
1861 - 1862 Patrick Scott, solicitor
1863 For Let
1864 - 1868 Robert Ross Todd
1875 - 1888 Charles Tuthill
1890 Birth of Dorothy Stopford Price to (Joseph Stopford & Constance Kennedy)
1893 - 1901 Edward Jonas Green
1889 - 1908 To Let by Reps of Charles Tuthill
1911 - 1924 Edward Loftus Phillips
1925 - 1936 Chief Justice Hugh Kennedy
1939 - 1952 John & Maureen Hanlon
1955 – 2003 Site of Philips Electrical (Ireland) Ltd
2003 - Todate UCD
STAFF
1849 Charles Lynch - Gatelodge
1901 Kate Lyons - Cook
Annie Cobbe - Parlourmaid
Margaret McCoy - Housemaid
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow, Catherine Brugha & Karen Poff
DATE April 2018
AREA LOCATION ROEBUCK, Clonskeagh Road adjacent to Richview and between Hollywood and
Knockrabo. Site now part of the UCD campus.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck. It is
not marked on the earlier map but is annotated as Newstead House on the later
map.
GENERAL ‘Upon this holding there is a thatched cottage containing parlour, drawing room
and kitchen, two bed chambers, a small garden, stable.’ (Brassington 1832). A plain property carved
out of Roseville in 1845 with gatelodge and a long carriage drive. In 1904 it was described as a
charming residence with five/six family bedrooms and three reception rooms. It had a large garden,
tennis and pleasure gardens and stabling.
YEAR BUILT circa 1845
VALUATION In 1872 the valuation was 60 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as having
12 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown. Builder - Anthony Dempsey
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Brassington 1832, contemporaneous newspapers
& Sherrard 1873.
OCCUPANTS
In 1783 the meadow was leased by Mr Cheater but by 1799 the lands have been leased by the
Rt Hon Lord Trimlestown to Charles Haskins. By 1812 it was the estate of Solomon Richards
1832 leased by Miss Stephens to Anthony Dempsey
1845 - 1862 Patrick Scott, Solicitor
1858 - 1860 William Cruice, Barrister (Fines and Penalties office - Dublin Castle)
1861 - 1862 Patrick Scott, solicitor
1863 For Let
1864 - 1868 Robert Ross Todd
1875 - 1888 Charles Tuthill
1890 Birth of Dorothy Stopford Price to (Joseph Stopford & Constance Kennedy)
1893 - 1901 Edward Jonas Green
1889 - 1908 To Let by Reps of Charles Tuthill
1911 - 1924 Edward Loftus Phillips
1925 - 1936 Chief Justice Hugh Kennedy
1939 - 1952 John & Maureen Hanlon
1955 – 2003 Site of Philips Electrical (Ireland) Ltd
2003 - Todate UCD
STAFF
1849 Charles Lynch - Gatelodge
1901 Kate Lyons - Cook
Annie Cobbe - Parlourmaid
Margaret McCoy - Housemaid
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow, Catherine Brugha & Karen Poff
DATE April 2018