​                                                                                            Oriel
 
 
NAME                      Oriel
             
AREA LOCATION    STILLORGAN,  Grove Avenue, close to  the junction with Avoca Avenue.
 
MAP LOCATION     OSI maps of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Stillorgan Grove and
                                   it is annotated as Oriel.
 
GENERAL                 Detached, non basement residence with a southerly aspect.

YEAR BUILT             circa 1862
 
VALUATION            In 1910 the valuation was 34 pounds.

NUMBER
OF ROOMS              In the 1901 census it is noted as having 12 rooms occupied by family.

ARCHITECT             Unknown.  
 
SOURCES                 Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
                                   and OSI Maps.
  
OCCUPANTS

1861                         Thomas Crookshank of Grove Lodge sold plots for building.
1863 - 1912             Arthur Herbert Orpen
1905 - 1926             Arthur Herbert Stack Orpen
1929 - 1953             Brock Family
1954                         For Sale
1961                         Eleanor Kelly
                               
STAFF

1901 - 1905             Margaret Byrne - Housemaid
                                  Ellen Mullen - Cook 
                 
1911                         Ellen Mullen - Cook
                                  Katie Rochford - Housemaid
                                  Edward Johnston - Domestic Servant       
           
CURRENT
STATUS                    Extant and in use as a private residence

CONTRIBUTOR      © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                         July 2017