Park Villas
NAME No 1-6 Park Villas Stillorgan
AREA LOCATION STILLORGAN.
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Stillorgan grove and it is
annotated as Park Villas.
GENERAL Six substantial semi detached, attractive bay-fronted, two-storey over garden level
villas built in 1866/7, number 5 and 6 are interconnecting. The main entrances are accessed via a flight
of granite steps leading up to the front door. The houses are thought to have been built by
Frederick Piers Barnes, a civil engineer employed as a surveyor of the Blackrock Township who took
a lease on the land in 1857. By 1872 he was insolvent and the leases on the houses were up for sale.
YEAR BUILT In 1866/1867
VALUATION In 1894 the valuation was 29 pounds for number 1, 28 pounds for numbers
2 to 5 and 30 pounds for number 6
NUMBER
OF ROOMS In the 1901 census they are noted as having 8 or 9 rooms.
ARCHITECT Unknown.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
No 1
1868 Richard Verdon esq
1869 - 1874 Arthur S Aldrich, esq
1875 - 1877 Rev St George French
1878 - 1921 This Misses Lynch
1925 - 1946 Charles Gifford (RIP 1946)
1947 Leila Woodrooffe nee Anderson
1950 House and furniture for sale
No 2 - Buaile-na-Greine
1868 Frederick Piers Barnes, Surveyor Blackrock Township
1869 Eugene P Quirk, Civil Engineer
1871 - 1874 Mrs Emma Lapham
1875 - 1881 Mrs Margaret Georgina Nelis
1882 Annie Catherine Herbert (RIP)
1883 - 1887 Gustavus Wybrants Herbert, JP (RIP- Masonic Orphan School
1888 Vacant
1888 - 1901 Mrs Elizabeth Ida R Blacker & Miss Cornelia Orpen & Annabella Stack
1901 - 1911 Miss Cornelia Orpen & Annabella Stack
1909 Rev Mr Lloyd
1909 Anna Lloyd (RIP)
1912 - 1930 Joseph H Lloyd, MRIA
1933 For Sale
1935 - 1940 Leo Clear
1964 Maurice Nesbitt
2018 For Sale
Staff
1901 Sara Mason - Housemaid
Mary Jane Gill - Cook
1909 Anna Murphy - Servant
1911 Ann McKenzie - Cook
Margaret McKenzie - Housemaid
No 3 Ros Mor
1867 - 1868 Coote Carroll & his wife Albertina Susanna
1869 - 1872 Henry Charles Cannon
1873 - 1874 Mrs Cannon
1874 - 1875 The Egan Family
1876 William Galwey, C.E.
1877 - 1879 William Asford Bell
1880 Vacant
1881 - 1883 Thomas G Newnham
1885 - 1889 Mrs Sidney Sandford
1889 For sale
1891- 1897 William Casewell
1898 - 1903 William Harding
1910 - 1930 Miss G Shelton
1933 Contents for sale
1935 Mrs Marie Carney
1940 C O'Boyle
1970 Captain John C Patton
No 4
1868 - 1869 Vacant
1870 - 1878 Richard Thompson
1879 - 1889 Mrs Thompson
1891 - 1900 Falkiner Hewson
1910 - 1912 Miss Orpen
1921 Mrs Frances Davis
1925 - 1930 William James Earnshaw
1935 Vacant
1937 For Sale
1940 J F O'Farrell
1950 Francis John Morris (Lieut Col RAMC- Retired)
1960 For Sale
No 5 - Ardhu
1868 - 1869 Vacant
1870 - 1872 Frederick Piers Barnes, Surveyor Blackrock Township
1872 Contents for sale
1873 Vacant
1874 - 1894 Mrs Oldfield
1895 - 1899 The Misses Oldfield
1896 Douglas Hyde?
1900 - 1921 Miss Oldfield
1930 - 1940 Percy Clement
1942 Leo Clear
Staff
1880 Jane Young - Servant
No 6
1868 Vacant
1870 - 1872 Frederick Piers Barnes, Surveyor Blackrock Township
1872 Contents for sale
1873 - 1874 Vacant
1875 - 1888 Miss Lapham
1889 Rev James Wilcocks I.C.
1890 - 1892 Joseph J Walker, JP
1894 - 1900 The Misses Bolton
1901 - 1904 Henrietta Bolton/Susan Bolton (RIP)
1904 Margaret St Lawrence nee Carson (RIP)
1905 James St Lawrence
1910 - 1912 J St Lawrence, Esq
1921 - 1925 William Dowse
1930 Percival Usher
1935 Mrs Mary Leslie
1940 - 1961 Daniel O'Reilly
Staff
1901 Bridget Mulpetre?
© June Bow & Karen Poff – June 2018
AREA LOCATION STILLORGAN.
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Stillorgan grove and it is
annotated as Park Villas.
GENERAL Six substantial semi detached, attractive bay-fronted, two-storey over garden level
villas built in 1866/7, number 5 and 6 are interconnecting. The main entrances are accessed via a flight
of granite steps leading up to the front door. The houses are thought to have been built by
Frederick Piers Barnes, a civil engineer employed as a surveyor of the Blackrock Township who took
a lease on the land in 1857. By 1872 he was insolvent and the leases on the houses were up for sale.
YEAR BUILT In 1866/1867
VALUATION In 1894 the valuation was 29 pounds for number 1, 28 pounds for numbers
2 to 5 and 30 pounds for number 6
NUMBER
OF ROOMS In the 1901 census they are noted as having 8 or 9 rooms.
ARCHITECT Unknown.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
No 1
1868 Richard Verdon esq
1869 - 1874 Arthur S Aldrich, esq
1875 - 1877 Rev St George French
1878 - 1921 This Misses Lynch
1925 - 1946 Charles Gifford (RIP 1946)
1947 Leila Woodrooffe nee Anderson
1950 House and furniture for sale
No 2 - Buaile-na-Greine
1868 Frederick Piers Barnes, Surveyor Blackrock Township
1869 Eugene P Quirk, Civil Engineer
1871 - 1874 Mrs Emma Lapham
1875 - 1881 Mrs Margaret Georgina Nelis
1882 Annie Catherine Herbert (RIP)
1883 - 1887 Gustavus Wybrants Herbert, JP (RIP- Masonic Orphan School
1888 Vacant
1888 - 1901 Mrs Elizabeth Ida R Blacker & Miss Cornelia Orpen & Annabella Stack
1901 - 1911 Miss Cornelia Orpen & Annabella Stack
1909 Rev Mr Lloyd
1909 Anna Lloyd (RIP)
1912 - 1930 Joseph H Lloyd, MRIA
1933 For Sale
1935 - 1940 Leo Clear
1964 Maurice Nesbitt
2018 For Sale
Staff
1901 Sara Mason - Housemaid
Mary Jane Gill - Cook
1909 Anna Murphy - Servant
1911 Ann McKenzie - Cook
Margaret McKenzie - Housemaid
No 3 Ros Mor
1867 - 1868 Coote Carroll & his wife Albertina Susanna
1869 - 1872 Henry Charles Cannon
1873 - 1874 Mrs Cannon
1874 - 1875 The Egan Family
1876 William Galwey, C.E.
1877 - 1879 William Asford Bell
1880 Vacant
1881 - 1883 Thomas G Newnham
1885 - 1889 Mrs Sidney Sandford
1889 For sale
1891- 1897 William Casewell
1898 - 1903 William Harding
1910 - 1930 Miss G Shelton
1933 Contents for sale
1935 Mrs Marie Carney
1940 C O'Boyle
1970 Captain John C Patton
No 4
1868 - 1869 Vacant
1870 - 1878 Richard Thompson
1879 - 1889 Mrs Thompson
1891 - 1900 Falkiner Hewson
1910 - 1912 Miss Orpen
1921 Mrs Frances Davis
1925 - 1930 William James Earnshaw
1935 Vacant
1937 For Sale
1940 J F O'Farrell
1950 Francis John Morris (Lieut Col RAMC- Retired)
1960 For Sale
No 5 - Ardhu
1868 - 1869 Vacant
1870 - 1872 Frederick Piers Barnes, Surveyor Blackrock Township
1872 Contents for sale
1873 Vacant
1874 - 1894 Mrs Oldfield
1895 - 1899 The Misses Oldfield
1896 Douglas Hyde?
1900 - 1921 Miss Oldfield
1930 - 1940 Percy Clement
1942 Leo Clear
Staff
1880 Jane Young - Servant
No 6
1868 Vacant
1870 - 1872 Frederick Piers Barnes, Surveyor Blackrock Township
1872 Contents for sale
1873 - 1874 Vacant
1875 - 1888 Miss Lapham
1889 Rev James Wilcocks I.C.
1890 - 1892 Joseph J Walker, JP
1894 - 1900 The Misses Bolton
1901 - 1904 Henrietta Bolton/Susan Bolton (RIP)
1904 Margaret St Lawrence nee Carson (RIP)
1905 James St Lawrence
1910 - 1912 J St Lawrence, Esq
1921 - 1925 William Dowse
1930 Percival Usher
1935 Mrs Mary Leslie
1940 - 1961 Daniel O'Reilly
Staff
1901 Bridget Mulpetre?
© June Bow & Karen Poff – June 2018