Recess

NAME                            Recess

AREA LOCATION        Enclosed at the head of Montpelier Place, Blackrock

MAP LOCATION         OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Montpelier
                                       and it is annotated as Recess on the 1838 map but unnamed in 1898.   
                                     
GENERAL                      In 1859 the house was described as being enclosed by a circular railing, with
a garden 200 feet deep, highly cultivated.  Its main entrance was from Montpelier place and it also
had a private entrance from the Monkstown Road.
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YEAR BUILT                  circa 1821        
 
VALUATION                  In 1861 the valuation was 18 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as
​                                         having 9 rooms occupied by family.
                           
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ARCHITECT                    Unknown           
 
SOURCES                       Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills, OSI Maps, South
                                         Dublin Historical Mapping.
  
OCCUPANTS
1831 - 1941                    Thomas Dickson, QC
1849 - 1853                    John Watts, Solicitor
1855 - 1857                    Vacant
1856                                Household furniture sold
1859                                For Sale
1860                                J Bristow
1861                                Vacant
1862                                Richard Proctor
1863 - 1864                    Vacant
1865 - 1868                    James Wilson Ramsay
1868                                For Sale
1869 - 1873                    Vacant
1874                                Henry Burton Bindon
1875 - 1881                    The Misses Burton
1882                                Vacant
1884 - 1899                    Mrs E Gore Cuthbert, Irish Industrial League/Henry K Gore Cuthbert, Land Commission
1900                                Henry K Gore Cuthbert, Land Commission
1901                                Vacant
1911 - 1915                    John Waters/Richard Waters
1916                                Richard Waters
1917                                Miss Eveline Waters
1921 - 1925                    Mrs Lane
1925 - 1956                    Richard Butler, Director of Bewleys
1956 - 1959                    Susanna Mary Butler
                
STAFF
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1911                                Hettie Cahill - Cook
                                         Michael Dunne - Gardener
CURRENT
STATUS                           No longer extant

CONTRIBUTOR              ©​ June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                                October 2021