Rockfield House - Dundrum
NAME Rockfield House and Rockfield Cottage - Work in Progress
AREA LOCATION Overend Way, off Sandyford Road, Dundrum now site of Rockfield Central.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Drummartin
and it is annotated as Rockfield House on both. The site also includes
Rockfield Cottage.
GENERAL
YEAR BUILT 1775
VALUATION The valuation in 1866 was £48
Number of
Rooms In the 1901 census it is noted as having xx rooms.
ARCHITECT
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
Griffith's Valuation and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1840 For sale on 4.5 acres with gatelodge
1841 Anne Eliza Keogh (BMB)
1843 Rev Francis Randall and his wife Jane (Rockfield)
1846 Charlotte Mary Josephine Troy (BMB)
1848 - 1866 John R Byrne, solicitor (Rockfield) (daughter Lydia)
1885 Charles Henry James, Official Assignee of the Bankruptcy Court (Rockfield)
1894 Margaret Daly
1942 Whitney
1952 Sold
1959 Jacqueline Hestor Deschamps nee Irwin (RIP)
1960 Noel Deshamps (Australian Charge d' Affaires (son of above)
1990's Dr Murray, Horticulturalist
1996 - 1997 Application by Gannon homes for 150 apartments
2000 Application to demolish Rockfield House and outbuildings, Riversdale House
and outbuildings, Rockfield Cottage and Westbrook Lodge by Gannon Homes.
STAFF
CURRENT
STATUS No longer Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE January 2020
AREA LOCATION Overend Way, off Sandyford Road, Dundrum now site of Rockfield Central.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Drummartin
and it is annotated as Rockfield House on both. The site also includes
Rockfield Cottage.
GENERAL
YEAR BUILT 1775
VALUATION The valuation in 1866 was £48
Number of
Rooms In the 1901 census it is noted as having xx rooms.
ARCHITECT
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
Griffith's Valuation and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1840 For sale on 4.5 acres with gatelodge
1841 Anne Eliza Keogh (BMB)
1843 Rev Francis Randall and his wife Jane (Rockfield)
1846 Charlotte Mary Josephine Troy (BMB)
1848 - 1866 John R Byrne, solicitor (Rockfield) (daughter Lydia)
1885 Charles Henry James, Official Assignee of the Bankruptcy Court (Rockfield)
1894 Margaret Daly
1942 Whitney
1952 Sold
1959 Jacqueline Hestor Deschamps nee Irwin (RIP)
1960 Noel Deshamps (Australian Charge d' Affaires (son of above)
1990's Dr Murray, Horticulturalist
1996 - 1997 Application by Gannon homes for 150 apartments
2000 Application to demolish Rockfield House and outbuildings, Riversdale House
and outbuildings, Rockfield Cottage and Westbrook Lodge by Gannon Homes.
STAFF
CURRENT
STATUS No longer Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE January 2020