Roebuck Grove - Photograph by Kevin Harrington circa 1980s.
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Roebuck Grove, Friarsland
NAME Roebuck Grove, Friarsland
AREA LOCATION Goatstown Road at the Roebuck Road junction.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Friarsland
and it is annotated as Roebuck Grove on both.
GENERAL
1619 'St Mary's Chantry, Church of St Nicholas Within (Dublin). Lease from John
Hyde, chaplain of the chantry of St Nicholas' Church to William Wolferstone, Stillorgan, Co Dublin
of Friarsland, Co. Dublin on 15 Jul 1619.' A house was built on the site circa 1800 called Roebuck
Grove (one of three Roebuck Groves in the area). In 1848 it was for sale described as a delightful,
elegant and commodious residence standing on 12 acres on which John Cumming had spent
upwards of 3k. It was supplied with baths water closets, placed in the centre of a beautiful lawn
interspersed with evergreens. The out offices, were a convenient distance from the house. It was
still on 12 acres when for sale in 1889. The house formed part of Our Lady's Grove and was
known as the Provincialate when owned by the RJM and was still in a good condition in the 1980s.
In 2017 Durkans applied for permission for residential units on the site with the preservation of
Roebuck Grove House. The house, a two storey over basement 3 bay with end bows, is not on
the Record of Protected Structures and is now in a derelict condition. Windows removed, the
entrance steps have been demolished but their surrounding decorative railings survive as does
the door.
YEAR BUILT circa 1800
VALUATION The valuation was 117L in 1883 and in the 1901 census it is noted as having 11
rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown. The house was remodelled, the out-offices built, and the pleasure gardens
laid out at a cost of 3k in the 1830s.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
Griffith's Valuation and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1780 - 1789 John Scott, Lord Earlsfort, the Viscount Clonmel
1832 - 1848 John Cumming
1849 - 1872 Charles Pickering
1872 - 1876 Robert Tedcastle
1877 - 1881 George Tedcastle
1882 - 1883 Thomas Corless
1883 - 1884 Joseph Corless
1884 - 1885 William Rice
1885 - 1889 Ellen Rice
1891 - 1914 Robert Woods
1914 - 1917 Jessie Woods
1920 - 1935 Henry Percy McEntagart
1935 - 1947 George Archer
1962 Thomas McKeogh
1963 Religious of Jesus and Mary (Our Lady's Grove)
2018 Durkan Estates Clonskeagh Ltd application for residential units.
2019 Durkan Estates Clonskeagh Ltd amended including 'the provision of a sedum roof
to the rear extension and photovoltaic panels on the west facing roof of Roebuck
Grove House.'
2021 Derelict and surrounded by hoarding
2024 D24A/0133 PPL
STAFF
1901 - 1911 Myles Dowling - Gardener living at gatelodge
1901 John Grant - Farm labourer
1911 John McCormick -Labourer
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2020
AREA LOCATION Goatstown Road at the Roebuck Road junction.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Friarsland
and it is annotated as Roebuck Grove on both.
GENERAL
1619 'St Mary's Chantry, Church of St Nicholas Within (Dublin). Lease from John
Hyde, chaplain of the chantry of St Nicholas' Church to William Wolferstone, Stillorgan, Co Dublin
of Friarsland, Co. Dublin on 15 Jul 1619.' A house was built on the site circa 1800 called Roebuck
Grove (one of three Roebuck Groves in the area). In 1848 it was for sale described as a delightful,
elegant and commodious residence standing on 12 acres on which John Cumming had spent
upwards of 3k. It was supplied with baths water closets, placed in the centre of a beautiful lawn
interspersed with evergreens. The out offices, were a convenient distance from the house. It was
still on 12 acres when for sale in 1889. The house formed part of Our Lady's Grove and was
known as the Provincialate when owned by the RJM and was still in a good condition in the 1980s.
In 2017 Durkans applied for permission for residential units on the site with the preservation of
Roebuck Grove House. The house, a two storey over basement 3 bay with end bows, is not on
the Record of Protected Structures and is now in a derelict condition. Windows removed, the
entrance steps have been demolished but their surrounding decorative railings survive as does
the door.
YEAR BUILT circa 1800
VALUATION The valuation was 117L in 1883 and in the 1901 census it is noted as having 11
rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown. The house was remodelled, the out-offices built, and the pleasure gardens
laid out at a cost of 3k in the 1830s.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
Griffith's Valuation and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1780 - 1789 John Scott, Lord Earlsfort, the Viscount Clonmel
1832 - 1848 John Cumming
1849 - 1872 Charles Pickering
1872 - 1876 Robert Tedcastle
1877 - 1881 George Tedcastle
1882 - 1883 Thomas Corless
1883 - 1884 Joseph Corless
1884 - 1885 William Rice
1885 - 1889 Ellen Rice
1891 - 1914 Robert Woods
1914 - 1917 Jessie Woods
1920 - 1935 Henry Percy McEntagart
1935 - 1947 George Archer
1962 Thomas McKeogh
1963 Religious of Jesus and Mary (Our Lady's Grove)
2018 Durkan Estates Clonskeagh Ltd application for residential units.
2019 Durkan Estates Clonskeagh Ltd amended including 'the provision of a sedum roof
to the rear extension and photovoltaic panels on the west facing roof of Roebuck
Grove House.'
2021 Derelict and surrounded by hoarding
2024 D24A/0133 PPL
STAFF
1901 - 1911 Myles Dowling - Gardener living at gatelodge
1901 John Grant - Farm labourer
1911 John McCormick -Labourer
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2020