Photograph c1890 courtesy of Peter Bruce
Rothbury, Foxrock
NAME Rothbury/Cullenwaine/Glenavey
AREA LOCATION Torquay Road, Foxrock
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Galloping Green South and it is
annotated as Rothbury.
GENERAL Detached three-bay two-storey non basement Victorian residence built as two
blocks on two levels. It has cut-granite sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows. Each block has a
hipped and pitched slate roof. It has a gable roofed porch and a simple double door topped by a semi
elliptical overlight built circa 1875 on land originally leased by the Bentley brothers for the Foxrock
estate.
YEAR BUILT circa 1875
VALUATION In 1890 the valuation was 27 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as
having 14 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills, OSI Maps, South
Dublin Historical Mapping.
OCCUPANTS
1875 - 1880 John Wigham Edmundson
1882 - 1884 Thomas Thompson
1884 - 1894 Joseph Benjamin Fisher
1895 - 1928 William Elvery
1930 - 1951 Archibald Vinson
1954 Rothbury For Sale on 1.25 acres
1967 Cullenwaine To Auction on 1.25 acres
2017 Cullenwaine sold for 2.6 Million
STAFF
1901 Mary Pender - Housemaid
Mary Carroll - Cook
1911 Kate Kane - General domestic servant
CURRENT
STATUS Extant and a protected structure
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2022
AREA LOCATION Torquay Road, Foxrock
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Galloping Green South and it is
annotated as Rothbury.
GENERAL Detached three-bay two-storey non basement Victorian residence built as two
blocks on two levels. It has cut-granite sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows. Each block has a
hipped and pitched slate roof. It has a gable roofed porch and a simple double door topped by a semi
elliptical overlight built circa 1875 on land originally leased by the Bentley brothers for the Foxrock
estate.
YEAR BUILT circa 1875
VALUATION In 1890 the valuation was 27 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as
having 14 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills, OSI Maps, South
Dublin Historical Mapping.
OCCUPANTS
1875 - 1880 John Wigham Edmundson
1882 - 1884 Thomas Thompson
1884 - 1894 Joseph Benjamin Fisher
1895 - 1928 William Elvery
1930 - 1951 Archibald Vinson
1954 Rothbury For Sale on 1.25 acres
1967 Cullenwaine To Auction on 1.25 acres
2017 Cullenwaine sold for 2.6 Million
STAFF
1901 Mary Pender - Housemaid
Mary Carroll - Cook
1911 Kate Kane - General domestic servant
CURRENT
STATUS Extant and a protected structure
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2022