Sherry FitzGerald - 2013
Stanford House
NAME Stanford House
AREA LOCATION Westminster Road, Foxrock
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Foxrock and it is
annotated as Stanford House.
GENERAL Detached three-bay two-storey non basement villa that is two bay deep.
It was on 4 acres, had a coach house, stables and a garage when for sale in 1918. It was
purchased by John MacIlwaine in 1860 for £800.
YEAR BUILT 1860
VALUATION In 1940 the valuation was 58 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as
having 6 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown but built by Bentley Brothers
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills and OSI Maps,
OCCUPANTS
1860 - 1884 John Stanford MacIlwaine
1884 - 1907 Rachel Macilwaine
1907 - 1918 John Bedell Stanford MacIlwaine, RHA
1920 - 1934 Edgar Anderson
1935 - 1936 S U L Clements possibly army
1940 - 1943 Francis Fitzgerald possible uncle to Garret
1951 John J Fitzpatrick
1971 Paddy Cosgrave - Hotelier & Butcher
2014 Sold for 3.9 million
2017 Sold for 4 million
2018/9 Development of 15 houses built on the grounds
2018 Sold for 1.5 million
STAFF
1901 - 1918 Roseanna (Rose) Cunningham - Housekeeper
CURRENT
STATUS Extant (A listed building in an architectural conservation area)
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019
AREA LOCATION Westminster Road, Foxrock
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Foxrock and it is
annotated as Stanford House.
GENERAL Detached three-bay two-storey non basement villa that is two bay deep.
It was on 4 acres, had a coach house, stables and a garage when for sale in 1918. It was
purchased by John MacIlwaine in 1860 for £800.
YEAR BUILT 1860
VALUATION In 1940 the valuation was 58 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as
having 6 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown but built by Bentley Brothers
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills and OSI Maps,
OCCUPANTS
1860 - 1884 John Stanford MacIlwaine
1884 - 1907 Rachel Macilwaine
1907 - 1918 John Bedell Stanford MacIlwaine, RHA
1920 - 1934 Edgar Anderson
1935 - 1936 S U L Clements possibly army
1940 - 1943 Francis Fitzgerald possible uncle to Garret
1951 John J Fitzpatrick
1971 Paddy Cosgrave - Hotelier & Butcher
2014 Sold for 3.9 million
2017 Sold for 4 million
2018/9 Development of 15 houses built on the grounds
2018 Sold for 1.5 million
STAFF
1901 - 1918 Roseanna (Rose) Cunningham - Housekeeper
CURRENT
STATUS Extant (A listed building in an architectural conservation area)
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019