Stradbrook House
NAME STRADBROOK HOUSE
AREA LOCATION Blackrock, Stradbrook
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Stradbrook and it is annotated as Stradbrook House on both.
GENERAL House with 3 gatelodges, north, southeast & southwest on the
Rockford Estate. Only the north lodge survives, now known as Oakdene Lodge. The
house was built by Sir William Betham and named after his birthplace. The house was
jointly purchased by Charles Acton and his mother Isabel La Touche in 1946 having
sold Kilmacurragh House in Wicklow. Over the next three years the house was
converted into flats. Isabel occupied the ground floor, Charles the basement and four
flats above were rented out. Charles used the grounds for growing fruit.
YEAR BUILT circa 1832/3
VALUATION In 1878 the valuation was 120 pounds and in the 1901 census it
is noted as having 15 rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Griffith's Valuation, contemporaneous
newspapers, NAI Census & Wills and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1832 - 1848 Sir William Betham
1849 Leased by Betham to J J Murphy
1854 Rev John Drought
1862 - 1900 John McCormick
1901 For Sale
1910 - 1914 Captain George J Gould
1921 - 1940 Basil Thompson, Solicitor
1946 - 1869 Isabel La Touche
1953 - 1968 Charles Acton
1985 Demolished
STAFF
1849 Daniel Kavanagh - Porter
1911 Mary Smyth - Cook
Mary Groves - Housemaid
Annie Tipper - Parlourmaid
Bridget - Johnson - Kitchenmaid
CURRENT
STATUS No Longer extant
CONTRIBUTORS © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE Jan 2019
NAME STRADBROOK HOUSE
AREA LOCATION Blackrock, Stradbrook
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Stradbrook and it is annotated as Stradbrook House on both.
GENERAL House with 3 gatelodges, north, southeast & southwest on the
Rockford Estate. Only the north lodge survives, now known as Oakdene Lodge. The
house was built by Sir William Betham and named after his birthplace. The house was
jointly purchased by Charles Acton and his mother Isabel La Touche in 1946 having
sold Kilmacurragh House in Wicklow. Over the next three years the house was
converted into flats. Isabel occupied the ground floor, Charles the basement and four
flats above were rented out. Charles used the grounds for growing fruit.
YEAR BUILT circa 1832/3
VALUATION In 1878 the valuation was 120 pounds and in the 1901 census it
is noted as having 15 rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Griffith's Valuation, contemporaneous
newspapers, NAI Census & Wills and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1832 - 1848 Sir William Betham
1849 Leased by Betham to J J Murphy
1854 Rev John Drought
1862 - 1900 John McCormick
1901 For Sale
1910 - 1914 Captain George J Gould
1921 - 1940 Basil Thompson, Solicitor
1946 - 1869 Isabel La Touche
1953 - 1968 Charles Acton
1985 Demolished
STAFF
1849 Daniel Kavanagh - Porter
1911 Mary Smyth - Cook
Mary Groves - Housemaid
Annie Tipper - Parlourmaid
Bridget - Johnson - Kitchenmaid
CURRENT
STATUS No Longer extant
CONTRIBUTORS © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE Jan 2019