Talbot House
NAME Talbot House
AREA LOCATION Mount Merrion Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Merrion
and it is annotated as Talbot House on both maps.
GENERAL Semi detached two storey over garden level Regency Style House
adjoined Hungerford House. It had a coach house and stabling for four horses. It had two
conservatories and a large green house. It was part of the South Hill estate of Percival Morphy and
it, along with Hungerford House were sold to James Upjohn in 1866 and sold on by his estate in 1886.
YEAR BUILT AND
VALUATION circa 1845
Valuation The rateable valuation in 1900 was £36. The 1911 census
describes it as having 9 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's Directories, OSI Maps & contemporaneous newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1842 - 1843 Capt William Osborne
1843 - 1846 William Talbot Molloy
1847 Mrs Grayburn
1851 - 1869 Garrett Byrne
1870 Vacant
1871 - 1876 The Misses Sirée
1877 Vacant
1878 - 1883 Cornelius Mannin
1888 To Let
1890 - 1892 William Johnson Sollas
1893 - 1896 John Boyd Dunlop
1896 - 1900 Rev Canon Robert William Whelan
1905 Sarah Oliver Stewart nee Gibbings RIP
1910 - 1914 William Richard Dalton
1921 - 1923 Mrs Frances Bennett
1923 - 1961 Miss Norah Mary Bennett
1970's Molly McCullough (daughter of Alexander & Annie)
1991 - 1997 For Sale
STAFF
1911 Marion Keogh - Housemaid
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR June Bow, Karen Poff & Des Smith
DATE March 2018
AREA LOCATION Mount Merrion Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Merrion
and it is annotated as Talbot House on both maps.
GENERAL Semi detached two storey over garden level Regency Style House
adjoined Hungerford House. It had a coach house and stabling for four horses. It had two
conservatories and a large green house. It was part of the South Hill estate of Percival Morphy and
it, along with Hungerford House were sold to James Upjohn in 1866 and sold on by his estate in 1886.
YEAR BUILT AND
VALUATION circa 1845
Valuation The rateable valuation in 1900 was £36. The 1911 census
describes it as having 9 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's Directories, OSI Maps & contemporaneous newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1842 - 1843 Capt William Osborne
1843 - 1846 William Talbot Molloy
1847 Mrs Grayburn
1851 - 1869 Garrett Byrne
1870 Vacant
1871 - 1876 The Misses Sirée
1877 Vacant
1878 - 1883 Cornelius Mannin
1888 To Let
1890 - 1892 William Johnson Sollas
1893 - 1896 John Boyd Dunlop
1896 - 1900 Rev Canon Robert William Whelan
1905 Sarah Oliver Stewart nee Gibbings RIP
1910 - 1914 William Richard Dalton
1921 - 1923 Mrs Frances Bennett
1923 - 1961 Miss Norah Mary Bennett
1970's Molly McCullough (daughter of Alexander & Annie)
1991 - 1997 For Sale
STAFF
1911 Marion Keogh - Housemaid
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR June Bow, Karen Poff & Des Smith
DATE March 2018