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Trimleston - a work in progress
NAME Trimleston/Trimleston House/Trimleston Cottage/Trimleston Villa/Trimleston Lodge
AREA LOCATION Trimleston Avenue site of the German Embassy
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Trimleston/
Owenstown and it is annotated as Trimleston on both maps. It is also noted
on Taylor's map of 1816.
GENERAL Villa in Old Merrion with two gate lodges and an artificial lake. In 1803 one of
its selling points was water supply was piped into kitchen. The lands were known as Farrell's farm with
both Trimleston House and Trimleston cottage on site and both were still extant in 1867. Trimleston
Villa became known as Dornden. It appears that Trimleston cottage was subsumed into Trimleston
in the 1870's when the house was remodeled. Trimleston was a two storey over basement, five bay
Regency style house with a projecting porch and conservatory to the side. There is a photograph of
the house in Helen P Smyth's book ' The Story of Booterstown'.
YEAR BUILT circa 1793 remodelled circa 1870.
VALUATION In 1900 the valuation was 145 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 20 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills, OSI Maps, South
Dublin Historical Mapping.
OCCUPANTS
1797 Thomas D'Arcy
1803 For Sale
1806 Lease for Sale - Villa on 20 acres
- 1819 Judge Luke Fox
1831 - 1835 J Vickers Cartwright of 7 Merrion Square
1836 - 1841 Miss Sarah Cartwright of 8 Merrion Square
1845 - 1846 The Misses Cartwright
1847 Joseph Hayes
1848 -1852 Mrs O Connor
1852 Mrs O Connor/Hugh O'Connor
1852 - 1853 William Hayes
1855 - 1856 Hon Thomas Ffrench (Trimleston Cottage)
1856 St John T Blacker (Trimleston Cottage)
1859 - 1861 Edward A Vicars (Trimleston Lodge)
1861 - 1874 Elizabeth Hayes nee Packenham owner of both Cottage & House
1862 - 1863 John Ferrier (Trimleston Cottage)
1863 Lady Louth
1863 For Let Trimleston Villa built in the cottage style by Mrs Hayes
1866 - 1867 Miss Trench - Trimleston Cottage
1866 - 1867 Captain Bredin - (house)
1870 Mrs Trench - Trimleston Villa
1867 - 1868 Henry and Frances Owen Lewis
1867 J Lloyd Elsegood
1872 - 1874 Edward Berwick, President Queens College, Galway (house)
1874 Harriett Mary Berwick - Trimleston (house)
1873 C R Pelly - Trimleston Villa
1874 Lady Muskerry (Trimleston Villa)
1875 Executors Sale
1880 Emanuel Pilkington - Trimleston Lodge
1880 - 1883 Robert Geoghegan, junior
1883 Edward Kavanagh - Trimleston Lodge
1886 Gatelodge built
1883 - 1907 Adam Scott - Wine Merchant
Count John McCormack rented
1909 For Sale
1910 - 1912 Arthur Henry Courtenay
1921 - 1936 Mr and Mrs Matthew McCabe
1937 Trimleston Estate built by J Archer/architect Robinson & Keefe
1940 Vacant
1952 For Sale modernised and with central heating
1950's Caulfield family
1971 - 1973 Tulio Dionisis
1974 Demolished
1985 - todate Embassy of the German Republic
STAFF
1836 Thomas Keane - Steward
Francis Burke - farm servant
Owen McDaniel - farm servant
1849 William Kearns, Steward living at front lodge.
1856 Garrett Byrne, Steward
1901 Anne Kehoe - Cook
1911 Hanah Emerson - Ladies maid
Anastatia Casey - Cook
Alice Fitzgerald - Housemaid
Mary Josephine Duignan- Kitchenmaid
Thomas Kehoe - Butler
Thomas Heary - Gardener
1911 James Lawler - living on site
1970 Bradshaw family - living at gatelodge (Trimleston Lodge)
1990 Gatelodge for sale 60K guideline price.
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019
AREA LOCATION Trimleston Avenue site of the German Embassy
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Trimleston/
Owenstown and it is annotated as Trimleston on both maps. It is also noted
on Taylor's map of 1816.
GENERAL Villa in Old Merrion with two gate lodges and an artificial lake. In 1803 one of
its selling points was water supply was piped into kitchen. The lands were known as Farrell's farm with
both Trimleston House and Trimleston cottage on site and both were still extant in 1867. Trimleston
Villa became known as Dornden. It appears that Trimleston cottage was subsumed into Trimleston
in the 1870's when the house was remodeled. Trimleston was a two storey over basement, five bay
Regency style house with a projecting porch and conservatory to the side. There is a photograph of
the house in Helen P Smyth's book ' The Story of Booterstown'.
YEAR BUILT circa 1793 remodelled circa 1870.
VALUATION In 1900 the valuation was 145 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 20 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills, OSI Maps, South
Dublin Historical Mapping.
OCCUPANTS
1797 Thomas D'Arcy
1803 For Sale
1806 Lease for Sale - Villa on 20 acres
- 1819 Judge Luke Fox
1831 - 1835 J Vickers Cartwright of 7 Merrion Square
1836 - 1841 Miss Sarah Cartwright of 8 Merrion Square
1845 - 1846 The Misses Cartwright
1847 Joseph Hayes
1848 -1852 Mrs O Connor
1852 Mrs O Connor/Hugh O'Connor
1852 - 1853 William Hayes
1855 - 1856 Hon Thomas Ffrench (Trimleston Cottage)
1856 St John T Blacker (Trimleston Cottage)
1859 - 1861 Edward A Vicars (Trimleston Lodge)
1861 - 1874 Elizabeth Hayes nee Packenham owner of both Cottage & House
1862 - 1863 John Ferrier (Trimleston Cottage)
1863 Lady Louth
1863 For Let Trimleston Villa built in the cottage style by Mrs Hayes
1866 - 1867 Miss Trench - Trimleston Cottage
1866 - 1867 Captain Bredin - (house)
1870 Mrs Trench - Trimleston Villa
1867 - 1868 Henry and Frances Owen Lewis
1867 J Lloyd Elsegood
1872 - 1874 Edward Berwick, President Queens College, Galway (house)
1874 Harriett Mary Berwick - Trimleston (house)
1873 C R Pelly - Trimleston Villa
1874 Lady Muskerry (Trimleston Villa)
1875 Executors Sale
1880 Emanuel Pilkington - Trimleston Lodge
1880 - 1883 Robert Geoghegan, junior
1883 Edward Kavanagh - Trimleston Lodge
1886 Gatelodge built
1883 - 1907 Adam Scott - Wine Merchant
Count John McCormack rented
1909 For Sale
1910 - 1912 Arthur Henry Courtenay
1921 - 1936 Mr and Mrs Matthew McCabe
1937 Trimleston Estate built by J Archer/architect Robinson & Keefe
1940 Vacant
1952 For Sale modernised and with central heating
1950's Caulfield family
1971 - 1973 Tulio Dionisis
1974 Demolished
1985 - todate Embassy of the German Republic
STAFF
1836 Thomas Keane - Steward
Francis Burke - farm servant
Owen McDaniel - farm servant
1849 William Kearns, Steward living at front lodge.
1856 Garrett Byrne, Steward
1901 Anne Kehoe - Cook
1911 Hanah Emerson - Ladies maid
Anastatia Casey - Cook
Alice Fitzgerald - Housemaid
Mary Josephine Duignan- Kitchenmaid
Thomas Kehoe - Butler
Thomas Heary - Gardener
1911 James Lawler - living on site
1970 Bradshaw family - living at gatelodge (Trimleston Lodge)
1990 Gatelodge for sale 60K guideline price.
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019