Trimleston House circa 1908 - Photograph courtesy of Hilary O'Callaghan
Trimleston
NAME Trimleston/Trimleston House/Trimleston Cottage/Trimleston
Villa/Trimleston Lodge (A work in progress - also included temporarily
are families from Trimleston in Roebuck and Dornden/Trimleston Villa)
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. It
appears that Trimleston Cottage was subsumed into Trimleston in the 1870s when the house was
remodelled. Trimleston was a two storey over basement, five bay Regency style house with a
granite projecting porch and conservatory to the side. In the early 1900s the large artificial pond in
the garden was still in place. 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
Trimleston
1797 Thomas D'Arcy
1803 - 1804 For Sale Trimleston on the Blackrock Road near Merrion on 20 acres
1806 - 1808 Lease for Sale - Trimleston near Booterstown a Villa on 20 acres
1818 - 1819 Judge Luke Fox, Trimleston near Merrion
1831 - 1835 J Vickers Cartwright of 7 Merrion Square & Trimleston, Merrion
1836 - 1841 Miss Sarah Cartwright of 8 Merrion Square
1845 - 1846 The Misses Cartwright
1847 Joseph Hayes
1848 - 1859 William Hayes (Trimleston)
1860 Lord & Lady Avonmore (Trimleston House, Merrion)
1861 Mrs Susan McCausland (Trimleston House, Booterstown)
1863 Dowager Baroness Louth - Trimleston House
1866 - 1867 Captain John Fitzgerald Windham Bredin - Trimleston House, Merrion
1867 - 1868 Henry and Frances Owen-Lewis - Trimleston House, Merrion
1866 - 1867 John Lloyd Elsegood - Trimleston House, Old Merrion
1872 - 1874 Edward Berwick, Trimleston House, Booterstown
1874 Harriett Mary Berwick - Trimleston House, Booterstown
1883 - 1907 Adam Scott - Trimleston House, Booterstown
1907 - 1909 Mark Stokes O'Callaghan - House, Booterstown
19?? Count John McCormack
1918 - 1936 Matthew Joseph McCabe
1940 vacant
1971 - 1973 Tulio Dionisis (Trimleston House)
1974 Demolished
1985 - todate Embassy of the German Republic
Trimleston Cottage
1853 Murray McGregor Blacker (Trimleston Cottage, Merrion)
1855 - 1856 Hon Thomas Ffrench (Trimleston Cottage, Merrion)
1856 St John T Blacker-Douglas (Trimleston Cottage, Merrion)
1862 - 1863 John Ferrier (Trimleston Cottage)
1866 - 1869 Miss Jane & Frances Trench - Trimleston Cottage
1859 - 1875 Elizabeth Hayes later Packenham owner of both Cottage & House
Misc Trimleston
1880 Emanuel Pilkington - Trimleston Lodge
1880 - 1883 Robert Geoghegan, junior
1883 Edward Kavanagh - Trimleston Lodge
1886 Gatelodge built
1909 For Sale - Trimleston, Booterstown on 21 acres
1910 - 1912 Arthur Henry Courtenay - Trimleston, Blackrock
1937 Trimleston Estate built by J Archer/architect Robinson & Keefe
1940 Vacant
1952 For Sale modernised and with central heating
1950's Caulfield family
1848 - 1854 Mrs Elizabeth O'Connor, Trimleston, Old Merrion PLU 122
1893 Trimleston, Roebuck Road for sale
STAFF
1836 Thomas Keane - Steward
Francis Burke - farm servant
Owen McDaniel - farm servant
1849 William Kearns, Steward living at front lodge (Trimleston Old Merrion, Booterstown)
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
1926 Thomas McCauley - Gardener
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
Villa/Trimleston Lodge (A work in progress - also included temporarily
are families from Trimleston in Roebuck and Dornden/Trimleston Villa)
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. It
appears that Trimleston Cottage was subsumed into Trimleston in the 1870s when the house was
remodelled. Trimleston was a two storey over basement, five bay Regency style house with a
granite projecting porch and conservatory to the side. In the early 1900s the large artificial pond in
the garden was still in place. 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
Trimleston
1797 Thomas D'Arcy
1803 - 1804 For Sale Trimleston on the Blackrock Road near Merrion on 20 acres
1806 - 1808 Lease for Sale - Trimleston near Booterstown a Villa on 20 acres
1818 - 1819 Judge Luke Fox, Trimleston near Merrion
1831 - 1835 J Vickers Cartwright of 7 Merrion Square & Trimleston, Merrion
1836 - 1841 Miss Sarah Cartwright of 8 Merrion Square
1845 - 1846 The Misses Cartwright
1847 Joseph Hayes
1848 - 1859 William Hayes (Trimleston)
1860 Lord & Lady Avonmore (Trimleston House, Merrion)
1861 Mrs Susan McCausland (Trimleston House, Booterstown)
1863 Dowager Baroness Louth - Trimleston House
1866 - 1867 Captain John Fitzgerald Windham Bredin - Trimleston House, Merrion
1867 - 1868 Henry and Frances Owen-Lewis - Trimleston House, Merrion
1866 - 1867 John Lloyd Elsegood - Trimleston House, Old Merrion
1872 - 1874 Edward Berwick, Trimleston House, Booterstown
1874 Harriett Mary Berwick - Trimleston House, Booterstown
1883 - 1907 Adam Scott - Trimleston House, Booterstown
1907 - 1909 Mark Stokes O'Callaghan - House, Booterstown
19?? Count John McCormack
1918 - 1936 Matthew Joseph McCabe
1940 vacant
1971 - 1973 Tulio Dionisis (Trimleston House)
1974 Demolished
1985 - todate Embassy of the German Republic
Trimleston Cottage
1853 Murray McGregor Blacker (Trimleston Cottage, Merrion)
1855 - 1856 Hon Thomas Ffrench (Trimleston Cottage, Merrion)
1856 St John T Blacker-Douglas (Trimleston Cottage, Merrion)
1862 - 1863 John Ferrier (Trimleston Cottage)
1866 - 1869 Miss Jane & Frances Trench - Trimleston Cottage
1859 - 1875 Elizabeth Hayes later Packenham owner of both Cottage & House
Misc Trimleston
1880 Emanuel Pilkington - Trimleston Lodge
1880 - 1883 Robert Geoghegan, junior
1883 Edward Kavanagh - Trimleston Lodge
1886 Gatelodge built
1909 For Sale - Trimleston, Booterstown on 21 acres
1910 - 1912 Arthur Henry Courtenay - Trimleston, Blackrock
1937 Trimleston Estate built by J Archer/architect Robinson & Keefe
1940 Vacant
1952 For Sale modernised and with central heating
1950's Caulfield family
1848 - 1854 Mrs Elizabeth O'Connor, Trimleston, Old Merrion PLU 122
1893 Trimleston, Roebuck Road for sale
STAFF
1836 Thomas Keane - Steward
Francis Burke - farm servant
Owen McDaniel - farm servant
1849 William Kearns, Steward living at front lodge (Trimleston Old Merrion, Booterstown)
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
1926 Thomas McCauley - Gardener
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
