Lisney Sotheby's International Realty 2019
Woodlawn House
NAME Taney Lodge/Woodlawn/Woodlawn House
AREA LOCATION Churchtown Road, Dundrum
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Churchtown
Lower and it is annotated as Taney Lodge and Woodlawn respectively.
GENERAL Originally called Taney Lodge the name was changed to Woodlawn circa 1863.
It started life as a farmhouse in 1799 on 180 acres and has been much extended. It now stands on
⅓ acre and has a conservatory that is attributed to Richard Turner.
YEAR BUILT circa 1799
VALUATION In 1896 the valuation was 90 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 11 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1821 - 1841 William Corbett
1844 To Let
1846 - 1848 William Marshall
1850 Rev M'Connick or McCormick
1851 William Corbet
1863 - 1930 Adam Woods & family confectioner and founder of Williams & Woods Chocolate Factory
1933 For Sale
1933 - 1940 Walter Beatty
1955 - 1959 Erskine B Childers
1962 - 1974 Michael Fitzgerald
1977 - 1980 Arthur McDonnell
1988 Sold for 120K
2019 Sold for 1.9 million
STAFF
1849 Thomas Moore - Gatekeeper
1891 Margaret Jan Hunter
1898 John Jervois - Gardener
1901 Lucy Wade
Margaret Murphy
1911 Margaret Egan - Housemaid
Elizabeth Mary Mangan - Cook
1920 Patrick O'Connell - Gardener living at gatelodge
1955 W H Tennant (possibly a gardener)
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019
AREA LOCATION Churchtown Road, Dundrum
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Churchtown
Lower and it is annotated as Taney Lodge and Woodlawn respectively.
GENERAL Originally called Taney Lodge the name was changed to Woodlawn circa 1863.
It started life as a farmhouse in 1799 on 180 acres and has been much extended. It now stands on
⅓ acre and has a conservatory that is attributed to Richard Turner.
YEAR BUILT circa 1799
VALUATION In 1896 the valuation was 90 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 11 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1821 - 1841 William Corbett
1844 To Let
1846 - 1848 William Marshall
1850 Rev M'Connick or McCormick
1851 William Corbet
1863 - 1930 Adam Woods & family confectioner and founder of Williams & Woods Chocolate Factory
1933 For Sale
1933 - 1940 Walter Beatty
1955 - 1959 Erskine B Childers
1962 - 1974 Michael Fitzgerald
1977 - 1980 Arthur McDonnell
1988 Sold for 120K
2019 Sold for 1.9 million
STAFF
1849 Thomas Moore - Gatekeeper
1891 Margaret Jan Hunter
1898 John Jervois - Gardener
1901 Lucy Wade
Margaret Murphy
1911 Margaret Egan - Housemaid
Elizabeth Mary Mangan - Cook
1920 Patrick O'Connell - Gardener living at gatelodge
1955 W H Tennant (possibly a gardener)
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019