Wynberg House
NAME Myer's Ville/Myersville House/Wynberg House
AREA LOCATION Stradbrook Road, Blackrock
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Mountashton
and it is annotated as Myersville House and Wynberg House respectively.
GENERAL Two storey non-basement with a gate lodge built on Castlefarm, part of the lands of
Newtown Castlebyrne. It has a cantilever roof and two bay projection with a pillared porch. The entrance
was by a carriage drive. The name was changed to Wynberg circa 1889. It had stabling for 4 horses, a
coach house and a conservatory. For sale on 18 acres in 1920. It seems to have been divided in two from
the 1920's.
YEAR BUILT circa 1781
VALUATION No valuation found
NUMBER
OF ROOMS Not found
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1781 - 1789 Christopher Myres, Architect
1821 Samuel Sutton
1823 James Dance
1827 To Let
1834 John Nugent
1836 To let
1864 Harriet Weldon (RIP) Wife of Sir Anthony Weldon, Bart of Ballinderry, Queens Co.
1867 Sheffield Betham
1891 For Sale
1889 - 1906 James Mecredy
1920 For Sale
1932 Dublin Public Health housing built in the grounds
1921 - 1935 Michael O'Reilly, UDC
1928 - 1941 Michael Bowe
1943 - 1951 J J Breadon
1944 O'Shea
1952 For Sale and the Wynberg estate built in the grounds (J J Jennings, Builder).
STAFF
CURRENT
STATUS Extant and a family home.
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE January 2020
AREA LOCATION Stradbrook Road, Blackrock
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Mountashton
and it is annotated as Myersville House and Wynberg House respectively.
GENERAL Two storey non-basement with a gate lodge built on Castlefarm, part of the lands of
Newtown Castlebyrne. It has a cantilever roof and two bay projection with a pillared porch. The entrance
was by a carriage drive. The name was changed to Wynberg circa 1889. It had stabling for 4 horses, a
coach house and a conservatory. For sale on 18 acres in 1920. It seems to have been divided in two from
the 1920's.
YEAR BUILT circa 1781
VALUATION No valuation found
NUMBER
OF ROOMS Not found
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1781 - 1789 Christopher Myres, Architect
1821 Samuel Sutton
1823 James Dance
1827 To Let
1834 John Nugent
1836 To let
1864 Harriet Weldon (RIP) Wife of Sir Anthony Weldon, Bart of Ballinderry, Queens Co.
1867 Sheffield Betham
1891 For Sale
1889 - 1906 James Mecredy
1920 For Sale
1932 Dublin Public Health housing built in the grounds
1921 - 1935 Michael O'Reilly, UDC
1928 - 1941 Michael Bowe
1943 - 1951 J J Breadon
1944 O'Shea
1952 For Sale and the Wynberg estate built in the grounds (J J Jennings, Builder).
STAFF
CURRENT
STATUS Extant and a family home.
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE January 2020