Wynnstay

NAME                      Roebuck/Wynnstay/Wynnstay House

AREA LOCATION    Dundrum, beside the AIB Bank on the Clonskeagh Road.
 
MAP LOCATION     OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck and it is annotated
​                                  as Roebuck and Wymstay respectively.  Classic entrance, well preserved approached by granite steps.
 
GENERAL                 Georgian three bay, two storey over basement, rough dash to external walls, slate roof and sash windows.

YEAR BUILT             circa 1830
 
VALUATION             In the 1901 census it is noted as having 17 rooms occupied by family. No valuation found.
 
ARCHITECT              Unknown 
 
SOURCES                  Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, OSI Maps Registry of Deeds, NAI Census & Wills
   
OCCUPANTS
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1783                         No house on this land
1832                         John Goddard Richards
1870 - 1884             Captain John Wynn, Royal Horse Artillary
1891 - 1905             Henry Goodison (uncle of Mary Forster)
1898                         Jessie Olive Goodeson Forster
1901                         Henry Goodison/John Forster & Mary Forster
1901 - 1911             Mary Forster and her son John Forster
1941                         John O’Hagan-Ward
1954                         Ida Williams
1992 - 1994             Gypsum Industries
2012                         NAMA
2013                         Sold for 1.1Million to Greg Kavanagh of New Generation Homes.
2015                         Under renovation

STAFF
1897                         Martha Lowthian (Servant?)
1901                         Eliza McMahon - General Domestic
                                  Teresa Breen - Nurse
1911                         Elizabeth Hendy - Domestic Servant
  
         
           
CURRENT
STATUS                      Extant and under renovation in 2015

CONTRIBUTOR        © ​June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                           May 2018