Allenton, Tallaght, Co Dublin – Demolished in 1984 

Mark Bence-Jones. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.

p. 3. “An attractive little two storey five bay early C18 house with a pedimented three bay breakfront and a fanlighted, pedimented and rusticated doorcase. Lunette window in pediment. Originally weather-slated. Given its present name after it was built by Sir Timothy Allen, who acquired it in ca mid-C18. In 1814 the residence of George F. Murphy; in 1837, of F.R. Cotton. Demolished in 1984.” 

Listed in Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.