Moore Hill, Tallow, Co Waterford
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. 211. “(Perceval-Maxwell/IFR) A fine late C18 house built for Hon William Moore, a younger son of 1st Viscount Mount Cashell. Of three storeys over a basement which is concealed on the entrance front, but which on the garden front, where the ground falls away steeply into he Bride valley, becomes more like a lower ground for. This front is of seven days, prolonged by a service wing; in the centre is a handsome balustraded perron, with double flights of steps. Attractive wooden staircase in hall opening off entrance hall. Two drawing rooms – now the dining room and kitchen – opening into each other with double doors. Inherited 1856 by Mrs Robert Perceval-Maxwell (nee Moore).”
Not in national inventory
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Held in fee by William Moore at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £55. Lewis also refers to it as his seat in 1837. Wilson, writing in 1786, notes it a the seat of Rev. Mr. Moore. In 1894 and 1906 it was the property of Captain William Perceval Maxwell and valued at over £70. In 1943 the ITA survey noted it as the residence of Captain Maxwell and mentioned that it was an eighteenth century house. It is still extant and occupied.
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