Bence-Jones, Mark

Kildangan, Monasterevin, Co Kildare 

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Kildangan, Monasterevin, Co Kildare 

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. 166. “(More O’Ferrall/IFR) The old castle here, which had square corner towers, originally belonged to a branch of the Fitzgeralds, Earls of Kildare. It was sold ca 1705 to the brothers Edward and Edmund Reilly, of Co Cavan, prosperous merchants of Dubln, on which city Edmund was Alderman. Passed to the More O’Ferralls with the marriage of Edmund’s descendant, Susan O’Reilly, to C.E.More O’Ferrall 1849. In 1784, the old castle was abandoned by the family in favour of a single-storey thatched house, which was burnt 1880. Two years later, D.M.J. More O’Ferrall had the old castle dynamited, presumably to provide stone for the large new house which he built between then and 1886, to the design of W.J. Hopkins, of Worcester. The house is in a restrained Victorian Jacobean style, with long, asymmetrical elevations on both the entrance and garden fronts; of two storeys with a gabled and dormered attic in the high-pitched roof. Curvilinear gables; windows mostly rectangular sashes, originally with plate glass; except for a large mullioned window in the garden front, lighting the stairs. Many improvements to the house were carried out by Mr Roderic More O’Ferrall during the years following WWII. The exterior, which had formerly been faced in red brick, was made much more attractive by being rendered in grey cement; and at the same time astragals were put into the windows. The sitting room was hung with a grey and white early C19 French pictorial wallpaper; and the large drawing room, which at times in the past had been divided into two separate rooms, was charmingly redecorated in Georgian Gothic; the orange colour of the walls being set off by the white of the slender Gothic piers and other Gothic ornament. Mr More O’Ferrall has also laid out a garden with notable collection of trees and shrubs.” 

Not in national inventory 

http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_moreoferrall_kildangan.html 

More O’Ferrall of Kildangan, Co. Kildare 

FROM ‘THE LANDED GENTRY & ARISTOCRACY OF CO. KILDARE’ BY TURTLE BUNBURY & ART KAVANAGH (IRISH FAMILY NAMES, 2004). 

Major Ambrose O’Ferrall’s youngest son, Charles Edward More O Ferrall, was born on 17th May 1805. As a boy he was one of the first students to enroll at Clongowes Wood College, the boarding school outside Naas founded by the Jesuits in 1814. He later went to the Jesuit College of St Acheul near Amiens in France. On 29th November 1849, Charles married 23-year-old Susan O’Reilly, heiress to the Kildangan Castle estates outside Monasterevin, Co. Kildare. Five years later, on October 18th 1854, Susan died giving birth to their only child, Dominick. Charles served as High Sheriff of Co. Kildare during the Crimean War (1856) and passed away on 2nd November 1875.[1] 

Upon Charles’s death in 1875, 21-year-old Dominick More O’Ferrall succeeded to Kildangan. He was subsequently DL and JP for County Kildare. In 1879, a year of much political unrest in the Irish countryside, he served as High Sheriff of Kildare. In 1880, a fire destroyed the single-storey thatched house at Kildangan, built by the O’Reillys a hundred years earlier. Two years later, Dominick dynamited the old Geraldine castle and used the stones to build a Victorian Jacobean style house to the design of WJ Hopkins of Worcester. The new house, which cost £18,570, came with its own state-of-the-art heating system, something of a novelty for Irish houses at this time. Electric lights were added in 1910. During his lifetime Dominick also considerably extended the Kildangan estate, with the advice of the eminent British landscape gardener John Sutherland, who laid out the celebrated gardens. He married Annie, daughter of Colonel Francis MacDonnell, CB, of Plas Newydd, Monmouthshire. Dominick died in February 1942. 

Dominick and Anne’s eldest son Roderic was known internationally as a successful breeder and trainer of bloodstock. He was born in 1903 and educated at Eton and Worcester College, Oxford. He married Anne Biddle, only daughter of William Christian Bullitt of Washington DC, former US Ambassador to France. Mrs. Biddle was a famous figure on the Irish horseracing circuit during the 1950s and 1960s. During her marriage to Roderic, shed horses trained by Paddy Prendergast at Rossmore Lodge on The Curragh. After the marriage broke up, her horses were trained by Michael Dawson. It was with Dawson that she achieved her most important success as an owner when Sindon won the Irish Derby in 1958. She then moved her horses to her farm at Palmerstown, outside Naas, with Tommy Shaw as her private trainer. [2] She then made history by becoming the first woman trainer to be licensed by the Turf Club. By this time she was “Mrs DB Brewster”. She also had jumpers trained at Grangecon by Paddy Sleator. The best of these was Knight Errant one of only two horses to have won both the Galway Plate and the Galway Hurdle. In the legal battle that followed her separation from Roderic, Mrs. Biddle caused a sensation by accusing her husband of being “a fairy”. Apparently the term was virtually unknown in Ireland at the time – when a journalist for the Irish Press quoted it in a report the news editor called him to his office to explain it. Shortly before his death, Roderic was married again to Patricia Richards, the Australian born ex-wife of the 9th Earl of Jersey.[3] Roderic’s extensive connections included Loelia, Duchess of Westminster, who personally redecorated the dining room at Kildangan. He was president of the Bloodstock Breeders Association. Roderic based his equine activities at Kildangan Stud in County Kildare. Four years before his death in 1990, Roderic sold the farm to Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai. Kildangan continues to be a world famous stud farm to this day. 

Roderic’s brother Francis, who died in 1976, married Mary Mather Jackson and was a chairman of the Anglo-Irish Bloodstock Agency in London. The youngest brother Rory was founder (1936) and chairman of the advertising firm of More O Ferrall. [4] The company became part of the Clear Channel media company in 2002. In September 1947 he married Lady Elizabeth Hare, sister of the 4th Earl of Listowel, and the wealthy widow of the Guinness heir, Viscount Elveden. 

FOOTNOTES 

[1] Originally a FitzGerald castle, Kildangan was purchased by the merchant brothers Edward and Edmund Reilly in 1705. 

[2] Palmerstown was subsequently purchased by the former truck driver turned millionaire Jim Mansfield, architect of the City West business park and Weston Airport. He is not to be confused with the Mansfields of Morristown Latten. 

[3] The 9th Earl’s second wife Virginia Cherrill went on to become the wife of Hollywood star Cary Grant. 

[4] In 1936 Lady Elizabeth married Major Arthur Guinness, Viscount Elveden, who was killed in action in Holland in February 1945. Her grandson Edward is the present and 4th Earl of Iveagh. Her brother Lord John Hare was an influential Conservative statesman in the 1950s and 1960s. Another brother Lord Richard was a highly regarded academic specializing in Russian literature and social thought. Her eldest brother, the 5th Earl of Listowel, was prominent in the Colonial Office, serving as Secretary of State for India and Burma in 1947 

Kerdiffstown, Naas, Co Kildare 

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Kerdiffstown, Naas, Co Kildare 

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. 164. “(Aylmer/IFR) A three storey C18 house of stone, with rusticated brick surrounds to the windows; originally belonging to the Hendricks. Three sided bow in centre of front, containing entrance door; two bays on either side of this. The ends of the house are three bay; one side has round-headed, fanlighted windows on the ground floor, recessed in blind arches filled in with brick. Passed to a branch of the Aylmers with the marriage of Charlotte Hendrick to Michael Aylmer 1853. Sold by Col. R. M. Alymer 1938; subsequently a convent, when a chapel was built to one side of the front and an incongruous modern porch added to the central bow; now owned by Cement-Roadstone.” 

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11812025/kerdiffstown-house-kerdiffstown-johnstown-co-kildare

Kerdiffstown House, KERDIFFSTOWN, Johnstown, County Kildare 

Kerdiffstown, Naas, Co Kildare courtesy National Inventory.

Detached five-bay three-storey over basement former house, c.1860, retaining early fenestration with three-bay full-height canted projecting entrance bay to centre and three-bay three-storey side elevations to north-west and to south-east. Renovated, c.1940, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch added to centre to accommodate use as nursing home. Renovated and extended, c.1950, comprising eleven-bay two-storey flat-roofed wing to west with single-bay double-height bowed linking bay. Wing refenestrated, c.1990. Hipped roof behind blocking course with slate (polygonal to canted projecting bay). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roof to porch with semi-circular projection over door opening. Flat-roof to wing to west behind parapet wall. Materials not visible. Squared rubble stone walls. Red brick Flemish bond to canted projecting bay. Cut-stone dressings including quoins to corners, cornice and blocking course. Rendered walls to porch. Painted. Rendered walls to wing to west. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings (round-headed to ground floor side (north-west) elevation in red brick surrounds). Stone sills. Red brick block-and-start surrounds. 3/3 and 6/6 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening. Timber panelled door. Overlight. Square-headed openings to wing to west. Concrete sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds approached by avenue. Attached seven-bay double-height Classical-style private chapel, c.1940, to south on a T-shaped plan with round-headed openings, single-bay single-storey flat-roofed transepts to south-east and to south-west, single-bay double-height lower bowed apse to south and single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to north forming part of linking bay to house to north. Gable-ended roof with slate. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered coping to gables with cross finials to apexes. Metal rainwater goods on profiled eaves course. Flat-roofed to transepts and to porch behind parapet walls. Materials not visible. Half-conical to apse. Copped-clad. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Unpainted. Rusticated cut-granite plinth. Rendered dressings including ruled-and-lined piers to corners, moulded necking over (forming stringcourse) and moulded surround to gables forming pediments. Cut-stone coping to profiled parapet walls to transepts and to porch. Round-headed openings to nave. Concrete sills. Moulded archivolt to opening to north with drip moulding and plaque over. Fixed-pane stained glass windows. Square-headed openings to remainder. Concrete sills. Timber fittings. Square-headed door opening. Moulded surround with keystone. Timber panelled door. Detached four-bay single-storey outbuilding, c.1860, to west. Reroofed, c.1940. Now disused. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1940. Iron ridge tiles. Corrugated-Perspex rooflights. Rendered coping to gables. Remains of cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls over rubble stone construction. Unpainted. Square-headed openings including integral carriageway. Stone sills. Fittings now gone. Detached nine-bay two-storey outbuilding, c.1860, to north-west with series of eight elliptical-headed integral carriageways to ground floor. Reroofed, c.1990. Flat-roofed. Replacement iron-clad, c.1990. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings (slit-style to first floor). Stone sills. No fittings (window opening to ground floor now boarded-up). Elliptical-headed integral carriageways. No fittings (most now blocked-up with rendered over). 

Kerdiffstown House is a fine and well-maintained substantial country gentleman’s residence that has been significantly extended over subsequent decades. Originally a symmetrically-planned house of graceful Georgian proportions with the primary (north-east) front centred about an imposing canted projecting bay, the earliest block retains most of its original character, features and materials. The juxtaposition of rubble stone with red brick in the construction achieves a pleasing decorative effect, while the cut-stone dressings – particularly to the parapet – reveal a high quality of stone masonry that retains its crisp intricacy. The house retains much of its original features and materials, including mutli-pane timber fenestration and a slate roof, and it is possible that an important early interior also survives intact, despite a subsequent change of use. Comprehensively extended in the mid twentieth century to accommodate use as a hospital or nursing home, the additional ranges are typical of their period of construction and reveal a functional planning system – the contrast of styles is nevertheless attractive. Complementing the scheme is the adjoining private chapel, which links the two phases of building, reflecting the Classicism of the house together with the modern construction methods of the additional ranges. A striking feature on the approach avenue to the house from the south, the chapel is a highly ornamental piece that uses render throughout to decorative effect. Although based on a conventional plan the materials used throughout, including concrete, are comparatively modern. The chapel incorporates decorative stained glass windows, which may be of some artistic interest. The house is complemented in the grounds by a range of outbuildings, in various states of repair: the range to west, although in poor repair, retains much of its original features and materials; the range to north-west, on the other hand, is an important reminder of the various activities undertaken on the estate in the past and is a fine stable complex with an attractive arrangement of carriageways. The house and attendant outbuildings, attractively set in landscaped grounds, are an important reminder of the almost independent societies that private estates were in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, while the additional structures are an important lesson in how outmoded or ‘unsustainable’ buildings can be successfully rejuvenated to accommodate an alternative purpose. 

Kerdiffstown, Naas, Co Kildare courtesy National Inventory.
Kerdiffstown, Naas, Co Kildare courtesy National Inventory.
Kerdiffstown, Naas, Co Kildare courtesy National Inventory.
Kerdiffstown, Naas, Co Kildare courtesy National Inventory.
Kerdiffstown, Naas, Co Kildare courtesy National Inventory.
Kerdiffstown, Naas, Co Kildare courtesy National Inventory.
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Kerdiffstown House, Johnstown, Co. Kildare 

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Kerdiffstown House. Image: Society of St. Vincent de Paul. 

 
A three-storey seven by three bay 18th century stone house with rusticated brick surrounds to the windows, originally belonging to the Hendricks family. The full-height canted bow now occupying the central three bays of the main front and containing the entrance door is probably a later addition as it is of brick, whereas the wall behind is of stone. One of the three bay end elevations has round-headed fanlighted windows on the ground floor, recessed in blind arches filled in with brick. The house by marriage to the Aylmers in 1853 and was sold by Col. R.M. Aylmer in 1938. It subsequently became a convent, and was renovated for this purpose in 1940, when a severely plain apse-ended classical chapel was built; rather later, c.1950, some unsightly additions were made including a modern porch and a two-storey accommodation block. The present horrible plastic windows are a more recent erosion of the historic fabric, probably perpetrated c.1990. 
 
Descent: Hans Hendrick (d. 1889); to grandson, Hans Hendrick Aylmer (later Hendrick-Aylmer) (1856-1917); to brother, Algernon Ambrose Michael Aylmer (1857-1933); to son, Col. Richard Michael Aylmer (1887-1975), who sold 1938 to Dominican order for use as a Convent…. sold to Cement Roadstone Ltd. (fl. 1980); now a Society of St. Vincent de Paul Holiday Centre. 

Jigginstown House, Naas, Co Kildare 

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Jigginstown House, Naas, Co Kildare 

Jigginstown, County Kildare, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

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. 161. “(Wentworth, Strafford, E/DEP; Fitzwilliam, E/PB) The palace which Thomas Wentworth, afterwards Earl of Stafford, built ca 1636 when Lord Deputy of Ireland, for his own use and also perhaps with a view to its being occupied by Charles I; though it was never a Royal Palace, but Strafford’s own property, and remained the property of his descendants. It is said to have been designed by John Allen, who came to Ireland from Holland, was “factor” for the Dutch and “being skilful in architecture was esteemed and consulted by the most eminent of the nobility in their buildings.” It appears to have consisted of one principal storey, of red brick, on a high, stone-faced basement; and with a high-pitched roof containing a dormer attic; it had a frontage of no less than 380 feet, consisting of a long central block flanked by two projecting pavilions or towers.  Part of the basement was vaulted, of very fine brickwork, wih panelled and moulded brick columns; there were brick fireplaces and massive brick chimneystacks. According to tradition, there was an elaborate formal lay-out with terraces and fishponds. Also according to tradition, the building was never completed; but this is not wholly true; Wentworth told Archbishop Laud 1637 that he had “in a manner finished it,” at a cost of £6000, and he seems to have been frequently in residence herere, for many of his letters were written from “The Naas.” It was here that the great Ormonde signed the “Cessation” with the Confederates 1643; after the Restoration, he removed some of the marble doorcases and chimneypieces to Kilkenny Castle, or Dunmore House. In C18, the building was allowed to fall into ruin, now all that remains are some of the walls and the vaulted basement.” 

Jigginstown, County Kildare, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), Lord Deputy of Ireland 1632-1640 for King Charles I.

And supplement: 

“As well as the extensive walls and vaulted basement of the main block, other buildings survive: notably the two corner pavilions.” 

https://www.thedicamillo.com/house/jigginstown/?search_ref=8afacb9bf34b85c21f9ff67d83667fbb

House & Family History: Jigginstown was to be a palace, a house appropriate for the ruler of Ireland in the 17th century; that ruler was Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, of Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire. Strafford was a loyal servant to Charles I and suffered for his devotion by losing his head, an event that precipitated the Civil War. Because of the Civil War the grand red brick house Strafford started to build was never completed and slipped into ruin during the years of civil strife. In the 1960s its half-buried cellars were still visible. 

Title: Thomas Wentworth: First Earl of Strafford, 1593-1641: A Revaluation 
Author: Wedgwood, C.V. 
Year Published: 2000 
Reference: pgs. 225-226 
Publisher: London: Phoenix Press 
ISBN: 1842120816 
Book Type: Softback 

https://archiseek.com/2016/jigginstown-house-co-kildare

1636 – Jigginstown House, Naas, Co. Kildare 

Architect: John Allen 

Jigginstown also known as Sigginstown House, or Strafford’s Folly was 380ft in length, making it one of the largest unfortified structures built in Ireland. It was also one of the earliest brick houses in Ireland – the bricks being imported from Holland. John Allen was a master builder who is presumed to have acquired his skills in Holland.  

The owner, Thomas Strafford, Lord Wentworth, had hoped to entertain the king in it. But it was not to be. During the 1630s, Wentworth served as Lord Deputy of Ireland before becoming a leading advisor to the king in London. However he was accused of treason, sentenced to death, and executed before a crowd of 200,000 on 12 May 1641. The house was destroyed in the 1640s. The house can be assumed to have been largely completed by his death, as Strafford wrote that “I have, in a manner finished it.” 

According to Maurice Craig, writing in Ulster Journal of Archaeology, 1970, it seems that Wentworth was working on three possible outcomes. One, the King would accept it as an Irish Palace; two, that it would be left on Wentworth’s hands; or the King would use it occasionally, leaving it in the Lord Deputy’s hands at other times. 

Described in 1656: “It’s plan was simple, a long three-storey building with two square wings; twenty-four large windows made up the first floor together with two entrances, each with a flight of twelve steps. The ground floor consisted of a row of windows designed to provide light for the large cellars. The brickwork, some of which still survives was excellent and there was also some marble columns and pavements. By the 1650s, however the house was in ruins and most of the lead and iron used in its construction had been removed for use as ammunition.”  

Later described at the end of the 17th century with slight exaggeration as “having a chimney for every day of the year.” The ruined building was surveyed by Edward Lovett Pearce in 1726. Some of his assumptions are disputed – his internal divisions and room usages. It has also been suggested that his reconstructed elevation of two storeys above basement may be incorrect. Either way the scale of the building was huge, the large cellars are still standing and can be appreciated today.  

In the late 1960s, a student project led to the removal of the ivy from the ruins, and a general cleanup of the site. In recent years, the Office of Public Works has been involved in stabilizing the ruins.

Scart, Castlegrove, Co Kerry 

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Scart, Castlegrove, Co Kerry 

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. 255. “A house of late-Georgian appearance with gables, but without any gothic or Tudor-Revival touches. Of one storey over a high basement and with an attic. Entrance front with recessed centre between one bay gabled projections; fanlighted entrance door under the eaves of the roof. In the C19, home of the Jermyn family.”

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21310701/scart-house-scart-ma-by-co-kerry

Detached H-plan three-bay single-storey over raised basement house with dormer attic, built c. 1825. Comprising single-bay single-storey recessed entrance bay to centre with elliptical-headed door opening approached by flight of steps, single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bays and pair of single-bay single-storey returns to rear to north-east. Undergoing extensive renovation in 1998. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered rubble stone walls having battered base to some walls. Limestone sills and timber lintels, several replaced in concrete, to timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows. Semi-elliptical red brick arched doorway with timber doorcase, panelled door, spoked fanlight and sliding sash sidelights. Retaining interior features. Detached three-bay two-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1825, with square-headed integral carriage arch to right ground floor and door opening to first floor of south gable end approached by flight of steps. Set within own grounds.


http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/property-list.jsp?letter=S

James F. Bland was leasing a house valued at £10 15s to William Jermyn at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Bary states that Scart house was occupied for several generations of the Jermyn family before being sold in the 1890s. It is still extant and occupied.  

https://search.savills.com/ie/en/property-detail/gbcounduy180094

  • History
    Originally built in 1823 by William Jermyn, Scart House has been merited with national recognition and awards in the late 1990’s for its history of conservation works protecting its architectural and period features.

    It is also famous as being the birthplace of James Franklin Fuller, one of Ireland’s foremost Victorian architects and responsible for some of the country’s finest works of art including Kylemore Abbey, Ashford Castle, Parknasilla, Farmleigh and the Gardener’s Lodge in St Stephens Green.

    Description
    Scart House is a truly wonderful Georgian country and coastal house which is one of the finest restorations for a property of its era in South Kerry. Situated in a sheltered glade just 400m from the shoreline, its unrivalled location directly on the Ring of Kerry enhances its appeal alongside its beautiful example of Georgian architectural design. Built on a H-plan, it is a three-bay, single-storey over raised basement house and the roof is capped with Valentia slate. Extensive restoration works of the property have been undertaken during a thirty-year period, including works to the original roof in 2007.

    Fronted by stone piers, the imposing residence is approached by an impressive avenue with mature trees on each side. A flight of steps leads up to the front door with fan light above, which is at first floor level of the South gable and opens into a wide entrance hall with two of the six reception rooms on either side. On the right is a dining room for entertaining and a drawing room on the left. A central hallway connects to the master bedroom of the house and two further double bedrooms on the first floor with a bathroom.

    The main living accommodation is on the ground floor level with kitchen, pantry, utility room, WC, study, main bathroom and two further bedrooms. The interior over the two floors is characteristic of its Georgian era with ornate cornicing, sash windows and architraves and all renovated to a beautiful contemporary design.

    Gardens and Grounds
    Set within private grounds of about 1.42 acres (0.60 hectares) in total, the grounds are well presented and divided amongst gardens, lawns and paddocks. A range of outbuildings on the grounds include outdoor wood cabin, log shed and a traditional stone cut outhouse. There is also a herb garden, orchard, glasshouse and a pagola covers a stone patio on the western side of the house, ideal for watching the sun set.

    BER Details – BER Exempt

Local information

  • Castlecove is an idyllic coastal village situated in the Iveragh Peninsula on the famous Ring of Kerry, arguably Irelands most beautiful coastline road. It is an area renowned for its picturesque surroundings of mountains and views across the Kenmare Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The nearby Castlecove village offers a grocery shop, coffee shop, pub, church and Staigue Fort House & B and B. O’Carroll’s Cove Beach Bar and Seafood Restaurant is located close by and is a renowned award-winning restaurant, while further amenities can be found a short drive away in the picturesque towns of Sneem (14km) and Kenmare (40km).
  • This location on the Ring of Kerry enjoys breath-taking 360-degree views of the Caha mountains on the Beara Peninsula to the East and McGillicuddy Reeks and Staigue Fort to the North. Nearby Castlecove beach is a wonderful sandy beach and as for sailing and fishing enthusiasts, Westcove Harbour (2.5km) offers secure and sheltered anchorage.
  • South Kerry offers a plethora of activities along its scenic coastline, including the magnificent Skellig Michael, whale and dolphin watching, Kerry Geopark in Sneem, Derrynane Historic House and Gardens and Killarney National Park. The Kerry International Dark-Sky Reserve, being one of only two gold tier sky reserves in the Northern Hemisphere, is a rare area of exceptional quality, starry nights and nocturnal environment, a protected place of natural darkness at night.

Additional information

  • Directions: Eircode V93 W6W3

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/scart-house-scart-castlecove-co-kerry-v93-w6w3/4327320

A magnificent Georgian house set on the scenic Ring of Kerry with sea views History Originally built in 1823 by William Jermyn, Scart House has been merited with national recognition and awards in the late 1990’s for its history of conservation works protecting its architectural and period features. It is also famous as being the birthplace of James Franklin Fuller, one of Ireland’s foremost Victorian architects and responsible for some of the country’s finest works of art including Kylemore Abbey, Ashford Castle, Parknasilla, Farmleigh and the Gardener’s Lodge in St Stephens Green. Description Scart House is a truly wonderful Georgian country and coastal house which is one of the finest restorations for a property of its era in South Kerry. Situated in a sheltered glade just 400m from the shoreline, its unrivalled location directly on the Ring of Kerry enhances its appeal alongside its beautiful example of Georgian architectural design. Built on a H-plan, it is a three-bay, single-storey over raised basement house and the roof is capped with Valentia slate. Extensive restoration works of the property have been undertaken during a thirty-year period, including works to the original roof in 2007. Fronted by stone piers, the imposing residence is approached by an impressive avenue with mature trees on each side.

A flight of steps leads up to the front door with fan light above, which is at first floor level of the South gable and opens into a wide entrance hall with two of the six reception rooms on either side. On the right is a dining room for entertaining and a drawing room on the left. A central hallway connects to the master bedroom of the house and two further double bedrooms on the first floor with a bathroom. The main living accommodation is on the ground floor level with kitchen, pantry, utility room, WC, study, main bathroom and two further bedrooms. The interior over the two floors is characteristic of its Georgian era with ornate cornicing, sash windows and architraves and all renovated to a beautiful contemporary design.

Gardens and Grounds Set within private grounds of about 1.42 acres (0.60 hectares) in total, the grounds are well presented and divided amongst gardens, lawns and paddocks. A range of outbuildings on the grounds include outdoor wood cabin, log shed and a traditional stone cut outhouse. There is also a herb garden, orchard, glasshouse and a pagola covers a stone patio on the western side of the house, ideal for watching the sun set.

Castlecove is an idyllic coastal village situated in the Iveragh Peninsula on the famous Ring of Kerry, arguably Irelands most beautiful coastline road. It is an area renowned for its picturesque surroundings of mountains and views across the Kenmare Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The nearby Castlecove village offers a grocery shop, coffee shop, pub, church and Staigue Fort House & B and B. O’Carroll’s Cove Beach Bar and Seafood Restaurant is located close by and is a renowned award-winning restaurant, while further amenities can be found a short drive away in the picturesque towns of Sneem (14km) and Kenmare (40km). This location on the Ring of Kerry enjoys breath-taking 360-degree views of the Caha mountains on the Beara Peninsula to the East and McGillicuddy Reeks and Staigue Fort to the North. Nearby Castlecove beach is a wonderful sandy beach and as for sailing and fishing enthusiasts, Westcove Harbour (2.5km) offers secure and sheltered anchorage. South Kerry offers a plethora of activities along its scenic coastline, including the magnificent Skellig Michael, whale and dolphin watching, Kerry Geopark in Sneem, Derrynane Historic House and Gardens and Killarney National Park. The Kerry International Dark-Sky Reserve, being one of only two gold tier sky reserves in the Northern Hemisphere, is a rare area of exceptional quality, starry nights and nocturnal environment, a protected place of natural darkness at night.

Features

  • Imposing Georgian house on the Ring of Kerry
  • 5 bedrooms with master ensuite
  • Approx. 3, 057 sq ft
  • About 1.42 acres (0.60 hectares) 
  • Magnificent setting with sea views

BER Details

BER: Exempt BER No: Performance Indicator:

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West Cove House, Castlecove, Co Kerry

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West Cove House, Castlecove, Co Kerry

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.  

1978; Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.]

p. 283. “(Barton/IFR) A two storey five bay late-Georgian house with a fanlighted doorway, its front prolonged by a slightly lower two storey one bay gable-ended wing. Owned in C19 by a branch of the O’Sullivan family, now the home of Lt-Col and Mrs H.D.M. Barton.”

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21310605/west-cove-coad-co-kerry

Detached L-plan five-bay two-storey late-Georgian house, built c. 1835, possibly incorporating fabric of earlier house. Round-headed door opening to centre having single-bay two-storey lower recessed end bay to right. Two-bay two-storey lean-to lower return to rear to north-west having single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting bay. Pitched and hipped concrete tile roofs with cat-slides at rear, and having rendered haunched chimneystacks. Painted rendered walls. Timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows to main building and two-over-two and four-over-four pane sliding sash windows to annexe, all having limestone sills. Recessed timber panelled door with spoked fanlight. Liscannor flags to steps and terrace. Detached seven-bay single-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding with half-dormer attic, built c. 1835, to north-west on an L-shaped plan comprising four-bay single-storey range with three-bay single-storey projecting bay to south having elliptical-headed integral carriage arch and door opening to first floor approached by flight of steps. Renovated to accommodate residential use. Detached six-bay two-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1835, to south possibly originally boathouse. Gateway, built c. 1835, to east comprising pair of rubble stone piers with wrought-iron gates.

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Edward J. Hartopp was leasing this property at Coad, valued at £14 15s, to Eugene O’Sullivan at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Lewis mentions Castle Cove as the residence of Mr. O’Sullivan in 1837 but he may have meant this house. In 1814, Leet noted Cooe as the seat of John Sesggerson and Bary states that, prior to the O’Sullivan occupation, West Cove was the seat of the Seggerson family. It is still extant and sometimes let as holiday accommodation.  

Tanavalla, Listowel, Co Kerry (or Garrantanvally House) – burnt 1920 

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Tanavalla, Listowel, Co Kerry (or Garrantanvally House) – burnt 1920 

Tanavalla, Listowel, Co Kerry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

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. 270. “A late Georgian house of two storeys over a basement. Three bay front, with fanlighted doorway; four bay side. Wide-eaved roof.”

https://archiseek.com/2017/1820s-tanavalla-house-listowel-co-kerry/

1820s – Tanavalla House , Listowel, Co. Kerry

The original house was destroyed by fire in the 1820s and rebuilt in Regency style. The Elliotts owned the property until the 1870s after which it was the occupied by the Cooke family. It was burned in 1920.

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Alexander Elliott was leasing this property from William Monsell at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £22 10s. While it is labelled Garrantanavally House on the 1st editon Ordnance Survey map, it seems to have been generally known as Tanavalla House. Lewis states Tannavalla was the seat of A. Elliott in 1837. Bary states that the original house was destroyed by fire in the 1820s and rebuilt in Regency style. The Elliotts owned the property until at least the 1870s after which it was the occupied by the Cooke family. It was burned in 1920.  

Waterville House, Waterville, Co Kerry 

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Waterville House, Waterville, Co Kerry 

Waterville House, Co Kerry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

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. 282. “(Butler, sub Dunboyne, B/PB) A plain two storey five bay late C18 or early C19 house with irregular wing at the back incorporating part of an earlier house.”

Waterville House, Co Kerry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Not in national inventory

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Caleb Chute was leasing a property valued at £18 to James Butler at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Both Lewis, in 1837, and Leet in 1814, noted Waterville as the residence of James Butler .The Ordnance Survey Name Books described it as ” two stories high and in good repair” in 1840. Bary indicates that the house was built by the Butler family in the late eighteenth century and they resided there until 1965. It is now a luxury guesthouse with a golf links nearby.  

In O’Hea O’Keeffe, Jane. Voices from the Great Houses: Cork and Kerry. Mercier Press, Cork, 2013.

p. 271. In 1686 Rev Pierce Butler, grandson of Lord Dunboyne, became rector of the seven parishes in the barony of Iveragh in Co Kerry. He died in 1714 and his son Theobald Butler, who had been living in Priestown in County Meath, leased the valuable salmon fishery at Currane in south Kerry from Arthur Herbert of Brewsterfield, Killarney. Theobald Butler married Mary Whitwell, daughter of Sir Nathaniel Whitwell, a wine importer and lord mayor of Dublin. They came to live at Currane and Theobald Butler was appointed Justice of the Peace in Kerry.

In 1775 their son, Whitwell Butler (1743-1807) , an officer in the Royal Navy, built Waterville House on the site of an earlier building at the mouth of the Currane River. He also erected Belville House on the shore of the Valentia channel at Portmagee. He married Belinda Yielding, daughter of Richard Yielding of Rathkeale and Tralee. On his death in 1807 he was succeeded by his son James Butler (1780-1863), an energetic and hard-working man, who [p.272] enlarged and improved the Waterville estate. He was the owner of the Skelligs, two pyramids of rock which rise dramatically out of the Atlantic to the west of the Iveragh Peninsula, and he took great care to preserve the early Christian monastery on the Great Skellig. In 1820 the government purchased the rock from James Butler for £800. He was appointed deputy lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Kerry, and in 1817 he married Agnes Day, daugther of Rev John Day of Kiltallagh. Their eldest son James (1820-87), a fluent Irish speaker, married Anne Margaret Green Davis of Killeagh in east Cork in 1849. He owned over 1,400 acres in Kerry in the 1870s and at this time, his sister Arabella Butler who lived at Waterville was the proprietor of over 700 acres.

Waterville House was entailed, which meant that it could only be passed to certain heirs, and when it was taken over by the eldest son, James Whitwell Butler (b.1897), his parents resettled in west Cork. The house was sold in 1963, but the Butler family were not to cut their ties with Kerry. The second Butler son, Edward Theobald “Teddy” Butler, bought a house in Derrynane where he farmed and fished, and where he and his wife were very content. The also retained their home in Tipperary, where their daughter Jennifer Butler and her sisters grew up. [Anner House, Cloneen, Co Tipp]

Tober House, Co Wicklow – a ruin 

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Tober House, Co Wicklow – a ruin 

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. 273. “A three storey five bay early C18 house with its windows close together, away from the corners. Shouldered doorcase with entablature. The seat of the Powell family. Now a ruin.”

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. 

Tinnahinch (or Tinnehinch), Enniskerry, Co Wicklow – destroyed by fire 

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Tinnahinch (or Tinnehinch), Enniskerry, Co Wicklow – destroyed by fire 

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. 273. “(Grattan/IFR; Grattan-Bellew, Bt/PB) A C18 house on a beautiful situation by the Dargle River, which, together with an estate, was presented by the Irish Parliament to Henry Grattan, the great orator, statesman and Irish patriot, in gratitude for the part he played in obtaining freedom from British control 1782. the house was formerly an inn, the best in Co Wicklow, and much frequented by Grattan himself….the house was destroyed by fire this century, one storey of the ruin still stands, and has been made into a feature of the garden of the present house, which is in the former stables.”

Not in National Inventory

The Irish state and the Big House in independent Ireland, 1922–73 

Emer Crooke, B.A., M.A. 

Thesis submitted for the degree of Ph.D Jan 2014, Maynooth.

p. 111 In 1953 the Irish Independent drew attention to this gap in terms of responsibility or power to act in relation to the protection of the Big House and historic buildings generally. Its article examined whether any particular body was ‘charged with the sole responsibility of maintaining or preserving for the nation buildings of historical value’.4 Reportedly there were at least four bodies with some responsibilities in relation to historical buildings, namely: Bord Fáilte, the Land Commission, the Board of Works and An Taisce, the embryonic National Trust for Ireland which had been founded in 1948. The Irish Independent believed that the functions of all of these bodies in relation to historic buildings preservation lacked definition ‘with the result that there is some confusion as to the ultimate responsibility for the preservation of places such as the Henry Grattan house’, Tinnehinch, which had recently been partially demolished.5 They explained that a section of the Tourist Act under which Bord Fáilte had been set up the previous year had empowered the board to protect and maintain national monuments and historic buildings, sites and shrines and places of scenic or historical interest to the public. However, despite this, a spokesman for Bord Fáilte was unable to say whether the interpretation of this section was wide enough to permit them to acquire and preserve buildings, such as Tinnehinch, which were in danger of destruction and ‘would be a total loss to the nation’.6 All Bord Fáilte had been enabled to do so far was to provide amenities at places like Newgrange. The Commissioners of Public Works had a statutory responsibility for the preservation and maintenance of what were described as ‘scheduled national monuments which were of first importance historically as ancient ruins’.7 However, the paper emphasised: ‘they have no function or responsibility in the acquisition of historical buildings’.8 On the other hand, from time to time various properties with land attached could be acquired compulsorily or otherwise by the Land Commission, but not for historical reasons. Furthermore, the report emphasised: ‘neither is it obliged to preserve any building of a historical character which it acquires; and not infrequently such buildings are disposed of in other ways. Some have gone to the forestry department and others to the Department of Agriculture. Others have been demolished, the permission of the local authority having been first obtained’.9 In the view of the Irish Independent, the only one of the four bodies mentioned which had any clearly defined functions and responsibilities in this area was An Taisce, whose memorandum of incorporation as a limited company entitled it ‘to acquire by gift, purchase or grant, any lands, buildings or property of value to the nation for their historical associations or natural beauty’.10 It was also entitled to protect and improve such properties. However, An Taisce was little more than advisory in capacity as it had no funding from government to exercise its powers, unlike the English National Trust which had wide powers, government recognition and financial assistance. In contrast, An Taisce had to depend on ‘the support of its members, the interest of the public, and the goodwill of local authorities: but it has never received any official recognition’.11

4 Irish Independent, 20 Oct. 1953 

5 Ibid. 

6 Ibid. 

7 Ibid.  

8 Ibid. 

9 Ibid. 

10 Ibid. 

11 Ibid.  

p. 113. Around this time the possibility for the O.P.W.’s preservation of Tinnehinch House, county Wicklow arose. In January 1943 Allen and Townsend chartered surveyors wrote to the O.P.W. to inform them that they were instructed to offer for sale Tinnehinch, the residence of the late Sir Henry Grattan Bellew, which comprised a mansion house and lands presented by the nation to Grattan. They noted that the buildings were in poor condition but wrote that before offering the property elsewhere, they wondered if Leask’s department or the government would be interested in the property.12 In response, Leask, the Inspector of National Monuments, wrote to division C of the O.P.W. stating that, apart from the historic association of the house with Grattan, he did not see that the place had any special interest from the national monuments point of view.13 Division C of the O.P.W. was principally the drainage division although, judging by this correspondence, staff of this division were also involved with the issue of national monuments. In Leask’s opinion, Tinnehinch house was ‘not particularly distinguished’, adding: ‘it is not one of the great Georgian mansions for which the country is remarkable. The house does not appear to be one which could be treated as a national monument’.14 In March the surveyors were informed that they were not interested15 and by July the Irish Independent reported that Tinnehinch had been bought in trust by Messrs. Hardman and Sons.16 Ten years later it was partially demolished by its owners without permission.

12 Allen & Townsend chartered surveyors to H. G. Leask, 13 Jan. 1943 (National Archives of Ireland, O.P.W. files, F94/544/1). 

13 Note from H. G. Leask to division C, O.P.W., 14 Jan. 1943 (N.A.I., O.P.W. files, F94/544/1). 

14 Ibid. 

15 O.P.W. to Messrs. Allen & Townsend, 3 Mar. 1943 (N.A.I., O.P.W. files, F94/544/1). 

16 Irish Independent, 19 July 1943.  

P. 114 As a result of the frequency of such cases, in 1945 H. G. Leask and J. Rafferty, joint honorary secretaries of the N.M.A.C., wrote to the O.P.W. to say that the council had discussed: 

the wholesale demolition of 18th and 19th century mansions which has taken place in recent years. These houses represent an important phase in the country’s politico-social and cultural history and the council deplores the fact that a large number of them have been destroyed without any records of their features having been made.17 

They went on to say that while the council was of the opinion that, in the absence of special legislation, there was no effective method of taking preventative action in cases of threatened destruction, they considered that ‘in the cases where such houses are vested in or under the control of the Land Commission that that department might be asked to give notice of intended demolitions in order to give an opportunity for having surveys and records of any which may possess features of artistic interest’18 and they requested this be brought to the attention of the Land Commission. The O.P.W. was willing to enquire into the feasibility of this suggestion and on 12 April 1945 the O.P.W. wrote to the Land Commission enquiring if they would comply.19 The Department of Lands replied that they would ‘in future give them notice of any demolition of 18th and 19th century mansions contemplated by the department’.20 This illustrates that the Land Commission was willing to agree with such a request to create a record of these mansions, even though it would presumably delay its staff’s plans or work on the demolition or sale of the structures on its hands.

17 H. G. Leask and J. Rafferty, joint honorary secretaries of the N.M.A.C., to the secretary of the O.P.W., 26 Mar. 1945 (N.A.I., O.P.W. files, F94/574/1). 

18 Ibid.

19 W. J. Veale, a/s secretary of the O.P.W. to the secretary of the Land Commission, 12 Apr. 1945 (N.A.I., O.P.W. files, F94/574/1). 

20 [D. F.] Nally, secretary of the Department of Lands to the secretary of the O.P.W., 25 Apr. 1945 (N.A.I., O.P.W. files, F94/574/1).  

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. 

p. 155. “A large 18C house formerly an inn of three storeys with a five bay recessed centre which had a single bay pedimented breakfront, flanked by single bay wings (possibly later additions) of only two floors but of the same overall height. Seat of Henry Grattan. The house has been demolished except for the ground floor front wall of the entrance front which now forms an attractive garden feature.”

Tottenham Green, County Wexford – demolished

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Tottenham Green, County Wexford

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. 274. “(Tottenham/IFR and sub Ely, M/PB) A house of late C17 or early C18 appearance, but said to incorporate much older structure. …in C18, Tottenham Green was the seat of Charles Tottenham, known as “Tottenham in his boots: from having appeared in the Irish House of Commons in ridging boots after an historic ride from Co Wexford to vote in a crucial division (not to be confused with “Boots” Carew of Ballinamona Park). Sir Charles Tottenham, 2nd Bt, inherited the estates of the Loftus family and became 1st Marquess of Ely; Tottenham Green went to his younger son, Lord Robert Tottenham, Bishop of Clogher. It was sold ca 1873 to a Mr Bell; resold 1913 to James Cullen, sold once again 1945 and demolished ca 1950.”

Charles Tottenham in his Boots (1685-1758), 1731 by James Latham.

Dictionary of National Biography:

TOTTENHAM, CHARLES (1685–1758), Irish politician, son of Edward Tottenham of Tottenham Green, co. Wexford, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Hayman of Youghal, was born in 1685. He sat for New Ross in the Irish House of Commons from 1727 until shortly before his death, and was sheriff of co. Wexford in 1737, his local influence being great. In 1731 a great opposition was set on foot to a proposal that an Irish surplus of 60,000l. should be made over to the British government. Having heard that the question was likely to come on earlier than he expected, Tottenham, who was in the country, is said to have mounted his horse at Ballycarny, to have ridden sixty miles by night, and rushed into the parliament-house, Dublin, where the sergeant-at-arms endeavoured to bar his entrance on the ground that he was ‘undressed, in dirty boots, and splashed up to his shoulders.’ The speaker decided that he had no power to exclude him, and Tottenham strode into the house in jack boots ‘to vote for the country.’ The division was just about to be taken, and his casting vote gave a majority of one against the unpopular measure. Thenceforth he was known and toasted by Irish patriots as ‘Tottenham in his boots,’ although details of the story have been questioned. He died on 20 Sept. 1758. A character-portrait by Pope Stevens, dated 1749, was engraved in mezzotint by Andrew Miller, and bore the legend, ‘Tottenham in his Boots.’ 

By his first wife, Ellinor (d. 1745), daughter of John Cliffe of Mulrancan, co. Wexford, he had, with other issue, John, M.P. for New Ross in 1758, and for Fethard, co. Wexford, in 1761 and 1769, and sheriff for his county in 1749, who was created Sir John Tottenham, bart., of Tottenham Green, on 2 Dec. 1780, and died 29 Dec. 1786; and Charles, the ancestor of the Tottenhams of Ballycurry, co. Wicklow. 

By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas, and sister and coheir of Henry Loftus, earl of Ely, Sir John, the first baronet, had issue Charles Tottenham (afterwards Loftus) (1738–1806), who in connection with the negotiations preceding the Act of Union was on 29 Dec. 1800 created Marquis of Ely, having previously been made Baron (1785) and Viscount (1789) Loftus and Earl of Ely (1794). He assumed the name of Loftus in 1783, and on 19 Jan. 1801 he was created Baron Loftus of Long Loftus in the United Kingdom, having thus obtained no fewer than five separate peerage creations within fifteen years. ‘Prends-moi tel que je suis’ was the marquis’s motto (G. E. C[okayne], Peerage, iii. 263 n.). 

[Lodge’s Peerage, 1789, vii. 269; Burke’s Landed Gentry, 1894, p. 2022; Members of Parliament, Official Returns; Webb’s Compendium of Irish Biography; Barrington’s Personal Sketches, i. 105–6; Smith’s British Mezzotinto Portraits, p. 937; Notes and Queries, 7th ser. vi. 41; Hardy’s Memoirs of the Earl of Charlemont, i. 76; Warburton’s Dublin.] 

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Charles Tottenham (1685-1758) married Eleanor Cliffe and they had a son, John Tottenham (1714-1786) who was created 1st Baronet. He married Elizabeth Loftus (1720-1747) of Loftus Hall in Wexford, daughter of Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Ely. They had a son Charles Tottenham Loftus (1737-1806) who was created 1st Marquess Ely.

Charles Tottenham Loftus (1737-1806) , 1st Marquess of Ely by Hugh Douglas Hamilton.

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. 

p. 151. “An important single storey late 17C or early 18C pedimented and gable-ended house. Built for the Tottenhams. Very fine pedimented Roman Ionic doorcase and steep roof with dormer windows. The pediment had a Venetian window. A wing was added to the left hand side later in the 18C. Demolished c. 1950.