Monsell, William Thomas (1754-1833)

Tervoe, Clarina, Co Limerick – demolished

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Tervoe, Clarina, Co Limerick 

Tervoe, County Limerick entrance front c. 1945 photograph: Standish Stewart, 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.

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. 272. “(De la Poer Monsell/IFR) A three storey block of 1776, built by Col W.T. Monsell, MP, on the site of a house dating from ca 1690; to which single-storey wings, running from the front of the house to the back, were added ca 1830. A single-storey Ionic portico was added on the entrance front probably at the same time. The entrance front was of seven bays, with a three bay breakfront centre; the centre window on the first floor had a pediment over it. The ends of the wings on the entrance front were pedimented, and each had a single Wyatt window, surmounted by a blind panel. Parapeted roof. In the garden front, facing the Shannon, the wings were bow ended. Square hall with plasterwork frieze; plain and elegant stone staircase in room to left of hall. Oval music room in one of the wings, with classical figures painted on walls. The family ceased to live here 1951, and the house was demolished 1953..” 

Tervoe, County Limerick, courtesy Mark Bence-Jones.
Tervoe, County Limerick, courtesy Mark Bence-Jones.

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. 104. “Large three storey seven bay house built in 1776 for Col. W.T. Monsell MP to which a single storey was added in the early 19C. The interior contained good plasterwork and very fine mahogany doors to the principal room. There was an oval music room in one of the wings which had a coved ceiling. Dismantled c. 1953. Some of the fittings are now at Glin Castle. Portico now at Mungret College, County Limerick. Ruin demolished.”

Tervoe, County Limerick, Drawing room c. 1945. photograph: Standish Stewart. 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.

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1776 – Tervoe House, Kilkeedy, Co. Limerick 

Tervoe, County Limerick, Photograph from the Irish Tourist Association Survey 1943-44. 
Tervoe, County Limerick, Photograph from the Irish Tourist Association Survey 1943-44. 

Built in 1776 by Colonel W.T. Monsell MP on the site of an earlier house. Demolished in the 1950s. Photograph from the Irish Tourist Association Survey 1943-44.