Roberts, Thomas (1738-1817) 1st Baronet Roberts

Sallymount, Brannockstown, Co Kildare – demolished 

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Sallymount, Brannockstown, 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. 254. “(Cramer-Roberts/LCI 1958; Close/LG1937 supp) A Georgian block of three storeys over basement, six bays long and five bays deep, with a parapeted roof and a strong-course under the top storey windows giving htem the effect of an attic. In the Victorian period, two single-storey three sided pilastered bows were added on one front, with a pilastered rectangular projection between them; and single-storey pilastered rectangular projections were added on the adjoining fronts, one of them having a pierced parapet and running the full depth of the house. Stylistically, these additions seem likely to have been to the design of George Ashlin. On the death of M.W.C. Cramer-Roberts 1939, Sallymount passed to his daughter, Mrs Maxwell Close, by whom it was sold. Now demolished.”  

Family tree see Rev John (ne Cramer) Roberts.

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. 86. A large plain late 18C house with Victorian additions, built by the Cramer Roberts family. Demolished.

Sherlockstown, Sallins, 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.

Stacumny House, Celbridge, 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.

Straffan House, Straffan, County Kildare – The K Club hotel and golf club https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/16/straffan-house-the-k-club-county-kildare-accommodation/

Straffan Lodge, Straffan, 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.

Yeomanstown, 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.

Yeomanstown Lodge, 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.

Whitechurch Stud, Co Kildare 

White Castle, Athy, Co Kildare

Springfield House, Buttevant, Co Cork  

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Springfield House, Buttevant, Co Cork  

Bence-Jones, Mark. 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. 263. “(Davison/LGI1982) A double gable-ended early C18 house onto which a new two storey bow-ended front was built in the late Georgian period. The new front is of three bays with a pillared and fanlighted doorcase; the end bows are curved. Bowed drawing room with cornice of simple plasterwork; dining room of similar proportions on opposite side of hall.” 

Brightsfieldstown, Minane Bridge, Co Cork

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Brightsfieldstown, Minane Bridge, Co Cork – demolished 1984  

Bence-Jones, Mark. 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. 47. “(Roberts, Bt, of Glassenbury and Brightfieldstown/PB) A From its appearance, early or mid-C18, but altered in late C18 or beginning of C19. …The Roberts family ceased to live in the house ca mid-C19; it subsequently became the home of the MacDonald family, by whom it was sold 1958. Demolished 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.

p. 45. “Mid to late 18C house with an early 19C doorcase. Spacious staircase lit by a Venetian window. Former seat of the Robert family who sold it in 1853. Demolished 1984.“