Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 16th/17th century
Whitestown (balrothery West By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitestown (balrothery West By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Whitestown House
- Coordinates
- 53.50653, -6.34345
- SMR number
- DU007-024----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The Civil survey (1654-6) mentions 'an old farme house' at Whitestown, the proprietor being Nicholas Barnewall (Simington 1945, 53). It is marked on the Down Survey (1655-6) map roughly at the location marked as 'Whitestown House' on the current OS 6-inch map. The owners describe a large two-storey thatched building running E-W on the site. It had a S facing doorway with a large granite doorstep. Stairs were E of doorway and they led to two rooms upstairs. Downstairs there were two bedrooms, a parlour and kitchen with a large fireplace. This building has been demolished since 1980.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1945 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. VII: county of Dublin. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
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