Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 16th/17th century
Turvey (nethercross By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Turvey (nethercross By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.49408, -6.17407
- SMR number
- DU008-024002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Turvey House was an early 18th-century residence, which incorporated an earlier tower house and a late 16th-century house associated with the Barnewall family. It was demolished in 1987. However archaeological monitoring of rubble removal in 1993 revealed upstanding remains of these three phases of building on the present site. The tower house was extended to the S by the addition of an L-shaped building of late 16th-century date. Fragments of four original windows remain in situ, one of which is the sill for a three light window. An original doorway and fireplace was also revealed (Moylan 1961, 22-3, Murtagh 1993, 33-34; ). The site is fenced off and overgrown. Remains of the walled and gated kitchen garden to the rear of the site.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 19 December 2014
References
Moylan, T.K. 1961 The peninsula of Portrane. Dublin Historical Record 16, 22-3, 37-49.
Murtagh, B. 1993 The Beach Tower, an architectural description. Unpublished Report for Waterford Civic Trust.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.