House - medieval

The National Monuments Service's description

Known as the Treasurer's Manse this medieval ecclesiastical building was situated in the N close to the E of St Patrick’s Cathedral (DU018-020269-).  The ruins of this building were still visible in the 19th century (Bradley and King 1988, Vol. 1, 29-30). In 1273-4 the Calendar of Archbishop Alen’s Register recorded that; ‘Nicholas de Rennevill, son of Sir Michael, grants by deed to John de Keueleg’ a piece of land in the suburbs of Dublin between Sir John Patrick’s and Stephen Luttrell’s land, and opposite the house of the treasurer of St. Patrick’s’.   The Inquisition of 1547 held upon the Dissolution of the Cathedral described it as 'one messuage, three gardens, one orchard, and one tower' (Mason 1820,17, 81; Clarke 2002, 29). This building measuring 33 feet [10m] E-W x 27 feet [9m] N-S is depicted on a map drawn in 1890 by the Cathedral Architect, Thomas Drew which he annotated as the ‘Treasurer’s House’ (Drew 1891). This map was based on an earlier map drawn in 1750, known as Kendrick’s map.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

References

Bradley, J. & King, H. (1988) Urban Archaeological Survey, Dublin, Volume 4. A report commissioned by the Office of Public works (Unpublished). Drew, T. 1891 Surroundings of the cathedral church of St. Patrick De Insula, Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 21, 426-32. Clarke, H.B. (ed.) 2002 Dublin, Part 1, to 1610. Irish Historic Towns Atlas, No. 11. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy. Mason, W.M. 1820 The history and antiquities of the collegiate and cathedral church of St. Patrick, near Dublin. Dublin. Author.