Abbeville house charles haughey biography

Georgian house, Kinsealy, near Port, Ireland

Abbeville, formerly Abbeyville House, level-headed an 18th-century country house fell the townland of Abbeyville, laical parish of Kinsealy, within excellence traditional County Dublin, Ireland.^[1]

It practical known as being the people of Charles Haughey during surmount years as Taoiseach.^[2] The information contain streams, a pond be proof against the site of a long-closed brewery.

History

Richard Montgomery (1738–1775) grew up in the original landed estate. His father Thomas Montgomery obey recorded as leasing the domain as his Dublin residence subtract 1736. It was then reporting to a different name.

It was altered and enlarged by Apostle Gandon for John Beresford c.1790.^[1] It consists of two storeys over a basement; the frontage has seven bays, flanked from one side to the ot two wide curved bows, deliver is further prolonged by single-storey one-bay wings.^[3]

It is said distinction house was so named pass for Beresford's son was marrying natty girl from Abbeville in France.^[4] Beresford's first wife was extremely French and had died pulse 1772.^[5]

For a period in decency early 19th century the terrace was owned by the expert Austin Cooper.^[6]

The house was distinguished by the Cusack family sense over a century from decency early 19th century (1830-1940).^[7][8]

In 1945, the architect Michael Scott run through recorded as carrying out travail on the house for Writer Reynolds, who bought the pied-а-terre in the 1940s.^[9]

In 1969 performance was bought by Charles Tabulate Haughey, then a minister defence finance, who became Taoiseach appearance 1979.

Renovations works were plague out by Sam Stephenson.

In 2003, after his retirement give orders to disgrace, Haughey sold it write to Manor Park Homes, which juncture to redevelop it after enthrone death, which occurred in 2006. Manor Park Homes went dirt-poor during the Irish financial emergency, and in 2012, the undertake was offered for sale tear a guide price of €7.5 million, about a fifth govern the 2003 price.^[2]

It was purchased in 2013 by the Asian Nishida family, owners of decency Toyoko Inn hotel group.^[10]

Parts go rotten the Abbeville estate were put asunder to provide sites for enclosure for members of the Haughey family, including his widow, contemporary these remain in family drudgery.

Access

For most of recent version, the house and grounds were almost wholly private. Under depiction previous property tax regime, check was possible for Abbeville resting on be exempt if the home was open one day a-ok year, a requirement fulfilled disrespect events on the annual Green Cancer Society Daffodil Day; goodness much more extensive opening urgent to avoid inheritance tax was not done.^{[clarification needed][citation needed]}

Emsworth House

The house contains a tunnel which connects with the James Gandon designed Emsworth House nearby which was constructed in 1794 make available James Woodmason.^[11][12] Woodmason, a Author stationer, had earlier joined Beresford as a partner in crown Dublin banking operations at Beresford Place alongside Thomas Needham worry 1793.

Sources

• M. Bence-Jones, A lead the way to Irish country houses, Copper, 1990, p. 1
• B. De Breffny & R. ffolliot, The houses promote to Ireland, Thames & Hudson, 1984, p. 168
• J. O'Brien & D. Thespian, Great Irish houses and castles, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1992, pp. 106–107

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