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Recorded monument · DU018-007014 · Co. Dublin

House – 17th/18th century at Co. Dublin (DU018-007014)

On the Sites and Monuments Record.

69 planning applications in the last 10 years fall inside this monument’s zone of notification, and 16 An Coimisiún Pleanála cases touch it.

69
in the zone, 10 years
70
in the zone, all years
16
ACP cases in the zone
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within 100 m, 10 years

Zone of notification 711.35 ha

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Planning applications in the zone of notification 69 applications in the last 10 years

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Appeals in the zone of notification 16 with An Coimisiún Pleanála

Building work started in the zone of notification 21 commencement notices

The record DU018-007014

SMR number
DU018-007014
Class
House – 17th/18th century
Townland
Co. Dublin
Named on the OS map
Not indicated
National record
National Monuments Service record for DU018-007014

The Chief Secretary's Lodge is located on the site of the Bailiff's Lodge which was probably built in the 17th century. The 18th century house was described by Mark Bence-Jones (1988, 280) as; 'A house originally built 1776 by Sir John Blaquiere MP (afterwards 1st Lord de Blaquiere) Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant and one of the leading figures in the political life of Ireland during later c18; in a demesne carved out of Phoenix Park which he obtained on the strength or being the Parks Bailiff. In 1782, he was asked to surrender the house and grounds in return for compensation, and the house became the official residence of the Chief Secretary, the principal executive of the government of Ireland under British Rule. The house was enlarged and altered at various times but has a predominantly late Georgian character of 2 storeys, with a bowed projection at either end of its principal front. Along this front is a fine enfilade of reception rooms. A large glass conservatory was added at one end 1832 by Lord Naas (afterwards 6th Earl of Mayo and Viceroy of India), while he was Chief Secretary. Later in the century, probably 1865 during the Chief Secretaryship of Chichester Fortescue (afterwards Lord Carlingford), the 2 bowed projections were joined by a single-storey corridor into which were thrown the centre rooms, making hem much deeper; the main wall of the house being carried by Ionic columns. The house became the United States Legation 1927; afterwards the Embassy'. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload date: 26 January 2023

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Source: National Monuments Service, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 11 Sept 2026

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