Earlier Houses: There were originally monastic buildings on, or near, the site of the current house.
Built / Designed For: Robert Browne
House & Family History: In 2020 Browne's Hill House was listed for sale for €990,000.
Garden & Outbuildings: The pedimented triumphal arch entrance gate, complete with rusticated doorways and recumbent lions, was moved to Lyons, Co. Kildare, by University College, Dublin, during the time they owned Lyons and used the house as an agricultural college.
Architect: Thomas Alfred Cobden
Date: 1842John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: 2.S. Vol. II, p. 202, 1855.
Title: Guide to Irish Country Houses, A
Author: Bence-Jones, Mark
Year Published: 1988
Reference: pgs. 48-49
Publisher: London: Constable and Company
ISBN: 0094699909
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Great Irish Houses and Castles
Author: O'Brien, Jacqueline; Guinness, Desmond
Year Published: 1992
Reference: pg. 188
Publisher: New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
ISBN: 0810933659
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Houses of Ireland: Domestic Architecture from the Medieval Castle to the Edwardian Villa, The
Author: de Breffny, Brian; ffolliott, Rosemary; Mott, George
Year Published: 1975
Reference: pg. 144
Publisher: New York: Viking Press
ISBN: 670381020
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Unknown
Park Listed: Unknown
Past Seat / Home of: Robert Browne, 18th century; Gen. Robert Browne-Clayton, 18th century; William Browne-Clayton, 19th century; Browne family here until 1951. Frank Tully, 1954-2018.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No