Emsworth

Malahide

Co. Dublin

Ireland

Circa Date: 1790

Status: Fully Extant

House Open to Public: Unknown

Country House: Yes

Built / Designed For: J. Woodmason

House & Family History: Emsworth is the only surviving villa of James Gandon's to survive intact. It was built at the end of the 18th century for J. Woodmason, a successful Dublin stationer.
Architect: James Gandon

Date of Birth: 1742
Date of Death: 1823
Nationality: British
Notes: Gandon was an English-born architect of Huguenot heritage who became the leading Neoclassical architect in Ireland by the late 18th century. He was a pupil of William Chambers and settled in Ireland at the instigation of Lord Carlow, later Earl of Portarlington.

Date: Circa 1790
Designed: House

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Title: Guide to Irish Country Houses, A
Author: Bence-Jones, Mark
Year Published: 1988
Reference: pg. 121
Publisher: London: Constable and Company
ISBN: 0094699909
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Unknown

Park Listed: Unknown
Current Seat / Home of: McGuire family

Past Seat / Home of: J. Woodmason, late 18th-early 19th centuries.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: Unknown
Historic Houses Member: No

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