Built / Designed For: Bushe family
House & Family History: The important Irish watercolor artist Mildred Anne Butler spent here entire life here, using the house's grounds as the setting for many of her paintings. Seven of her watercolors are today in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland and a miniature watercolor of a pair of rooks hangs in the library of Queen Mary's Dolls' House at Windsor Castle. In 2022 the house, together with 90 acres, was listed for sale €7.5 million.
Title: Guide to Irish Country Houses, A
Author: Bence-Jones, Mark
Year Published: 1988
Reference: pg. 175
Publisher: London: Constable and Company
ISBN: 0094699909
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Unknown
Park Listed: Unknown
Past Seat / Home of: The Rev. Thomas Bushe, 18th century; Charles Kendal Bushe, 19th century; Bushe family here from 1690 until 1843. Major Henry Butler, 19th century; Mildred Anne Butler, until 1941. Mrs. Archer Houblon, 20th century. James Hennessy, early 21st century.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No