Sutton Castle, County Dublin
| Sutton Castle | |
| County Dublin | |
|---|---|
.jpg) A view of the main house | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | O26913736 |
| Location: | 53°22’17"N, 6°5’38"W |
| Village: | Sutton |
| History | |
| Built c.1890 | |
| For: | Andrew Jameson by Alfred Darbyshire |
| Manor house | |
| Tudor revival | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Converted to apartments |
Sutton Castle or Sutton House is a late-Victorian Tudor-style castellated mansion house with terraced gardens on the southern coast of Howth Head, overlooking Dublin Bay, in the suburbs of Dublin.
History
Origins
The house was designed for industrialist and politician Andrew Jameson, great-grandson of John Jameson, the whisky magnate. It was designed by the Manchester-based architect Alfred Darbyshire,[1] who had previously worked on some of the Jameson distilleries.
Located in the townland of Sutton South,[1] it was constructed around the year 1880 on lands spanning the Bailey area of Howth and neighbouring Sutton.
The 40-room house replaced an earlier nearby Sutton House which was demolished and had previously been occupied by Joseph Devonsher Jackson and later by Alice Lawrenson and Rev William Lawrenson, prebendary of Howth.[2][3][4][5]
Before the construction of the earlier Sutton House, the land was owned by the Hackett Family and a substantial 16th century castle house stood on its grounds,[6] roughly near the location of the current castle gates.
Hotel
The house was converted into a 19-bedroom hotel in the 1970s called Sutton House Hotel and later Sutton Castle Hotel. It was sold, along with 7 acres of gardens and woodland, for IR£2.55m in 1997.[7] Having continued to operate as a hotel, and then having operated as a temporary centre for asylum seekers for a number of years,[8][9] the hotel was converted into 17 luxury apartments by the McKeown Group in 2001.[10]
Description
The main house, situated on terraces, has four storeys, and overlooks Dublin Bay. It has a Gothic porch, terracotta tiling, and art deco style chimneys, and the original bay and window structure is retained. A modern one- and two-storey extension to the west was added around 1990. The lobby and some of the original reception rooms remain, the latter now incorporated into some of the modern apartments. The main stairway was retained and restored, and a lift added prior to sale as apartments. Eight apartments were formed in the main house, and nine in the western extension.[2]
The house was damaged by fire in 1925 while newly-wed Jameson and Ruth Hart were on honeymoon in New York but was later restored to its original condition.[11]
Popular culture
The hotel and grounds were used as the background for the cover of the Van Morrisson album Veedon Fleece, in a photograph which was taken while he was staying at the hotel in 1974.
Bono and Ali Hewson had their wedding reception at the hotel in 1982.[12]
Martello Tower
A nearby Martello tower stands right on the coast, in the area known as Red Rock. It was built in 1804; the first of around 29 Martello Towers to be built around the County Dublin coast, and it was referred to as Tower Number 1.[13] The tower previously formed part of the grounds of Sutton Castle, at various times being leased and owned by Andrew Jameson and accessed by the same gate at Sutton House,[14] but has since been detached, and converted into holiday rental accommodation.[15]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sutton Castle Hotel, Shielmartin Road, Sutton South, Sutton, Fingal". https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11366001/sutton-castle-hotel-shielmartin-road-sutton-south-sutton-fingal. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McGuinness, Katy. "Life in the Jameson family mansion could be yours for €895k". https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/life-in-the-jameson-family-mansion-could-be-yours-for-895k-34668755.html. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ "1880 – Sutton Castle Hotel, Sutton, Co. Dublin". http://archiseek.com/2010/1880-sutton-castle-hotel-sutton-co-dublin/. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ O'Laughlin, Michael (1999). Families of County Dublin. Irish Genealogical Foundation. ISBN 9780940134300. https://books.google.com/books?id=wOaDfYPvE8UC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=sutton+house+jameson#q=sutton%20house%20jameson. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ↑ "Jackson in Dublin Probates". http://www.thesilverbowl.com/documents/TABLES/JACKSON-Dublin-Probates.html. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ↑ "Howth and its Heritage". http://www.howthheritage.com/howthanditsheritage.html. Retrieved 18 May 2020. "...substantial building which stood on the lands of Sutton belonging to the family of Hackett, on the southern slopes of the peninsula. Sutton House, later renamed Sutton Castle, was built on the site of this house."
- ↑ "Sutton Castle Hotel sells for £2.55m". The Irish Times. 24 September 1997. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/sutton-castle-hotel-sells-for-2-55m-1.109468. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ "Dé Máirt, 12 Meith 2001". Dáil Éireann Díospóireacht (Debates) 537 (5). 12 June 2001. https://www.oireachtas.ie/ga/debates/debate/dail/2001-06-12/346/. Retrieved 18 May 2020. "Answer from the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to Brendan Howlin, T.D.: ,,, P. Doyle (proprietor) / Sutton Castle Hotel, Sutton, Co. Dublin / Occupancy: 72".
- ↑ King, Dervla (1 January 2001). "Unaccompanied Minors: an Information Booklet". National Children's Resource Centre: 20–21. https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=cseroth. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ↑ "Sutton Castle is a unique development of 17 apartments comprising the converted Jameson House located just off Howth Head.". http://mknpropertygroup.com/portfolio/sutton-castle-sutton-dublin-13/. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ "Hart family" (in en). https://www.youwho.ie/hart.html. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ↑ McGee, Matt (2011). U2: A Diary. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857127433. https://books.google.com/books?id=ck3HDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT180&lpg=PT180&dq=sutton+castle+bono+wedding#q=sutton%20castle%20bono%20wedding. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ↑ "Martello Tower Sutton - History". https://www.martellotowersutton.com/history/. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ Bolton, Jason (1 March 2008). Martello Towers Research Project. pp. 130-132,180-182. https://www.fingal.ie/sites/default/files/2019-04/Martello%20Towers%202008.pdf. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ↑ "Martello Tower Sutton". https://www.martellotowersutton.com/. Retrieved 20 May 2020.