Garden No.
FI0038
Significance
Modest site - with buildings and planting surviving
Landscape Elements
Buildings/Artefacts, Landscape Park, Plant Collection
Townland
Scribblestown
Present on Ordnance Survey
First Edition: yes, sheet 112
Second Edition: yes
Revised Edition: yes
Modest site with early 19th century middle-sized house, built by the Rathborne family, located on a rise to the north of the demesne bounded by trees and the Tolka River to the south. The first house, Dunsinea Manor, was built in 1763, along with factory buildings for candle production. This house was replaced in 1811 with the current house. A few individual trees to the south and west of the house remain and a range of historic factory buildings, built c. 1765, lie to the north of the house. The site was redeveloped from c. 1950 when the Department of Agriculture bought it as part of the Agricultural Institute which subsequently became the Teagasc Food Centre. A modern range of laboratories, offices and other service buildings have been built since then.
| Principal Building |
1:Three-bay, two-storey house, built for Henry Rathborne in 1811, with an east-facing front, located on a rise to the north of the central section of the demesne, now in office use. |
| Ornamental Garden |
2:Historic main entrance now gone. Original gate lodge, 1775-1815, to the south-west of the house, now gone. |
| Ornamental Garden Building |
3:Range of two-storey stone factory buildings, built pre 1815, to the north of the house, separated by a stone wall, built as a candle-making factory. |
| Plant Collection |
"Original tree-lined 18th century boundary, to the west and east of the demesne. |
| Productive Garden |
4:Walled garden, pre 1837 formerly cultivated but gone since 1936 and warehouse now on the site. |
| Parkland |
Original mixed deciduous shelterbelt, c. 1800, located to the south along the Tolka River. |
| Woodland |
"Historic access, pre 1875, which ran through the parkland is now gone with only the final section surviving leading up to the house. |
| Farmland |
"Field boundaries to the east and west intact. |
| Avenue, Drive or Walk |
5:Factory water tank, c.1880, to north of house. |
| Gate Lodge or Gateway |
"Original service entrance, 1775-1815, via the factory to the north of the house, now gone. |
| Other |
"Significant modern development on the site for the Teagasc National Food Training Centre, including offices, laboratories and warehouse style buildings, 1965-2005, to the east, west and north of the house with a single warehouse to the south of the main campus. |
Rathborne family, founders of Rathborne candles, Dublin Candlemakers since 1488
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Site Footprint Visible | Yes |
| Boundary Defined | Yes |
| Significant Development | Yes |
| General Comments | Farming or industrial units built around house. |
| Architectural Features | |
|---|---|
| Principal Building | Yes |
| Garden Building | No |
| Buildings of Indeterminate Purpose | No |
| Gateways and Gatehouses | No |
| Avenues, Drives and Walks | |
|---|---|
| Avenue | No |
| Drive or Walk | No |
| Garden Features | |
|---|---|
| Ornamental Garden | No |
| Walled Garden | No |
| Orchard | No |
| Parkland | Yes |
| Woodland | Yes |
| Natural Water Feature | Yes |
| Artifical Water Features | No |
| Allée | No |
| Vista | No |
| Other | No |
