Building Name

Sutton House Sutton County Dublin

Date
1895
District/Town
Sutton
County/Country
County Dublin, Ireland
Client
Andrew Jameson
Work
New Build

Designed by Alfred Darbyshire as the main home for the Jameson family of the whiskey fame. Alfred Darbyshire had worked on their distillaries previously. The house is built on several terraces and has magnificent views over Dublin Bay. Most of the main reception rooms were on the first floor to take advantage of the views. The house was used as an hotel for many year but is now closed (2006).  Sutton House had been previosly rebuilt in thr early part of the nineteenth century  and had becomethe residence of Mr. Justice Jackson, [The Hon. Joseph Devonsher Jackson, a Justice of the Common Pleas, 1846-58.] and afterwards of the Rev. William Lawrenson, then rector of Howth. The estate subsequently passed into the possession of Andrew Jameson, who built a new house near its site.

Andrew Jameson (1855-1941). In 1858, a blight destroyed France's vineyards and consequently supplies of Brandy dried up. Traditional brandy drinkers switched to Irish Whiskey and Jameson sales soared.By 1890, Ireland had about 90% of the global whisk(e)y export market and the Jameson distillery was making 10% of Ireland's annual whiskey output. As well as running the distillery, Andrew Jameson junior became a banker and an MP. He went big game hunting with Theodore Roosevelt in 1876. In 1878 he married Grace Elizabeth Burke (d. 1922). They had four children: Margaret Elizabeth (b. 1879), who married Major Charles Judd in 1905, Grace Harriet Sara (1880-1953), Andrew (1884-1885), and Violet Isabella (1887-1960).

Reference    Archeire, Irish Architecture Online www.irish-architecture.com
Reference    Alfred Darbyshire, An Architect's Experiences: (1897), page 171;