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Cherrywood

Coill na Silíní

The eighteenth-century house preserves sash windows, joinery and plasterwork recorded by the architectural survey.

Watercolour and fine ink view of three photographed stone arches of Brides Glen Viaduct, including the tall arch over the road, with bare trees and ivy.
Illustration, Brides Glen Viaduct near Cherrywood, County Dublin
Recorded locationCherrywood53.24336° N · 6.14088° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

coillwood

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Coill na Silíní · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Cherrywood · English · main form

Place & story

A house for Dr John Lyon

The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates Cherrywood House to 1751 and identifies it as a Church of Ireland glebe house erected for Dr John Lyon, Prebendary of Rathmichael. Its record notes that the property was sold in 1860 and occupied in 1911. This history concerns the house within Cherrywood townland, rather than the full modern development area. [2]

The survey’s architectural record

The 2012 survey describes a two-storey house with five bays and a slate roof behind a parapet. The rear has projecting wings and a round-headed stair window. Granite window sills and timber sash windows survive, including old glazing identified as crown or cylinder glass. Inside, the inventory records contemporary joinery and decorative plasterwork. Wrought-iron gates stand between rendered entrance piers. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Dublin
Barony
Rathdown
Civil parish
Killiney
Coordinates
53.24336, -6.14088
Mapped area
0.39 km²
Logainm ID
16611 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Cherrywood. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Cherrywood House: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage60260096 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; recorded6December2012
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. Arches of Brides Glen Viaduct near Cherrywood, County Dublin illustration: based on a Brides Glen Viaduct by JP. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.