Enlargement and Improvement
Unlike Kildare House and Carton, the Fitzgeralds did not commission Frescati House, but their enthusiasm for it was denoted by the fact in the 1760s, they lavishly extended and enhanced it. They are said to have spent £85,000 (worth many millions of euro today) on the house. It tripled in size and received flanking wings and bay windows to exploit its sea views. It was at this time that the house was given its name, Frescati, a deliberate corruption of the Italian resort of Frascati.
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