Frescati House
Frescati (sometimes misspelled 'Frascati') was an estate situated in Blackrock, Dublin, between the mountains and the sea. During the eighteenth century, Blackrock found favour with the well-to-do of Ireland and it grew into a fashionable seaside resort. The gentry of smog-ridden Dublin advanced into the area to embrace the sea air. It was around this period that many marine villas sprung up around Blackrock – Maretimo, Carysfort, Lios an Uisce, and Sans Souci to name but a few. Frescati House was built in 1739 for the family of John Hely Hutchinson, the Provost of Trinity College.
Read more about Frescati House: The Duchess, Enlargement and Improvement, Architecture and Landscape, Lord Edward FitzGerald, The Victorian Era, The Early 20th Century and Development, The Beginning of The End, The Struggle To Preserve Frescati, The End, The Aftermath, Blackrock After Frescati
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