This house was built about 1720 - when King George 1 was king of Britain and Ireland. The house is said to be in the Queen Anne style - she reigned just before King George.

At the back there is a garden leading down to a small lake. Beside the lake is the oldest Yew tree in Ireland. Another tree in the grounds is called the Deans tree. It is said that the famous Protestant Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral Jonathan Swift used to visit this house and sit here. It is not surprising that this famous writer of books like Gullivers Travels should be visiting here as this house was the property of the Church of Ireland and the local rector lived here.

The word "Glebe" means land attached to the Church and so many "Glebe Houses" were originally homes of Protestant rectors and like this one here are now privately owned.  

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