1754 – Bellevue House, Delgany, Co. Wicklow
The Ballydonagh demesne was bought in 1753 by David La Touche, a rich banker from Dublin of Huguenot extraction. He built a house between 1754 and 1756 at a cost of £30,000 and named it Bellevue.
1789 – Christ Church, Delgany, Co. Wicklow
Architect: Whitmore Davis / Joseph Welland / John McCurdy
Founded in the late 1780s, built by Peter La Touche at a cost of £5,000 and possibly designed by Whitmore Davis,
1790s – Cottage Orné, Delgany, Co. Wicklow
A 1828 drawing in the NUI Galway archives, described it as Mrs. Latouche’s cottage in the Glen of the Downs, Co.
1860 – Carmelite Monastery, Delgany, Co. Wicklow
Architect: John Sterling Butler
The Carmelite presence in Delgany dates back to 1844 when a monastic community was founded from Warrenmount in Dublin.
