HELP!!

    A REQUEST FOR HELP... Terrible to report but the carved stone horse-watering trough known locally as PERROTS SPOUT outside THORNCLIFFE was stolen some years ago.  This carved-stone, engraved trough was beside the riverside  entrance to THORNCLIFFE and the stream of fresh water that flows through the gardens of THORNCLIFFE fed it.

 

      This horse-watering trough was a well known landmark in Monkstown - friends would meet there, passers-by would drink the spring water from the trough or, in quieter times, drivers would wash their cars with water from it. This useful and ornamental item was placed beside the gate as a love token by the builder of THORNCLIFFE, JOHN PERROTT to his wife ISABELLA SUSAN PERROT (nee Poole) as the carving declared. They were married in 1859 - a year after Thorncliffe was built and when JOHN was aged 45. Apart from its amorous outpourings, it was of course of benefit as a source of pure, cool water to passing horses - the common mode of transport of course in the mid 1860s).

 

      The trough is of little financial value but is an important piece of the fabric of Monkstown's past.

 

      So we are asking for your HELP. If you ever come across this stolen item PLEASE let us know - you can use our CONTACT FORM or drop in to THORNCLIFFE.

 

      Also, if you have any PICTURES or MEASUREMENTS of the trough we would be delighted and grateful to hear from you.

UPDATE!: Thanks to Coleman O'Mahony, we have the exact wording on the water-trough - FANTASTIC!   But, if anyone has a photo of the text, (even partially), we could get the type font used, size and spacing details. YOUR HELP WOULD BE GRATEFULLY RECEIVED.

 

 

 

    ...AND ANOTHER REQUEST FOR HELP! Could we ask for some help tracing the history of past owners and tenants of Thorncliffe. If you are, or know of any of the past occupiers of Thorncliffe, or have a story or information on the house's history could you kindly share this information. It would be most gratefully received!

 

 Left: Grave of John and Isabella Perrott pictured in 2013 in the Anglican church of St.Marys, Marmullane, Passage West, Co. Cork. The gravestone is topped with the Perrott coat-of-arms of 3 pears beneath a demi-lion (which is also to be seen on fireplaces of Thorncliffe and above the main entrance door. The inscription reads:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF  SAMUEL PERROTT  OF CLEVE HILL & CASTLELYONS  DIED 1855.  
AND OF HIS WIFE ANNE  DAUGHTER OF THOS. WALKER  DIED 1854.  
ALSO OF THEIR THREE SONS  
WILLIAM HENRY  DIED 1826  AGED 14.  
SAMUEL  DIED 1882  AGED 78  
JOHN WALKER  OF THORNCLIFFE, MONKSTOWN  AND CASTLELYONS.  DIED DEC 23RD 1886  AGED 72
 AND OF HIS WIFE  ISABELLA SUSAN  DAUGHTER OF THOMAS POOLE  OF MAYFIELD, BANDON  DIED OCT 21ST 1908, AGED 75 

THIS STONE WAS ERECTED  IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE BY  MARION ROOPER, DAUGHTER OF  JOHN & ISABELLA PERROTT

 

THANK YOU,
The O'Donoghue family.