Friday, March 6, 2015

"INCHIQUIN" - J. O'BRIEN, BELLEVUE AVENUE AND LEDGE ROAD, NEWPORT, R. I.

    "INCHIQUIN" (pronounced Inch-i-quin) was built in 1887 for John O’Brien, a direct descendant of Brian Boru, the High King Of Ireland. 


February 20, 1907

"NEWPORT, Feb. 19.—The Baroness Seilliere has given to her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Josephine Brooks Livermore, widow of John R. Livermore, the handsome estate in Newport, known as 'Inchiquin'. The deed was filed for record today.

'Inchiquin' is one of the most valuable among the smaller estates in Newport. It is at the southern end of Bellevue Avenue, overlooking Bailey's Beach, and has a handsome stone villa. It was last occupied by Baroness Seilliere in 1901, when she introduced to society her daughter, Miss Constance Livermore, who was later married to the Count De Lubersac of France.   For the last two summers the villa has been occupied by Mr., and Mrs. Pembroke Jones, and has been the scene of their many notable entertainments.

The estate is worth fully $100,000. It is expected, that Mrs. Livermore will occupy 'Inchiquin' next Summer. She will be a neighbor of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks, whose estate, 'Rockhurst', is across Bellevue Avenue, on a diagonally opposite corner."

    The Baroness Seilliere was the adopted daughter of John  O'Brien. She was a daughter of Mrs. O'Brien by a former husband. After her first husband died she married the Baron de Seilliere, brother of the Princess de Sagan

    Now a seven unit condominium.
  
"INCHIQUIN" - J. O'BRIEN, BELLEVUE AVENUE AND LEDGE ROAD, NEWPORT, R. I.
John Dixon Johnston, Architect

"INCHIQUIN" - J. O'BRIEN, BELLEVUE AVENUE AND LEDGE ROAD, NEWPORT, R. I.
John Dixon Johnston, Architect
"INCHIQUIN" - J. O'BRIEN, BELLEVUE AVENUE AND LEDGE ROAD, NEWPORT, R. I.
John Dixon Johnston, Architect

"INCHIQUIN" - J. O'BRIEN, BELLEVUE AVENUE AND LEDGE ROAD, NEWPORT, R. I.
John Dixon Johnston, Architect

"INCHIQUIN" - J. O'BRIEN, BELLEVUE AVENUE AND LEDGE ROAD, NEWPORT, R. I.
John Dixon Johnston, Architect
Details for 719 Bellevue Avenue Unit #1 
On the market for $3.9 million

Grand living room with marble fireplace and two sets of French doors to a private stone terrace and fantastic ocean views, and oval dining room with fireplace adorned with magnificent La Farge stained glass, period crown moldings and carved wood paneling.

A spacious and light filled interior ornated with John La Farge opalescent stained glass, boasts unique period details, eleven ft ceilings, six original fireplaces and gorgeous parquet floors.


John Dixon Johnston (1849-1928) was one of the most prolific architectural professionals working in Newport from 1880 to 1920. 

The Barony of Inchiquin is one of the oldest in Ireland, it was created in 1530.

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