Built in 1788 by W.W. Newewnham (father of Edward Newenham),[1] Coolmore House is on the site of an older building from the late 1600s.

This site has been the ancestral home of the Newenham family since that time.

[3][4][5] As of 2022[update], the house is in a derelict state.

In the 1983 television adaption of Molly Keane's Good Behaviour, Coolmore House was used as the fictional setting of Temple Alice.

[6] A painting of the house was commissioned by the Newenhams in 1809 by Gaspare Gabrielli.