Survey Data
Reg No
20513180
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Cork Catholic Young Men's Society Hall
Original Use
Hall
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
167201, 71849
Date Recorded
14/03/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Corner-sited end-of-terrace five-bay three-storey hall, built c. 1880, with curved corner to the north-west. Now in use as retail outlets and scout hall. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and rendered parapet. Rendered walls with moulded render eaves course, render platband at sill level of second floor, and lettering reading: "CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY'S [sic] HALL". Timber sash windows to upper floors. Various timber shopfronts to ground floor, some retaining original render cornice and fascia.
Appraisal
The unusual curved façade of this building makes a notable and positive addition to the streetscape. The façade of the building is enlivened by the moulded eaves course, platband, cornice and fascia. The building is an interesting part of the social history of the city, as it was the meeting place of Cork Catholic Young Men's Society, of which John George Mac Carthy was the first president.