Survey Data
Reg No
20863148
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
169608, 72382
Date Recorded
16/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c.1830. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with projecting rendered eaves course. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and uPVC windows. Round-headed door opening in moulded render surround with engaged pilasters. Ionic columns flanking doorway with spider web fanlight over fluted frieze, replacement six-panelled timber door and limestone threshold. House set at a height and approached by a flight of limestone steps from a private road. Bounded by rendered wall with square-profiled gate piers holding wrought-iron pedestrian gate with spear finials. The terrace is located on a height overlooking the Cork-Youghal railway line.
Appraisal
Set on a height overlooking the River Lee, access to these houses was radically altered when the Cork to Youghal railway line opened, not long after the terrace was constructed. It forms part of a terrace of large houses, which together with the terraces to the east, are unusually grand in scale for the Glanmire Road. This building retains its original proportions and many noteworthy features.