Main Record - County Cork
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| Description Attached six-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1710, having neo-Classical pedimented doorcase and sentry post to front (east) elevation and outbuildings to rear (west), now ruinous. Pitched roof, now absent, having red brick chimneystacks to gables. Red brick dog-toothed eaves course and tooled limestone kneelers to gables. Dressed rubble limestone walls built to courses retaining gables, having dressed limestone quoins and stop-chamfer to north-west corner, slate hanging to south gable. Camber-headed window openings with limestone sills to ground floor of front (east) elevation, having red brick voussoirs surmounted by square-headed niches. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills to first floor of front elevation and first and ground floors of rear elevation, having red brick voussoirs. Square-headed window opening to side (south) elevation. Camber-headed window openings with limestone sills to basement level of rear elevation, having red brick voussoirs. Square-headed door opening to front elevation within pedimented ashlar limestone doorcase comprising tooled surround with ashlar voussoirs and keystone within block-and-start ashlar limestone surround. Surmounted by pediment with dressed moulded limestone cornice. Square-headed door opening to rear. Partially demolished wall to northern end of rear elevation having exterior rubble stone staircase with cut limestone steps and square-headed door opening to basement level. Camber-headed fireplaces to interior of basement level with cast-iron furniture with 'VR' insignia. Numerous outbuildings to rear including a coach house and stables. Appraisal This building was the house of the most important military figure at Charles Fort, first occupied by Governor Walander, whose daughter Wilful, The White Lady, reportedly haunts the fort having committed suicide after her father murdered her fiancé in a case of mistaken identity. Although in ruins, the building retains fine architectural detail most notably the neo-Classical pedimented doorcase, the style of which is mirrored by the main gate. Other noteworthy features are the red brick dove-toothed eaves course and tooled limestone kneelers. While the fort's ramparts and bastions retain much of their original seventeenth century form and fabric intact, buildings were added within throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to meet changing military requirement. Together with these structures, this building forms part of an outstanding architectural group which has played a significant role in the country's history. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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