Survey Data

Reg No

20820142


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Social, Technical


Original Use

Steps


In Use As

Steps


Date

1800 - 1840


Coordinates

181223, 98381


Date Recorded

06/09/2006


Date Updated

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Description

Pair of flights of dressed and tooled limestone steps, c. 1820, those to east curving around corner with curved cut limestone plinth wall having dressed and tooled limestone coping.

Appraisal

These steps form a group with the other interesting elements of street furniture in Fermoy, the retaining walls and steps. Theses features arise from Fermoy's location in and around the Blackwater valley, which leads to the many steeply-inclined streets. They are well crafted and the tooled and dressed limestone is unusual in such street features and the curved plan of those to the west and diminishing lengths of those to the east show an attention to detail and design in their construction.