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Country house

Leitrim, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Country house, Leitrim, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Leitrim
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Leitrim House (1934)
Coordinates
52.16077, -8.20389
SMR number
CO028-026----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Two-storey T-plan house, c. 100m W of Leitrim Castle (14333). Main body of house rectangular in plan (15.65m NW-SE; 6.2 NE-SW; wall thickness 0.73m) (see photographs Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, opp. 14, opp. 15). Entrance front (NE) visible only at SE end, with tripartite 1st-floor casement window. Rest of elevation masked behind double-gable-ended addition extending to NE, built in early 1900s. Gable-ended, with large projecting chimney stacks (Wth at base 3.13m) from both gables; NW gable end has attic windows and small ground-floor window (blocked). One-storey outbuildings project from SE gable. Rear of main body of house has large tripartite casement windows at NW end, simple rectangular door ope and sash windows at SE end; central wide gabled projection (4.2m NE-SW; 5.9m NW-SE), accommodating stairs with pantry at ground-floor level. Steeply pitched slate roof, with slightly off-centre chimney, (formerly thatched according to owner). According to Grove White (1905-25, vol. 4, 15) house built c. 1680; front section with projecting stacks could be of this date.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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