Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Country house
Rockforest East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rockforest East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rockforest (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.14128, -8.57284
- SMR number
- CO033-083----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Remains of late-18th century 2-storey house. Old photograph (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, opp.175) shows long entrance-front elevation (N); string course divides ground floor and 1st floor; central 3 bays project forward with central pedimented door ope, sash windows with glazing bars; hipped roof. Deep forward projections at either end with curved bows. Reduced in size in 20th century leaving only W projection (Bence-Jones 1978, 243). West projection (long axis N-S) now converted to house: hipped to N, gabled to S; W elevation has central hipped stairway projection with Venetian window; 3-bay bow-ended addition to N; recent additions to E. Castle indicated on Down Survey (1655-6) barony map on or near this site.
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
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.