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Country house

Quartertown Lower, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Country house, Quartertown Lower, 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
Quartertown Lower
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Quartertown House (1935)
Coordinates
52.13125, -8.66939
SMR number
CO033-099----

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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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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

Ruined 2-storey house, over basement. Late 18th/early 19th-century house survives to rear of new front elevation added in 1871 by Webb (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, 161). Rear elevation (W) of 5 bays, 2-storey over basement, central porch entrance with central stairway window overhead. Gable-ended with chimneys atop gables. Slightly lower 2-bay 2-storey over basement extensions on both gable ends, extension to N gable-ended with massive chimney stack atop gable; S extension hipped with S elevation encased by plaster facade with 2-storey bay window added when new front erected. Almost entire entrance front (E) of original house and extensions are hidden behind the 1871 addition: 2-storey over basement, 7-bay, ornamented with heavy plaster work including window surrounds, parapet, porch, quoins and string course and channelled rustication at ground-floor level. Central porch entrance with tripartite window overhead, round-headed windows on ground floor. Side elevations 1 bay deep.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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