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Country house

Gortageen, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Country house, Gortageen, 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
Gortageen
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Flintfield House (1936)
Coordinates
52.08700, -9.04210
SMR number
CO039-125----

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Early 18th-century, 3-storey, gable-ended T-shaped house. Entrance front (S) of 5 bays, central porch entrance, rectangular window opes with modern frames. Chimney atop gables, cornice under eaves. Slightly lower central 3-storey gabled addition to rear, some of sash windows have shallow reveals. Two-storey addition attached to N. According to local information, built in 1730s as 2-storey house and later raised to 3 storeys.

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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