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Country house

Kilshannig Upper, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Country house, Kilshannig Upper, 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
Kilshannig Upper
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Kilshannig House (1935)
Coordinates
52.06077, -8.27966
SMR number
CO044-033001-

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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

Palladian house designed by Davis Duckart for Abraham Devonsher (Bence Jones 1978, 176); built 1766 according to date on water spouts (Glin 1967,737), but 1765 according to Guinness & Ryan (1971, 77) and 1756 according to Craig (1972, 197). Brick entrance front (S) with stone detail; 2-storeyover basement with mezzanine; central single-storey 3-bay Doric ashlerfrontispiece. View front and returns of ashlar limestone with sandstone detail; 3-bay on return. View front overlooks Rathcormack to N; 5-bay, 2-storey over basement; 3-bay central breakfront; basement windowssemi-circular, glazed as fanlights; entablature over ground floor windows; shouldered architraves around 1st floor windows. L-shaped wings connected to house by linear corridor, with blind pilastered arcades, along N elevation; wings treated as 2-storey on N elevation, with oculi above round-headed windows. W wing derelict. Interior has very fine examples of plasterwork including rococo work by the Francini brothers (Bence Jones ibid; Glin ibid, 737-8; Guinness & Ryan ibid, 77-84). Number of other structures survive on estate including ice house (CO044-03302-), coaching house and renovated farmbuildings, two walled gardens to E; dog kennels with feeding tower and archway to S.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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