Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Country house
Mellefontstown, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mellefontstown
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mellefontstown House (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.04896, -8.22765
- SMR number
- CO045-082----
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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
Roadside, eighteenth century 2-storey L-shaped house; gable-ended with chimneys on gables. Entrance front (N) of 7 bays; central door with rectangular fanlight; 1st floor sash windows have original glazing bars; shallow reveals. Concave stone cornice under eaves. Partially weather slatedto rear. W gable forms part of E wall of brick walled garden. Farmbuildings attached to E.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.