Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Country house
Cork City, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cork City
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1950)
- Coordinates
- 51.89697, -8.48732
- SMR number
- CO074-093----
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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
Early 19th century 2-storey rectangular house, in poor condition, named 'Mardyke' on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Entrance front (S) of 3 bays; central doorway with wooden Ionic columns supporting fanlight with flowing astragals; camber-headed sash windows; 2 bays deep. Rear has central extension with round-headed stairway window. One-storey gabled outhouse extends W from house. Early 19th century plasterwork and fireplaces within. One of a pair of structures, including adjacent Mardyke House, built c. 1830s when marsh first developed.
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
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Mansion houseunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.