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Country house

Foaty , County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Country house, Foaty, 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
Foaty
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Fota House
Coordinates
51.89376, -8.30361
SMR number
CO075-047----

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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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On Fota Island, 18th century house enlarged in early 1820s by Richard and William Morrison, who added portico, 2-storey projection wings and 2-storey service range. Central block 3-storey, 7-bay with hipped roof; entrance front (S) with single-storey Doric portico under central Wyatt window on 1st floor; band courses under 1st and 2nd floor plate-glass windows; blue-brey prominent quoins; rubble-stone walls formerly rendered. Projecting wings flank main block forming H-shape; entrance fronts pedimented, garden fronts bow-ended. Service wing and single-storey pedimented billard room (added 1856) to W, fronted by long gallery added c. 1900. Interior contains hall forming a long gallery divided by paired scagliola columns with Ionic capitals. Much fine plaster work and decorative detail survives. Classical entrance gateways by the Morrisons; formal gardens include important arboretum; demesne extends over whole island. Early 19th century castellated turret on W side of island; shown on all eds OS 6-inch map as 'Fota Castle'. Demesne now owned by UCC; interiors restored by Richard Wood in 1970s to house collection of Irish paintings. Roof now leaking and paintings removed (pers. comm. R. Wood). (Bence-Jones 1978, 127; Cornforth 1986).

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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