Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Country house
Castlemartyr (imokilly By., Ballyoughtera Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlemartyr (imokilly By., Ballyoughtera Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Teresas (1935)
- Coordinates
- 51.91125, -8.06301
- SMR number
- CO077-005001-
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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 18th century house adjacent to Castlemartyr castle (CO077-005003-); named 'Castlemartyr Ho' on 1842 OS 6-inch map; 'greatly enlarged by 2nd Earl (of Shannon) between 1764/71' (Bence Jones 1978, 72) and further remodelled in late 18th/early 19th century; was used as a Carmelite college but became a hotel in 2007. Bence Jones describes the entrance front (NW) as '2 storeys and 17 bays, consisting of a 5-bay recessed centre with a giant pedimented portico' which is between long projecting wings and other additions giving a very long facade. The roof is 'high pitched and slightly sprocketed' (ibid., 73). Notable plasterwork in ballroom. Irregular garden front. Kiltha river widened where it flows through demesne. Ice house (CO077-052---) in woods to the NW.
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
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.