Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Market-house
Townplots, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townplots
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Court House (1934)
- Coordinates
- 51.70631, -8.52434
- SMR number
- CO112-034007-
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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
Built c. 1600 as market house, originally accessible by water (Bence-Jones 1970, 295). Altered in 1706 for use as court house; 5-bay, 2-storey with attic; ground floor arcading with outer arches blocked; weather-slated 1st floor with central venetian window; attic storey of 3 weather-slated curvilinear gables (Garner 1980, 16). Similar to the Exchange in Youghal, as depicted by Dineley in 1681 (Beharrel 1977, 181). Now Kinsale Museum.
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
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- Armorial plaque (present location)under 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.