Crosshaven House

Country house in Cork, Ireland, dating from 1755–1760

Detached five-bay three-storey over basement and with dormer attic Georgian country house, dated 1759, having central pedimented three-bay breakfronts to front (north) and rear (south) elevations. Currently in use as guest house and conference centre. Hipped slate roof with central valley, having rendered chimneystacks, ashlar limestone eaves course and parapets concealing rainwater goods. Moulded ashlar limestone cornices to pediments. Ashlar limestone walls with rusticated ashlar limestone to ground floor of front and rear elevations, rubble sandstone walls to side (east, west) elevations with channelled limestone quoins. Roughcast rendered walls to basement level, ashlar limestone sill course to first floor and ashlar limestone string course over ground floor. Diminishing square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills throughout. Red brick block-and-start surrounds and red brick voussoirs to side elevations, ashlar limestone surrounds and lintels to front and rear elevations with channelled limestone voussoirs to ground floor. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground and first floor windows with three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to second floor. Single round-headed window opening with stone sill to side (east) elevation, having red brick block-and-start surround, red brick voussoirs and twelve-over-nine pane timber sliding sash windo

Type:
Country house

Period:
1755–1760

Where:
Cork, Ireland

Coordinates:
51.80°N, 8.30°W

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