Horsehead

House in Cork, Ireland, dating from 1835–1840

Detached double gable-fronted two-bay two-storey over basement with attic storey house, built 1836. Glazed single-storey block connecting main block to double-height pitched roofed wing. Gabled breakfront end-bays to side (north-east) with flat-roofed two-storey timber canted bay window to north-western breakfront. Central gabled dormer and recent flat-roofed addition to rear (north-west). Pitched slate roofs having rendered chimneystacks, limestone gable copings with carved finials, rendered eaves courses, cast-iron rainwater goods and moulded rendered parapets including stepped gable to front elevation of main block and rear of wing. Rendered walls with rendered plinth. Inset cross to wing gable. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and moulded render label mouldings to main block. Bipartite, tripartite and four-part timber-framed windows to ground floor of main block, having two-over-two and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor of front and side (north-east) elevations having two-pane overlights or timber Y-tracery. Four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows to first floors with Y-tracery. Pointed arch six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with six-pane overlights to ground floor of rear elevation. Square-headed window openings to canted bay having timber sills, pointed arch six-over-six pane timber sliding sash wind

Type:
House

Period:
1835–1840

Where:
Cork, Ireland

Coordinates:
51.88°N, 8.34°W

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