Kilshannig House

Country house in Cork, Ireland, dating from 1760–1770

Detached seven-bay two-storey country house over basement, built 1765-6, facing south, with three-bay entrance centrepiece continuing to first floor, five-bay two-storey over half-basement rear elevation with three-bay breakfront, and three-bay two-storey over half-basement side elevations. Flanked by half-courtyards to each side, comprising east-west blocks presenting seven-bay two-storey elevations to south and nine-bay single-storey elevations to north, with projecting bays to each end of each elevation, and L-shaped service wings at right angles, each with four-bay two-storey north-south blocks and five-bay single-storey east-west blocks. Each courtyard is screened from house front by concave brick walls having sandstone plinths and copings and square-plan brick piers with carved sandstone caps and finials, flanked by square-headed pedestrian entrances and with round-headed recesses to curving walls with stone sills. Hipped slate skirt roof to house, having lead ridging, rendered chimneystacks, cut limestone parapet, and moulded limestone eaves course. Cast-iron rainwater goods having ornate hoppers, dated 1766, with gambolling lion and winged cherub head, square-profile down pipe and moulded joints. Brick walling to front elevation in Flemish bond, having vertically dressed limestone quoins and plinth course. Cut sandstone entrance centrepiece comprising Doric-style pilast

Type:
Country house

Period:
1760–1770

Where:
Cork, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.06°N, 8.28°W

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