Castle Richard

House in Cork, Ireland, dating from 1680–1720

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1700, having single-bay single-storey extension to east gable. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered end chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and recent rooflights. Roughcast rendered walls with render quoins. Camber-headed openings with render surrounds to front (north) elevation with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Elliptical-headed opening to central bay of first floor with render surround with tripartite timber sliding sash window, six-over-six pane flanked by two-over-two pane, with spoked fanlight above. Square-headed window openings having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to west gable and replacement uPVC windows to rear (south) elevation. Elliptical-headed door opening set in square-headed render panel, having petal fanlight and timber panelled door and cut limestone steps. Square-plan roofless four-stage tower house, dated 1592, to south of house, having rubble stone walls with dressed limestone lancet and paired ogee arched windows and pointed arch door openings with cut limestone surrounds. Corbelled stone vaulted ceilings to ground and second floors, stone corbels to first floor, ceiling gone. Stone spiral staircase to north-east corner. Rubble stone boundary wall with wrought-iron pedestrian gate to yard to east. Eight-bay single-storey outbuilding to east range with pitched slate

Type:
House

Period:
1680–1720

Where:
Cork, Ireland

Coordinates:
51.92°N, 7.98°W

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