Benduff Castle

Castle/fortified house in Cork, Ireland, dating from 1660–1700

Detached L-plan five-bay two-storey house, built c.1680, remodelled c.1780. Incorporating three-stage sixteenth century tower house to rear (west). Now also in use as guest house. Pitched slate roofs with rendered and dressed stone eaves courses, rendered and rubble stone chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Single-pitch slate roof to lean-to having stone eaves course. Rendered walls to front elevations, rubble stone walls elsewhere having sections of render throughout. Square-headed window openings with stone and rendered sills throughout, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Single eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash window to front elevation. Four-over-four pane timber sliding sash window to side (north) elevation. Some uPVC and replacement timber casement windows to lean-to and side (north) elevation of return. Square-headed door opening to front elevation within recent timber doorcase, having glazed timber door with overlight. Recent pitched slate roof to tower house, having rubble limestone walls with quoins. Lancets with limestone sills and surrounds to front (west) elevation, later square-headed window openings elsewhere having recent timber framed windows. Square-headed door opening to front elevation having rendered reveals and recent glazed timber door, approached via rubble limestone steps with recently rendered surface. Two-storey outbuild

Type:
Castle/fortified house

Period:
1660–1700

Where:
Cork, Ireland

Coordinates:
51.60°N, 9.06°W

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