What is recorded here

Bridewell Palace stood on the Fleet River as Henry VIII's favourite London home before Edward VI converted it into a jail and orphanage in 1553. That sudden change turned royal grandeur into punishment, giving birth to the first prison doctor and spreading the name Bridewell across British cities as a common word for cages. The building disappeared in 1864, but its identity survived because memory favoured its darker purpose over its brighter beginning.

In Dunmanway, 3-bay, 2-storey gabled structure, single storey porch entrance; coursed ashlar construction; central gabled addition to rear; now residential. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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