Copsewood, house in County Cork

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Detached three-bay two-storey house with attic, built c. 1810. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks having moulded limestone caps, dormer window to all sides and timber brackets to eaves. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having double four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills. Four-pane double timber casement windows to dormers. Round-headed entrance door opening having engaged limestone columns, cornice and archivolt, timber panelled door and fanlight, with steps. Single-storey rubble stone outbuildings with hipped slate roofs to site. Rendered boundary walls and piers with recent metal gates.

This house is notable for features such as the timber sash windows and the roof dormers. The well executed doorcase provides a decorative focus and the associated outbuildings provide context.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20903401

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