Elmglyn, country house in County Cork

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What is recorded here

Abandoned gable-ended T-shaped 2-storey house. All three gables topped by chimney stacks, each has pair of small attic lights. Entrance front (E) of 5 bays; central door with rectangular fanlight, light ornately glazed; door flanked by side lights. Central Venetian windows on 1st floor; first floor weather-slated on all sides. Chimney stack on N gable has slate near base inscribed with number 7; according to owner this is all that remains of date '1777', a likely date for construction of house.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO083-040

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