Fermoy Courthouse, court house in County Cork

This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.

What is recorded here

Read the whole record

Detached two-storey court house, built c. 1805, comprising three-bay central block with lower recessed single-bay flanking blocks. Recent extensions added c. 1980 to south and rear. Hipped slate roof to main block with carved limestone cornice and dressed limestone stepped parapet. Flat roofs to flanking bays with dressed limestone cornices having dressed limestone platbands below. Rendered walls with dressed limestone platband dividing floors, and dressed limestone quoins. Round-headed blind arch to north elevation. Round-headed recessed panels to first floor of main block. Square-headed openings throughout, with cut limestone sills, having new timber sliding sash windows, three-over-six pane to first floor of flanking blocks and six-over-six pane elsewhere. Square-headed door opening, with temporary timber sheeting, having dressed limestone Gibbsian surround, carved limestone architrave, frieze and cornice, triple keystone, and roundels. Building stands at west end of street, as focus of vista from town centre and has green to front.

Built by John Anderson, founder of Fermoy, and Archibald Grubb, the form and style of this courthouse are characteristic of such buildings of their era. It employs a restrained classicism, which lends the structure an air of authority. Symmetry is maintained throughout the design and is heightened by features such as the recessed panels, platbands articulating storeys, the central stepped pediment and the raised quoins. The central focus of the building is the elaborate doorcase, the Gibbsian style of which adds elegance to the façade. The building occupies a prominent site closing the vista from Patrick Street and stands on a wide site.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20820105

Places near here

Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Hywel Williams, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org

Fitzgerald MonumentMonument · 31 yd

Explorer Tom Fitzgerald Monument in Fermoy stands there with shamrock motifs, looking like it’s judging your Irish heritage every…

DowneyHouse · 321 yd

Explorer Tom Downey in Fermoy is an elegant four-storey house with a very unusual shopfront. Built around 1840, it has Art Deco…

Allied Irish BankBank/financial institution · 468 yd

Explorer Tom Allied Irish Bank in Fermoy is flexing its corner muscle like it’s about to do a sit-up. It thinks it’s the main event…

market house492 yd

Explorer Tom Market house in Fermoy closes off Pearse Square with a pediment that screams 'I'm important' without saying a word. It…

Saint Joseph's Presentation ConventConvent/nunnery · 512 yd

Explorer Tom Saint Joseph's Presentation Convent in Fermoy, County Cork looks more like a country house than a convent! It’s got…

Fermoy LibraryLibrary/archive · 519 yd

Explorer Tom Fermoy Library in Fermoy looks like a concrete spaceship that crash-landed in a town full of old terraces and didn’t…

Loreto ConventSchool · 545 yd

Explorer Tom Loreto Convent in Fermoy is a corrugated-iron school building from the nineteen-thirties that was supposed to be…

Saint Mary'sGate lodge · 550 yd

Explorer Tom Saint Mary's in Fermoy is a former gate lodge with a canted oriel window. It used to be part of a Presentation Convent.…

street name plaque645 yd

Explorer Tom Street name plaque in Fermoy has fine stone crafting and incised lettering that’s survived the ages. The dance held…

The ManorOfficially recorded historic building · 648 yd

Explorer Tom The Manor in Fermoy used to be a military college where a goat once ate the general’s boots and claimed victory. It’s…

St Bernards WellHoly well · 1119 yd

Explorer Tom St Bernards Well in Duntahane was built by someone who thought two adjacent wells were enough, but really just created…

Bullaun stone in Ballynoe (condons and Clongibbon By.)Bullaun stone · 1.3 mi

Explorer Tom Bullaun stone in Ballynoe is stuck in an old cowshed wall, half-buried under rubbish and cow crap history. It’s got a…

More historic places in County Cork · All of County Cork

Add to this placeAdd a picture Add a detailed tip Add a story

Explore the map1,095,414 places to discover