Glenary, house in County Cork

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End-of-terrace three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1780. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks and render eaves course. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings to second floor having three-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Square-headed openings to first and ground floors with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Round-headed opening having spoked fanlight over timber panelled door with flanking, fluted Doric-style engaged columns. Limestone threshold to entrance. Pair of cut limestone octagonal piers with carved caps, plinths and single-leaf cast- and wrought-iron gate. Limestone plinths having cast- and wrought-iron railings.

Well-composed terraced house, retaining its original Georgian proportions and salient materials, such as the sash windows and ornate entrance with spoked fanlight. The octagonal piers with cast- and wrought-iron railings enhance the composition and add interest to the streetscape.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20830107

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