House in Gortnamucky, County Cork

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Detached three-bay single-storey house with dormer attic, built c. 1800, with flat roofed porch addition to front (south). Single-storey block attached to east gable. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with rendered chimneystack. Pitched slate roof to eastern block. Rendered rubble stone walls with buttress to rear (north). Square-headed openings with replacement fittings. Timber sliding sash windows to eastern block. Retaining interior features including timber panelled doors, staircase and fireplace fittings.

A deceptive building which appears greatly altered when viewed from the south, but which retains a wealth of features and materials internally. An excellent example of the traditional internal arrangements and fittings which are often sadly lacking in surviving buildings of this type. Altered over time to suit changing needs and requirements, it appears from earlier maps to have once been a more substantial building.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20906421

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