House on Holly Hill View, Cork

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Pair of semi-detached three-bay two-storey with attic houses, built c.1880, having gabled dormer windows to attic and canted bay windows to ground floor. Pitched slate roofs with slate hung sides to dormer windows, terracotta ridge cresting, rendered and red brick chimneystacks, rendered eaves brackets and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with roughcast rendered panels to first floor, continuous sill course to first floor and marble name plaque. Shoulder-headed window openings with scroll detail to corners to first floor, render sills to canted bays and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. uPVC windows to west house. Round-headed openings with moulded render hood mouldings to recessed square-headed door openings having half-glazed timber doors with overlights. Cast-iron pedestrian gate to front of site with rendered boundary wall and cast-iron railing.

The simple elegance of these well-maintained houses is enhanced by the retention of decorative eaves course, timber sash windows, and shouldered window openings with scroll detailing to the upper windows. The combination of roughcast and smooth render creates textural interest. The symmetry of the overall composition and the diversity of materials used in constructing this pair create a pleasing effect.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20866198

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