Kilmacow House, County Cork

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Detached L-plan two-storey house, built c. 1760, comprising six-bay north-south block, with three-bay block at right angles to north, latter having lower projecting return to south side. Hipped artificial slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks. Rubble sandstone walls. Square-headed window openings having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with brick block-and-start surrounds and voussoirs and render sills. Round-headed stairs window opening to rear having dressed sandstone voussoirs with limestone keystone and recent fixed timber window. Segmental-headed door opening to main block with limestone block-and-start surround and voussoirs with sandstone keystone and replacement timber door, sidelights and fanlight, with limestone step. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to north, having pitched slate roof, rubble sandstone walls, recent limestone plaque to east elevation, and square-headed window and door openings with brick voussoirs. Three-bay two-storey outbuilding to south having pitched slate roof and rubble sandstone walls, square-headed window openings and elliptical-arched vehicular entrances with roughly dressed sandstone voussoirs. Elliptical-arched vehicular entrances to gable ends of south outbuilding and addition having dressed sandstone voussoirs. Recent carriage arch to north-west. Recent sandstone and limestone piers and walls to north.

Kilmacow House retains the form and fabric of an earlier, eighteenth-century house. The house is solidly built and good quality materials have been used throughout. The site retains its outbuildings which add context to the site.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20904612

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