Knockane House, County Cork

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Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1780, having flat-roofed single-bay glazed porch extension to rear (south) elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings throughout, with timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to west two bays of front (north) elevation, four-over-four pane to east and central openings of front elevation, to east elevation, to single first floor opening to west elevation, and to rear elevation. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window to rear elevation and replacement uPVC windows to rear elevation and west elevation. Round-headed door opening with spoked fanlight and horizontally divided sidelights with recessed timber panelled door and limestone steps. Square-headed door openings with timber battened doors to rear elevation and with glazed timber panelled door with plain overlight to west elevation. Yard to rear with three-bay single-storey outbuildings to east and to south, both with pitched corrugated metal roofs and rubble stone walls, that to east having square-headed openings and that to south having partly blocked round-arched carriage openings. Curved rendered entrance walls with square-profile piers.

The symmetry and order displayed in this façade is typical of the traditional gentleman's residence in Ireland. The round-headed doorway flanked by tall square-headed window openings with paired chimneystacks is a recurring motif in the Irish countryside. Its steeply pitched roof gives it a distinctive silhouette. Set in mature grounds, it is nonetheless visible from the road, providing an interesting architectural feature in the landscape.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20907705

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BarrowBarrow, mound barrow · 184 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

Explorer Tom Barrow in Knockane was destroyed long ago, probably by someone who liked flat land. I heard they smuggled cheese through there, but that's my story now. Visit, then text me what you think; I'll pretend to read it.

Burial in Knockane (imokilly By.)Burial · 184 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

Explorer Tom Burial in Knockane had a skeleton wrapped in gold plate plates. That is rich! It would order double chips and a pint if it could. Take the long way round; it deserves the effort and the drama.

Cromlech (Site of)Cist · 731 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

Explorer Tom Another Cromlech in Ballyvorisheen sounds like it had too much to drink. It's packed with human bones and a cist full of slack lime. I’d ask what they were celebrating, but honestly, who knows anymore?

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in LissacrueFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 834 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

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