Lakemount, house in County Cork

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Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1815, having breakfront lean-to end bays. Two-storey lean-to addition to rear (north). Historic single-storey lean-to to side (east) elevation. Pitched artificial slate roof having rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Corrugated-iron roof to single-storey lean-to. Rendered wall to front elevation having blind openings to first floor of end bays. Roughcast rendered walls elsewhere. Diminishing square-headed window openings with stone sills throughout, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor of front elevation and ground floors of breakfronts. Lime-washed rubble stone walls to single-storey lean-to. Tripartite timber-framed windows to ground floor of front elevation, having central six-over-six pane sash with flanking two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Replacement timber casement windows elsewhere. Square-headed door opening to front elevation, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash sidelights and timber panelled door surmounted by overlight. Square-headed window openings to side elevations, having replacement timber battened doors. Set within own extensive grounds, having multiple single-storey outbuildings and rendered walls to rear, enclosing cobbled courtyard. Rendered entrance sweep with square-profile piers and wrought-iron gates.

An attractive house, reputed to have been built in 1813 for £500. The breakfront end bays and enlarged ground floor openings add to its character and charm. The retention of the related outbuildings and cobbled courtyard adds to its setting and context.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20910913

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