Maryborough Ho

To SE of Douglas. Large early 18th century 3-storey house over basement. Entrance front (N), side elevations and interior refurbished in mid/late18th century. Seven-bay garden front (S) of early 18th century appearance; 3-storey (basement not visible) with 3-bay central breakfront framed by quoins. Stone bank course divides each floor. Slim sash windows with shallow reveals and prominent keystone, decrease in size with height. Most of ground floor windows replaced in mid-18th century refurbishment. Plain rectangular door on E side with rectangular light; large inserted central door with block-and-start stone surround. Weatherslating decreases in size with height. Hipped roof with stone cornice; weatherslating beneath has single course of scalloped slates along bottom edge. Entrance front (N) of 7 bays with 3-bay central breakfront framed by quoins. Stone bank course divides each floor. Central rectangular door with stone surrounding supporting pediment; approached by wide stone steps. Sash windows decrease in size with height. West elevation of 5-bays. East elevation has central stairway addition with one storey addition to N; originally ballroom and library burnt in 1914 and rebuilt as kitchen. Good 18th-century detail in interior (Bence-Jounes 1978, 204). Farmbuildings around courtyard to E with arched entrance to N. Ornate one-storey lodge to W, shown in de Breffny and ffolliot (1975, 205) with low square columns stepping up gable (in crowstep fashion) which no longer survive; similar to N transept in Rathcormack C of I church (CO044-04902-). Now an office. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009