Oakhurst House, County Cork

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Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, built 1870, having projecting gabled entrance and end bay to front elevation. Gabled end bay to south elevation with full-height canted bay, recessed single-bay two-storey over basement addition and conservatory to west. Pitched slate roof having cast-iron crestings, rendered chimneystacks and painted timber bargeboards with trefoil and quatrefoil motifs. Rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings to recessed-bay, front elevation having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, painted stone sills to ground floor and render continuous sill course to first floor. Shouldered openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, having painted stone sills and continuous hood moulding course to ground floor windows, and continuous sill course to first floor. Shouldered openings to basement with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and cast-iron grills. Pointed arch opening having chamfered surround and overlights over timber panelled door. Flanking sidelights with panelled risers. Flight of limestone steps to entrance having painted balustrades and square-profile rendered piers. Railings to front elevation, basement level with rendered steps leading to square-headed half-glazed timber panelled door. Pair of square-profile brick piers with limestone platband, caps and plinths. Rubble limestone boundary walls having render copings.

One of a pair of substantial houses occupying the Rushbrooke area of Cobh named after Frederica Harriet Rushbrooke (1819-82). The houses characterise the nineteenth-century penchant for Tudor Revival architecture and feature multi-gabled rooflines with decorative timber work dressings. The polygonal bay windows give panoramic views overlooking Cork Harbour with Haulbowline Island and Spike Island in the foreground. The houses are prominently sited and make a striking visual statement in Lower Road.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20828085

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