Oldenburg, house in County Cork

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Semi-detached three-bay two-storey with dormer attic house, built c. 1870, having gabled end-bay and porch to front (east) elevation and projecting gabled bay with full-height, crenellated bay window to south elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and timber bargeboards with finials. Timber bargeboard and finial to dormer window. Rendered walls with moulded render cornice to porch and render string course to bay window. Square-headed openings having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, and limestone sills throughout. Casement windows to dormer window. Continuous render sill course to south elevation. Blind, square-headed window openings to front elevation. Blind pointed arch opening to porch, south elevation. Pointed arch opening to porch with overlight and half-glazed timber panelled door. Pair of rendered square-profile piers to south having double-leaf spear-headed gates.

Notable example of a Victorian villa, which illustrates the late nineteenth century penchant for the Tudor Revival style in a domestic setting. The house is distinguished by the crenellated, canted bay, which adds artistic interest to the façade.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20828094

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