Peake House, country house in County Cork

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What is recorded here

Rectangular house, 2-storey over basement; of early 19th-century appearance. Entrance front (E) of 5 bays; central door approached by flight of stone steps with semicircular fanlight, door flanked by pairs of slim engaged classical columns. Central 1st-floor window ope flanked by side lights. Hipped roof with two off-centre chimneys. Stone-built farmbuildings to rear.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO061-175

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Aghabullogue GAA / EchoLive source; photographer not named, www.echolive.ie
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