Prospect Villa, country house in County Cork

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

House demolised in 1981. Old photograph shows house as 2-storey, weatherslated with hipped roof; of late 18th century appearnce. Entrance front of 6-bays; central round-headed door ope; classical surround with broken pediment. Remains of ornate gate lodge (overgrown) survive to S on either side of entrance gate; one storey, appears to be hexagonal in plan; built of cut stone.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO087-111

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Photo credits

Maker not stated on source page, www.pac.ru
Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Rogue29567, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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