Fortwilliam House — Lower Glanmire Road

Detached five-bay two-storey over basement former house, built c.1820, having single storey bow-ended wings to east and west, full-height bow containing stairwell and lean-to return with half-dormer attic to north. Single-storey addition running full length of house to north, c.1970. Now forming part of hotel. Hipped slate roofs, pitched to part of wings, with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roofs to wings part-hidden by parapets with stucco panels. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls with limestone plinth, string courses and cornice to eaves. Square-headed window openings with moulded render surrounds, limestone sills and nine-over-six (ground floor) and six-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows. Round-headed recesses to south elevations of wings with moulded render archivolts and square-headed window openings with eight-over-eight timber sash windows. Tripartite window openings to bows with moulded render surrounds and six-over-six flanked by four-over-four timber sash windows. Round-headed window opening to stairwell having sash window incorporating fanlight. Window openings to north elevation with six-over-six and two-over-two sash windows. Replacement three-over-three timber sash windows to basement. Tetrastyle ashlar limestone doorcases to wings comprising pilasters with fluted caps supporting simple entablature with central square-headed door openings having replacement doors and flanked by twelve-over-eight timber sash windows. Limestone steps to doors. Detached three-bay two-storey outbuilding to north-east having pitched slate roof and roughcast render walls, square-headed window openings with six-over-six (ground floor) and three-over-three (first floor) timber and porch c.1980. Located on slope with Silver Springs Hotel to south.