Rock Island House, country house in County Cork

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Detached irregular-plan two-storey house, built in several phases. Comprising four-bay two-storey block with later gablet and box window additions, built c.1800, gable-fronted single-bay two-storey block attached to north (possibly former fortified house), single-bay single-storey terminating block to north, and having L-plan block with gablets and box window, c.1860, attached to south-west. Pitched slate and artificial slate roofs with red brick and rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods and carved timber bargeboards with trefoil decoration. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls with slate hanging to north elevation and to west elevations. Painted brick to box window plinths. Square-headed openings to east and west elevations with single and paired six-over-six timber sliding sash windows having timber shutters with stone and concrete sills. Square-headed openings to east elevation with double-leaf timber fixed pane casement windows and stone sills. Square-headed openings to gabled front having timber fixed pane and casement windows with stone sills. Square-headed openings to west elevation having single and double casement and fixed pane windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening to north elevation with timber fixed pane window and rendered surround. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door and timber surround. Located within overgrown landscaped gardens and enclosed by rubble stone and roughcast rendered walls with tooled limestone piers, plinths and pyramidal cap stones. Outbuilding to north-west.

Situated in a picturesque coastal location, this handsome building is the result of several construction phases. Encompassing material from a fortified house through to mid nineteenth century renovations and extensions, this building displayed sympathetic development and continued use. The phased building work creates a house of much character and charm.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20914720

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