The Manse in Ringmeen, County Cork

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Detached three-bay two-storey former manse, built c. 1850, having gabled centre-bay and recent porches to front (south) elevation end bays. Single-storey bay window to west elevation, three-bay two-storey return and porch to rear. Now in use as house. Pitched slate roofs having rendered chimneystacks, ornate timber bargeboards with trefoil motifs and finials. Rendered walls with plaque to gable front elevation. Square-headed openings having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Painted sills throughout. Square-headed opening to west elevation with render label moulding and continuous sill course. Square-headed tripartite opening to gabled centre-bay having render label moulding, one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted sills. Pointed arch opening to gabled centre-bay with render hood moulding, Y-tracery fixed window and flanking square-headed windows having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Pointed arch opening to gabled centre-bay west elevation with Y-tracery window and render hood moulding. Square-headed opening to front elevation, western bay having half-glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed opening to rear porch with render label moulding and timber panelled door. Metal staircase to return leading to square-headed opening with half-glazed timber panelled door. Rendered steps to porches.

Substantial former manse, having irregular plan, gables and canted bays, typical of Victorian, Tudor Revival domestic architecture. It retains much of its original form and is enhanced by salient features such as the hood mouldings, decorative plaque and timber bargeboards. Located close to the former Presbyterian church, it forms part of an interesting group.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20828126

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