Ardnalee, Carrigrohane, Co Cork
Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.
p. 10. “Collins/LGI1912; Aldworth/IFR; Daly, sub Villiers-Stuart/IFR) A two storey house built by a member of the Morgan family 1832. Five bay principal front, overlooking the River Lee; fanlighted entrance porch beneath single-storey semi-circular Doric portico in side elevation, not centrally placed. Eaved roof. Small room panelled with the wooden blocks used for printing wallpapers. Subsequently owned by Collins family, whose heiress married Major J.O. Aldworth. From 1916, the home of the Daly family.”
Detached L-plan farmyard complex, built c.1830, comprising multiple-bay single-storey ranges with former coach house to south. Three-bay breakfront to north range with terminating two-storey building to west range. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble sandstone walls with dressed limestone quoins to breakfront. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills throughout, having yellow sandstone voussoirs with limestone keystones to quarry glazed timber-framed windows. Three-over-three pane and six-over-nine pane timber sliding sash windows to two-storey building. Segmental-headed carriage arches with yellow sandstone voussoirs and limestone keystones and impost blocks. Square-headed door openings to north range with timber battened doors and limestone thresholds. Remains of cobbles to yard, having square-profile rubble sandstone piers with cut limestone caps and wrought-iron gates. Walled garden to north-east of site having rubble stone walls and rendered pointed arch pedestrian entrance with cast-iron gate.
Buit by the Morgan family in the 1830s, this fine farmyard complex retains its original form as well as many features of interest, such as a fine carriage arch, cobbles, slate roofs and quarry glazed windows. The use of different stone finishes creates colourful textural variation. Unusually it is L-plan, unlike the more common courtyard form of most farmyard complexes, it forms part of an interesting demesne group with Ardnalee House, a walled garden and gate lodge.
Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c.1830, with gable-fronted porches to front (north) and rear (south) and single-bay extension to side (west). Now in use as private house. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack and uPVC rainwater goods. Exposed rubble sandstone walls with yellow brick quoins. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills and replacement timber casement windows throughout. Square-headed door openings with double-leaf timber panelled door to front elevation and glazed timber door to rear elevation. Quadrant square-profile tapering tooled limestone piers to east, with wrought-iron vehicular gates flanked by pedestrian entrances, set within wrought-iron railings on limestone plinth walls, and terminating in square-profile limestone piers. Located at entrance to Ardnalee House.
Built by the Morgan family in the 1830, the simple design and detailing of the lodge contrasts with the ornate detailing displayed in the entrance gates. The entrance exhibit a high level of craftsmanship, with its fine wrought-iron gates and railings and expertly tooled piers. Together, lodge and entrance form an imposing group, which gives some indication of the scale and grandeur of the house within.
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