Ballinahina, White’s Cross, 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. 17. (Hall/IFR) Georgian house with a fanlighted doorway.
Detached two-stage folly, built c. 1800. Castellated roof with crenellations, supported on corbel table. Rendered coursed rubble sandstone walls. Camber-headed window opening with render sill. Camber-headed doorway with roughly dressed sandstone voussoirs, with rendered steps.
This folly once formed part of the demesne-related structures of Ballynahina House. The folly, inspired by medieval architecture, alludes to the late eighteenth, early nineteenth-century taste for indigenous architectural styles. Typically, follies are located on a prominent site within the demesne; this building, however, is notable, not only for its unusually small size, but also its close proximity to the outbuildings and main house.
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