Marino, Cobh, 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. 201. “(Stuart-French/LGI1958) A pleasant and unassuming mid-Victorian house with an eaved roof and three sided bows, built on the foundations of an earlier house which may have dated back to C17 and which was burnt ca 1860s. Spacious hall, containing an imposing staircase with an iron balustrade. The house faces down the Passage,the narrows between Lough Mahon and Cork Harbour. Lt-Col Robert and Mrs Stuart-French made a delightful garden here, with many different enclosures leading from one to the other. Co Stuart-French sold Marino ca 1972.”