Bernard, James (1729-1790)

Warren’s Court or Warrenscourt, Lissarda, Co Cork  

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Warren’s Court, Lissarda, 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. 283. “(Warren, Bt/PB) A two storey Georgian house. Six bay pedimented front with single-storey Ionic portico…Demolished.” 

Warren’s Court, County Cork, courtesy of Mark Bence-Jones.

Listed in Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.

p. 53. “House demolished but stable yard remains. In 1814 the seat of Sir Aug. Warren Bart.”

http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2018/08/warrens-court.html

Kilbrittain Castle, Kilbrittain, Co Cork

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Kilbrittain Castle, Kilbrittain, Co Cork

Kilbrittain Castle, County 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. 164. “(Stawell/LGI1912) A C16 tower-house of the MacCarthys, protected by a turret boawn, incorporated in a C18 house built ante 1750 by Jonas Stawell, which was rebuilt as a castle in mid-C19. Of two storeys over a high basement, and faced in random ashlar; with a battlemented parapet, corner-bartizans and a square tower at one end. Mullioned windows, more of less regularly disposed; pointed entrance doorway opening onto a perron with long twin flights of steps. The castle stands on top of a hill, with wide views over surrounding countryside and down a valley to the sea. The entrance front faces over a bawn, on one side of which there was formerly a less heavily castellated C18 range with a Venetian window. The castle was burnt in early 1920s and stood for nearly half a century as a spectacular ruin; parts of it, including the range with the Venetian window, being demolished. Then, from 1968 onwards, the surviving main building of the castle was restored by Mr Russell Winn.”