Careysville (Ballymacpatrick Castle), Clondulane, Fermoy, County Cork, P61 VF53 – accommodation for 11 guests
“Careysville House sits on an escarpment overlooking the fishery, with stunning views of the Blackwater valley. Guests can look out of their bedroom window and see one of the most stunning stretches of salmon fishing in Ireland, not to mention watch the salmon jumping in the pools below. It was built in 1812 in the Georgian style, on the site of the old ruined Ballymacpatrick Castle.“
Mark Bence-Jones writes in A Guide to Irish Country Houses (1988):
p. 56. “[Montgomery of Killee; Cavendish, Devonshire] “A C18 house of 2 storeys over a high basement and 5 bays, above the River Blackwater. Subtly spaced windows. The seat of the Carey family; passed by inheritance to the Montgomery family, from whom it was bought by the Duke of Devonshire, whose Irish seat, Lismore Castle, is a few miles further down the river.”
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Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1810, facing south, having five-bay side and rear elevations, and porch to front. Now in use as fishing lodge. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Flat roof to porch. Roughcast rendered walls with limestone plinth course between basement and ground floor. Timber sliding sash windows throughout, with mainly square-headed openings, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to second floor and nine-over-six pane to first floor, all with limestone sills. Camber-headed openings to basement level having six-over-six pane windows. Oeuil-de-boeuf window to west elevation with fixed glazed window and render sill. Round-headed window openings to middle bay of rear with six-over-six and six-over-three pane windows with spoked fanlights. Round-headed opening to west elevation with sixteen-over-six pane timber sliding sash window with paned fanlight and render sill. Camber-headed window opening to front of porch having six-over-six pane window with limestone sill. Porch comprising moulded render cornice and entablature with moulded render string courses and with cut limestone plinth course, having pilasters to corners with moulded limestone plinths. Camber-headed door openings with paned overlights and timber panelled double-leaf doors, approached by limestone steps. Four-bay three-storey building, possibly former mill, to east, with pitched slate roof, coursed rubble limestone walls with roughly dressed limestone voussoirs, and square-headed openings with fixed timber fittings to windows and timber battened doors. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to east with pitched and hipped slate roof and brick chimneystack, roughcast rendered walls and square-headed openings with timber louvers and timber battened doors, also having segmental-arch vehicular entrance to one end with corrugated-iron double-leaf doors and segmental-headed opening with timber panelled door. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to west with pitched slate roof, coursed rubble limestone walls, segmental-arched vehicular entrance with timber battened double-leaf doors and dressed limestone voussoirs. Square-profile roughcast rendered coursed limestone piers to road entrance with sweeping walls.
Appraisal
Built on the site of Ballypatrick Castle, this house has been used as a fishing lodge by the Duke of Devonshire for many years. It is a substantial house with elegant proportions and articulated by its cut limestone plinth course. The building retains many notable features and materials such as the varied timber sash windows and slate roof. The classically inspired porch retains its timber panelled doors and flanking pilasters. The different window treatments to the side and rear provide further interest to the house. The site retains associated structures such as the solidly constructed outbuildings, which provide valuable context to the side. The piers are finely crafted and indicative of the quality of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century craftsmanship.
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Careysville Castle, originally known as Ballymacpatrick Castle, was the seat of the Carey family from the late 17th century. In 1750 Careysville was occupied by John Carey and Peter Carey was resident in 1814. In 1837 Lewis refers to “the handsome modern mansion built on the site of Careysville castle” by E.K. Carey. Valued at £50 in the mid 19th century the Careys held this property in fee. Inherited by the Montgomerys of Killee and sold by them to the Duke of Devonshire in the mid 20th century. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that the house was then unoccupied as Captain Montgomery had moved into a modern bungalow nearby. Careysville is now in use as a fishing lodge offering luxury accommodation.
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