Clontead More, Coachford, 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. 87. “[Gillman/IFR] A square two storey house of ca. 1830. Three bay front, 4 bay side, eaved roof.”
Detached double-pile three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840, having porch to front (east) and two-storey extension to side (south). U-plan hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls with lined-and-ruled rendered walls to porch. Diminishing square-headed window openings with limestone sills, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and nine-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor. Set of four fixed two-pane timber framed windows to porch. Square-headed door opening to side (south) elevation of porch having replacement glazed timber door. Numerous derelict and restored two-storey outbuildings to rear arranged around courtyard. Pitched slate and corrugated-iron roofs to western group having rubble stone walls, square-headed window openings and elliptical arch-headed carriageways. Pitched slate roof to former barn having rubble stone walls, square-headed window openings with timber frames. Segmental-headed carriageway openings to ground floor with roughly dressed limestone voussoirs. Flight of stone steps to western elevation of former barn. Remains of red brick walled garden to south-east. Square-profile rendered gate piers to north-east. Set within own grounds.
Appraisal
The classical form and fenestration of this middle-sized house is typical of its time. The fine timber sliding sash windows add much to its character, while the extensive ranges of outbuildings add context to its setting.
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At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Herbert Gillman was leasing a property valued at £14 from Edward Murphy. This house was built after the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. The Irish Tourist Association survey refers to “Clontead” as the former residence of the historian, Herbert Webb Gillman,(1832-1898). It is still extant and seems to have become known as Clontead More House.
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country house in the townland of Clontead More, situated north-east of Coachford village, built around 1840. Once the residence of the Herbert Gillman The property was constructed after 1840. It is not depicted on the 1842 surveyed OS map, which was also used during the mid-nineteenth century Primary Valuation of Ireland (Griffith’s Valuation). The Connacht and Munster Landed Estates Database states that it was ‘built after the publication of the first edition Ordnance Survey map’., and the 1901 surveyed OS map depicts the property, but does not name it.
The Primary Valuation of Ireland (Griffith’s Valuation) records Herbert Gillman as occupying c. 86 acres, consisting of a ‘house, offices and land’. The buildings were valued at c. £14, the land at c. £50, and the immediate lessor was Edward Murphy. Gillman is interred in the chancel of Magourney Church, Coachford.
The Irish Tourist Association survey of 1944 refers to the property as ‘Clontead House, Peake’ and the former residence of Herbert Webb Gillman. He is described as having been a Barrister-at-law, member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Council member of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society (CHAS) and ‘specialised in castles around the countryside’. Gillman was one of the early members of CHAS and is interred in the apse of Magourney Church.
Today, Clontead More House remains a private residence, and is not accessible to the public.
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