Cut Stone Buildings in Cork

[corcaighboy]

Hi there, I had some shots of some of Cork's more interesting cut stone buildings and was not too sure where to post them given there is no specific thread on cut stone buildings. So I started this thread. First one up is the AIB bank on Cork's South Mall. The old Munster & Leinster Bank is one beautiful building and is as nice inside as outside.

[corcaighboy]

Cork's GPO occupies an unusual intersection (Oliver Plunkett St, Pembroke Street, & Winthrop Street). The building underwent some renovation a few years ago and the exterior was cleaned. All in all, they did a pretty good job.
The laneway pictured (Pembroke Street) has beeing partially pedestrianised. In the photo, you can just make out the street barriers....these jack up at 11am thus closing off the street to deliveries and other traffic. This has been replicated on some of the other lanes leading onto Oliver Plunkett Street and has made life rather more enjoyable for the pedestrian.

[corcaighboy]

Cork's City Hall....after the burning of Cork by the Black & Tans, this building, together with Cashs (now Brown Thomas), and Roches Stores (soon to be Debenhams) were the signature buildings that defined Cork's rebirth. The City Hall is currently undergoing some extensions and these have been mentioned elsewhere. You can just about make out the extension to the rear of one of the photos (together with the unusual "fin" on the roof of the extension...one of two).

[A-ha]

Brilliant pictures and brilliant thread. Keep it going.

[phil]

Agreed. Good to see some images of existing buildings in Cork again.

[Praxiteles]

Hi there, I had some shots of some of Cork's more interesting cut stone buildings and was not too sure where to post them given there is no specific thread on cut stone buildings. So I started this thread. First one up is the AIB bank on Cork's South Mall. The old Munster & Leinster Bank is one beautiful building and is as nice inside as outside.

Hi Corcaighboy!

As you have started a thread on cut stone buildings in Cork, it migth be useful to indicate an endless source of lore on their construction]Stone Mad[/I] first published in 1966 when the stone cutting business was on its last legs. The book has been recently reprinted and is published by Routledge and Kegan Paul; London. The ISBN is 0 7100 1872 X. I give you a few specimen pages below in compensation for the disruption of your quiet coffee yesterday morning:

http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Mad-Seamus-Murphy/dp/1903464811/sr=1-1/qid=1157996568/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-0677851-9871816?ie=UTF8&s=books

[corcaighboy]

Here are two shots of the Cork Savings Bank on Lapp's Quay. I particularly like this building, and will forever lament the fact that they built Connolly Hall next to it!

[Praxiteles]

Cork Court House

[Praxiteles]

St. Patrick's, Lower Glanmire Road, Cork (Geroge Pain, 1836)

[Praxiteles]

St. Mary's, Pope's Quay, Cork (Kearns Dean, 1832-1839)

[d_d_dallas]

BT's...

[d_d_dallas]

Holy Trinity

[Praxiteles]

The Cork Butter Exchange

[Praxiteles]

The New Custom House aka The Cork Harbour Commission (1818) by WIlliam Hargrave

[Praxiteles]

St. Patrick's Bridge (1859-1861)

Designed by Sir John Benson and built by Joshua Hargrave

The bridge is 60 feet and 6 inches wide spanning 168 feet.

[Praxiteles]

Obviously, guff is not restricted to the liturgical moguls. I would love to know who put this specimen togeher. The original building was destroyed by fire, we are told. You would never realize from that that we are talking of mass arson!

http://www.buildingsofireland.com/niah/search.jsp?county=CO®no=20513082&type=record

But, it does show Egans. And, if they are interested, some of the gutted fittings are in the foyer ofChristies hotel in Blarney. So much for conservation.

[phil]

The Cork Butter Exchange

That is a nice image you posted above Praxiteles. I think this is one of the nicest parts of Cork City.

[Praxiteles]

unfortiunately, I could not get an arial image of the Firkin Crane to show off just how interesting the building is. Can you do something about it? We should not forget that in the older parts of the city, whose glory was already faded by the 19th. century, there are good examples of stone cut buildings.

[Praxiteles]

Parliament Bridge, Cork (1808)

[jungle]

Are there any more recent examples around the city?

Some of the new building in UCC perhaps?

[Paul Clerkin]

The Cork Butter Exchange

taken from here
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/cork/cork/index.html

[Praxiteles]

The Pavillion Cinema, Patrick's Street, Cork

Well known for its splendid tea-rooms on the first floor behind the venetian windows!

[anto]

Parliament Bridge, Cork (1808)

Haven't been to Cork for a while but I can't belive that that building above the bridge is still vacant. Such a prominent site! I'm assuming that this picture is recent of course..

[d_d_dallas]

It's not vacant insofar as it's undergoing redevelopment after 40 yrs of dereliction, however what going in is a uPVC and cheap builders aggregate nightmare. I think one of the other Cork threads has pictures of recent movement on site.

[corcaighboy]

Here are some more imeages of Brown Thomas on Patrick Street. In my view, the most graceful building on Cork's main street. Looks classy and refined, even compared to the Roches Stores building next to it.

And opposite Brown Thomas, the old Cudmore's fruit/sweet store, now a Vodafone outlet. This building has two very graceful curved glass windows in front. Lost a bit of its charm now that it is no longer a kid's emporium of delight!