1861 – Nos. 40-41 St. Patrick’s Street, Cork
Corner-sited end-of-terrace six-bay four-storey former store for J. Newson & Co., built c. 1860, now in use as retail outlet and bank.
St Patrick’s Street runs in a curve from Saint Patrick’s Bridge to Daunt Square, where it meets Grand Parade. The street obtains its curved shape due to its location over an arm of the River Lee. Parts of Patrick Street were extensively damaged during the Irish War of Independence in an event known as the “Burning of Cork” in 1920. This included the Munster Arcade and Grant’s department store. In 2004, the street was redeveloped by architect Beth Gali to be more “pedestrian-friendly”
Corner-sited end-of-terrace six-bay four-storey former store for J. Newson & Co., built c. 1860, now in use as retail outlet and bank.
Fine masonry bridge with three elliptical archies to designs by engineer-architect Sir John Benson. It appears that he provided three designs for the site: one iron swivel;
Base designed by William Atkins, with the statue by celebrated Irish sculptor John Henry Foley.
The Munster Arcade was one of the principal department stores in Cork. Based on St. Patrick’s Street,
Turning the important corner of Patrick Street into Grand Parade, the former store of Woodford Bourne is now a fastfood outlet.
Formerly the site of the Munster Arcade, the building was designed by Robert Walker for Robertson Leslie Ferguson,
Replacing an earlier department store that was burned down in 1920 along with most of this part of St.
Built in the 1920s to the design of architect Henry H. Hill, this building replaced an earlier department store on the site which was burnt in 1920 along with several buildings on the eastern side of St.
Former Burtons store on St. Patrick’s Street now in use by another retailer with upper floors used as storage.
Ornate large former department store building for Alex Grant & Co., now divided into smaller retail units.