architecture of cork city
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@Devin wrote:
What happened to the fine old buildings adjoining South Gate Bridge?
Interesting, and is that a clock-tower peering over the top of those buildings too – part of Beamish & Crawford?
There must some old photos of the Beamish complex, or someone on the Cork threads who knows. The photo is only from the ’60s.
Cork didn’t have any of the insane road widening that was done in Dublin in its centre, but still when you look at the old photos, a fair bit of key fabric is gone here and there around the centre. That south end of South Main Street where it meets the bridge, as seen above, seems to have been blitzed. Shame. There’s a Irish tradition of building tight up against bridges like that.
Mid 2005
Mid 2007
Sept. 2008
I see the Parnell Place houses are finally being repaired. But should those top storeys really have been allowed to be cut down with the loss of the original fabric?
Lovely sets of horns and sticky-backed glazing bars on the new windows there. I wouldn’t have expected that at all.
Sept. 2008
I see the Parnell Place houses are finally being repaired. But should those top storeys really have been allowed to be cut down with the loss of the original fabric?
That project (Hotel on Beasley Street) seems to have been mothballed for now, or at least I cannot see any recent activity. I think the limestone cladding which faces south at high level looks very good from the City Hall direction.
@Pug wrote:
i assume they are doing internal fit out, it took ages to build
There’s no work at all going on there at the moment (I work in a build right beside it!)
@PTB wrote:
Just as a matter of interest, does anyone know what the oldest building in the city is?
Other than the city walls or anything of course.
No. 20 on Kyle Street (building immediately west of the dunnes stores delivery entrance) is supposedly 17th century although you wouldnt know it with all the PVC stuffed into it. This is the opinion of the former city archaelogist and supposedly there is (was) a very early staircase within but i remember passing sometime during the summer and there was work carrying on inside. i’m betting it may no longer be there.
The Christchurch crypt would be 15th century in date and its true, parts of the vision centre are 17th century but i would say the earliest complete building is probably skiddys almshouse (beside St. Ann’s) from 1718 followed by a number of buildings in the 1720s such as Christchurch, St. Peter and Paul’s, St. Ann’s and the former custom house (Crawford gallery)
I know I have brought this up before but Shandon what a disgrace that it has not been developed to anyway near its full potential.
It should be a tourist mecca, with cobbled streets and plenty of restaurants, and it should be designated the “Old City” on the tourist trail, there is hotel right beside it, it has the tourist attractions and the charming narrow streets now all it needs is a bit of creativity and imagination!
@njcork wrote:
@PTB wrote:
Just as a matter of interest, does anyone know what the oldest building in the city is?
Other than the city walls or anything of course.
No. 20 on Kyle Street (building immediately west of the dunnes stores delivery entrance) is supposedly 17th century although you wouldnt know it with all the PVC stuffed into it. This is the opinion of the former city archaelogist and supposedly there is (was) a very early staircase within but i remember passing sometime during the summer and there was work carrying on inside. i’m betting it may no longer be there.
The Christchurch crypt would be 15th century in date and its true, parts of the vision centre are 17th century but i would say the earliest complete building is probably skiddys almshouse (beside St. Ann’s) from 1718 followed by a number of buildings in the 1720s such as Christchurch, St. Peter and Paul’s, St. Ann’s and the former custom house (Crawford gallery)
Walked past this the other day, boarded up and roof removed. Couldn’t believe my eyes. The roof had very unusual gabled ends (Dutch like in appearance) and are now gone as it was reduced to eaves level in its entirety. I had seen a solitary worker inside there maybe 2 or 3 years back but I presumed he was repairing the interior, evidently not.
Absolutely disgusted this was allowed to happen.
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