George Boole’s House, Grenville Place
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Sad to hear that Boole’s old home on Bachelor’s Quay/Grenville Place is even more derelict than it appears from the outside. A ceiling collapsed earlier today apparently.
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i saw it briefly today from the mercy side.
i didnt hear about the internal damage
there was a small amount of plaster on the road from the gable on the right hand side of that photograph.
i couldnt see it from the front to see if any plaster had fallen from the front.
i didn’t see any slates on the ground either, so hopefully the roof is okit is quite close to the collapsed (and still unrepaired) quay wall.
potential for legal proceedings against the city council? though i fail to see a direct link myselftried unsuccessfully to upload a photo from today
there appears to be little external damage, but i heard today that the building was to be demolished today. the damaged area is basically the part of the front aspect covered by the tree leaves in the OP photo
however the demolision did not proceed today.
i’ll try to upload a photo again laterImages of Boole’s House taken on Thursday (via http://www.brianclayton.ie)
rofbp: How certain are you that demolition is due to happen? Reliable source?
If this is demolished it will be (yet another) sad day for Cork and it’s history. Shame, shame, shame!
well, i work in the area, and management forwarded around an email on thursday evening saying that st. vincent’s bridge would be closed until the building was demolished and it said friday was the day it would happen. (so my info was second hand, but i would have thought we would have to have authoritative information on any road closures)
obviously, it hasn’t yet. i had a look on friday evening and to be honest, i couldn’t see any big cracks or big areas of movement on the outside. the damage looked pretty superficial, as you can see in the pics above ( i still can’t attach mine for some reason!).
however, i can’t speak about the inside or the rear.
hopefully the information i was given was incorrectThanks for the info. rofbp. Like you, I hope that information is incorrect.
More pics of the building as it stands this morning:
http://on.fb.me/csm5HxOn a recent visit to Cork, I stumbled upon this house and was initially shocked and then when I saw the plaque declaring that George Boole had lived there, I was doubly shocked! Just thought I would add this photo for good measure of the various bits of rubbish in the small garden at the front.
Oh, I can’t actually get the photo to attach…
Almost certainly there is no reason why a house in this state requires demolition. I would imagine the road closure simply sparked such rumours – the reality more likely being the Council’s Dangerous Buildings Section moving in to carry out consolodation works.
A fabulous house, as with the wider terrace. As far as I remember being told at the time, the timber floors and joists of the ground floors of these houses were badly damaged during last winter’s flooding.
:mad:An absolute disgrace that city council allowed such a historic house to get to this stage.
Why is Cork City Council so afraid to use their considerable powers under the Derelict Site Act in cases such as this?article on this in today’s IT – can’t post a copy though sorry
@wearnicehats wrote:
article on this in today’s IT – can’t post a copy though sorry
Here you go..
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1028/1224282143684.html
unfortunately the demolition has started.
parts of the roof has been removed
a large crane is in situ on the quay
the pedestrian bridge has reopened
more photos in next postsad day
From people’s experience, does this look like a precursor to complete demolition or are they just making safe the roof to secure the rest of the building?
More pictures from today:
photos from http://www.communicatescience.eu
:mad:Absolutely disgraceful; the former city manager and the 31 councillors in the city should hang their heads in shame.
Hopefully these works are simply about making the building safe, though the past doesnt instill much confidence. This has to be one of the cities most significant array of georgian buildings. Maybe , seeing as the authorities appear to take little interest in our decaying built heritage, the new UCC school of architecture should be highlighting the plight of the cities built heritage. The city car park saga is particularly infuriating , I am venting now so I shall stop.
:mad::mad: 😡 I hope that we do not end up seeing the demolition of this building. It is one of my favourite buildings of this period in the city. The whole terrace has a unique form, which is a pleasure to look at. It addresses the bend of the river really well, and it would leave a gapping hole in the streetscape of this area if removed.
It would be an absolute shame if this is demolished without all possible efforts taken to preserve it!
Speaking of the Citi Car Park, I should imagine this site would suffer a similar fate if it were demolished today. Nobody would construct a new building on a site such as this in a desolate market, right next to an open quay wall! It just doesn’t add up (maths joke :o)
more roof removed today i think.
hopefully radioactiveman, the second part of your question comes true and they are just removing the roof to allow stabilisation workRoof seems to have been removed from one ‘wing’ of this house. Two of the top floors of this wing seems to have collapsed. Building still fenced off and cherrypickers still in place. NIce slide show of images from today here.
Also, just noticed, that if you compare the image by rofbp above to images in the slideshow, it seems that the ceiling of the 2nd floor seems to have collapsed/been demolished after the roof was taken off.
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