Most Beautiful Building in Cork?
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They’re on Sheare’s Street. Fenn’s Quay was an old name from when the street was a water course. It was resurrected as the restored terrace were originally quay-houses.
What I’m wondering is why they only received the conservation medal this year when the restoration was completed at least 7 years ago…
What was the original name given to the building that is occupied by Vero Moda. It’s stunning, but could do with a clean.@Devin wrote:
They’re on Sheare’s Street. Fenn’s Quay was an old name from when the street was a water course. It was resurrected as the restored terrace were originally quay-houses.
What I’m wondering is why they only received the conservation medal this year when the restoration was completed at least 7 years ago…
Not sure it was 7 years ago – but indeed you are right, Jack Coughlan & Associates were responsible for overseeing their restoration. The interior (especially the upper floors) are just as, if not, more eye-catching than the exterior elevations. If it was 7 years ago – I’m feeling very old. :p
Fenn’s Quay is a beautiful row indeed. Another most interesting row of houses – only recently granted Protected Structure status – are the Wilton Villas along the Glasheen Road (just before the Wilton Roundabout). These most unusual style houses comprise of Munster Limestone blocks, blood-red brick edging and originally (although I do believe the years have seen changes to this) locally sourced slate tiling on the roof-tops. Lovely little row.
@Devin wrote:
They’re on Sheare’s Street. Fenn’s Quay was an old name from when the street was a water course. It was resurrected as the restored terrace were originally quay-houses.
Aah come now, Devin. I never disputed that they were on Sheare’s Street. But the group is known as Fenn’s Quay, particularly since the completion of the conservation job. Maybe if I’d written: ‘That’s “Fenn’s Quay”…’
The reason I mentioned the name in my previous post was to correct my previous error- not to correct your post.Am I forgiven? ]was[/I] seven years ago that they were finished, despite what the RIAI site says. I have memories of seeing the work ongoing in 2000(ish?).
Is anyone able to post a picture or painting or anything of the old City Hall, I have no idea what it looks like.
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The Savoy is a really great building in Cork aswell. It’s a really good example of art deco in Ireland, and it has to be the finest art deco building in the city.What about the Christ the King church. Or is that art nouveau?
I don’t think it’s art deco…. it’s too “modern”, but it seems to be in the same sort of style. I’ve never been in the church so don’t know what the interior is like, but I’ve never seen a church like it anywhere in Ireland.
As we’re on the subject of churches, I’m doing a little research on Blackpool Church which was designed by noted Cork Sculptor Seamus Murphy. Any information, drawings, plans etc. about the same would be very welcome.
Is there some sort of council dedicated to clean up old buildings? I noticed a few days back that the Queens Old Caste looked absolutley rotten. For such a beautiful building, they make it look awful. Surely some organisation can force Argos or Virgin to paint it or do something to it anyway. It spoils the area!
Don’t know the building, but if it’s a Protected Structure (as seems possible from the name) then the planning Authority (Cork CC?) has powers under the P&D Act 2000 to compel the owner (and/or occupier) to act, though if the matter is (ahem) only cosmetic then I’m not sure if those powers are all that applicable.
If it is in an Architectural Conservation Area or an Area of Special Planning Control, then similar provisions exist regardless of whether the building itself is a Protected Structure.Perhaps shame is the best weapon? (i.e. if the other buildings on the street show this one up in a bad light.)
This is Queens Old Caslte, just so you have a rough idea of what it looks like, can’t find a better picture just yet. It looks fine in that picture ‘cos it’s dark, but the paint job looks scruffy in the last few weeks. I wouldn’t imagine it to be a listed building (not the grade whatever number it is that restricts you from doing fu*k all to it anyway) but I would imagine that a paint job would do no harm, who ever it is that is in authority
@A-ha wrote:
I noticed a few days back that the Queens Old Caste looked absolutley rotten. For such a beautiful building, they make it look awful. Surely some organisation can force Argos or Virgin to paint it or do something to it anyway. It spoils the area!
I don’t know what you’re talking about. The building is painted white and looks clean and well-maintained.
The problem with the building is that you have to blot out the ground floor when you look at it because some idiot (either Virgin or a tenant before them) decided to put short Greek Doric columns with plain Doric capitals at their bases ( 😀 ) in the shop entrance, to “follow” the well-executed pedimented Greek Doric feature in the 1st floor. The result is disastrous – no proportional logic between the upper & lower part of the building.
See here for a daytime pic: http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20512635
When did you last see it? Either that or it was just the bottom area of the building I saw as I was going into Virgin (which really did look grubby). Thanks for the picture, if I was looking till now, I still wouldn’t be able to find one.
@A-ha wrote:
When did you last see it?
A few days ago.
@A-ha wrote:
Thanks for the picture
If you click ‘Additional Images’ in the top right of the link, there are a few more pics of it.
Or just click here: http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=images&county=CO®no=20512635
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