1949 – Jennings Soda Water Factory, Watercourse Road, Cork
Former factory built for the Jennings family who moved their factory from Browne Street in the city centre.
Former factory built for the Jennings family who moved their factory from Browne Street in the city centre.
Fine 1950s convent complex still largely intact. The main architectural feature being the nuns small chapel which is expressed externally in the massing and with its large stained glass window clearly visible,
Very much a local landmark, the massive church was built between 1954 and 1956 of concrete and limestone.
Restrained piece of modernist infill on South Mall.
Constructed as a bottling and storage facility by Cork Distillers Co., which was used by Irish Distillers until 2007.
As the Thompson family expanded their thriving bakery business in the 1960s, they chose to make a bold architectural statement as they dedicated the western portion of the building to the production of their swiss roll.
Designed as Cork’s first purpose built office block and originally known as Sutton House, as it was constructed on the site of Sutton’s merchants which burned down in 1963.