1923 – Former Roches Stores, St. Patrick’s Street, Cork
Architect: Chillingworth & Levie
Replacing an earlier department store that was burned down in 1920 along with most of this part of St.
Replacing an earlier department store that was burned down in 1920 along with most of this part of St.
A fine corner building, but stylistically old-fashioned by the time of its construction. The corner entrance has a a double-height polished limestone surround.
Originally designed in the late 1950s by the same firm of architects (NMA), half of the store was built in the 1960s (at the Coles Lane corner) and the other half in the 1970s (at the Little Denmark Street end).
Originally constructed in the 1960s and the other half in the 1970s by the same firm of architects.