Thomas Street, Mitchelstown

Area

131 m²

Buildings

2 buildings touch it, 153 m² on the ground

Zoning

M2 Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective

Townland

Brigown

Planning applications on this parcel

• 21 Feb 2006Conditional

  Extension to rear of both commercial units on ground floor, construction of 6 no. apartments on first and second floors including provision of protected escape route, increase in height and modifications to front facade to No.5, Baldwin St, replacement of existing structure with 2 no. townhouses and provision of 3 no. car parking spaces and bin storage area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4968

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 4 recorded monuments.

• CO019-105 Almshouse
  Description

  In Mitchelstown, enclosing N half of King's Square. Matching L-shaped 2-storey ranges, over basements, either side of C of I chapel. Each range 20-bays long (E-W) with 10-bay return (N-S). Random-rubble limestone construction with brick-dressed sash windows and round-headed door opes; ashlar limestone arches carry steps up to front doors. Units at end of each range project slightly forward and are slightly higher than remainder with hipped roof. Wide arch ope in centre of N ranges with ashlar limestone surround and pediment supported by large console brackets; archways blocked and converted into apartments in 1880s when complex subdivided to make 31 units (B. Power, Avondhu, 9th Jan. 1997). Numerous hipped, 2-storey projections on rear elevations. Range of one-storey outhouses and garden plots to rear. C of I chapel in centre has rectangular nave (N-S) with chancel added to N; 3-storey tower with gabled roof and pediment to S; originally a porch stood on S side with cupola, but removed in late 18th century and replaced with tower for bell and clock (ibid.). Complex built with funds made available in will of James, 4th Baron of Kingston (died 1764), to house poor elderly Protestants, mainly tenants from Mitchelstown estate (14918). Designed by John Morrison as terrace of 22 houses with chapel in centre; in 1770 project continued by Oliver Grace who added two additional end-houses; college opened1777 (Power 1996, 21). South half of square formed by similar L-shaped 2-storey ranges, rendered and less ornate, with date stone inscribed 'Kings Square 1780'; the enclosed green was used as tennis courts (Bowen, 1942, 8); SE quadrant cut by later road from Baldwin Street to George's Street. Tree-lined avenue crosses centre of square and led to entrance into Mitchelstown Castle demesne (14918) on W side. Cast-iron water font in centre of square, to N of avenue, erected in1825 (ibid.); it is stamped 'Hive Iron Foundry Maker, Cork'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO019-149 Historic town
  Description

  On S bank of Gradoge River, on main Cork-Dublin road. Listed as a market town (called Brigon) in 1299 (O'Brien 1993, 94), but little known of settlement here until early 17th century when it became a possession of Sir William Fenton, who obtained grant for market in 1618 (Power 1996, 10). According to MacCarthy-Morrogh (1986, 169), 'the place thrived, for the depositions (1641) provide the names of thirty residents, the majority of which were artisans'. Location of this settlement probably in vicinity of King's Square (14788) and nearby church (14445) and castle (14317) (pers. comm. B. Power). In 1750 Mitchelstown had 'a pretty market-house, built of hewn stone, and some good houses' (Smith 1750, vol. 1, 346). By 1831 it contained 535 houses, 'most of which are well built and of respectable appearance' (Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 372). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO019-159 Church
  Description

  In Mitchelstown, on W side of Thomas Street. Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as cruciform structure (long axis E-W) named 'Natl. School'; projection at E end removed by 1905 OS 6-inch map, making overall plan T-shaped; on this map it is named 'Town Hall'. According to Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 225), school was 'old R. C. chapel'. T-shaped, 1-storey, gable-ended structure survives: long axis E-W with arms at E end. Long E elevation has central pointed door and window opes and inserted National School plaque. Chimney atop N gable. Now used as parochial hall. Limestone cross from this building removed to steeple of replacement church (14732) (Power 1996, 61) on hill to E. According to local information, area around church was used as burial ground during The Famine. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO019-160 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  At N end of Mitchelstown, to S of Gradoge River. Access to site not gained. Visible from roadside is a substantial rectangular 4-storey building of random-rubble limestone construction: N elevation of 3 bays with small window opes, E elevation of 4 bays. Hipped slated roof with central valley. Gabled projections in roof on N and E sides. Built c. 1800 and known locally as 'Manor Mill', as it stood on Earl of Kingston's land (see 14919); in use as mill until 1900s, then used in 1930s by Mitchelstown Creameries for production of butter boxes, now a store (B. Power, The Avondhu, 6/3/1997). Arched section of tail race exposed under road during sewerage works. Shown as rectangular structure (long axis E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map with millrace taken from river c. 0.5km to W, neither is named, with tail race flowing c. 0.8km to E through N end of town. Indicated as 'Corn Mill (Disused)' on 1905 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

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