Lisnagar Demesne
Lisnagar Demesne is a townland in the civil parish of Rathcormack, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Lios na gCarr.
Parcel 2159038
- Area
- 138,508 m² (13.85 ha, 34.23 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Lisnagar Demesne
Planning applications on this parcel
16 Jan 2006Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4123
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 17 recorded monuments.
- CO044-029 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage on gentle SE-facing slope, overlooking Bride river. Circular area (38m N-S; 38.5m E-W) defined by three earthen banks with intervening fosses. Inner bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.3m) and middle bank (H 1.6m) pierced by gaps to N (Wth 6m inner bank; 4m middle bank) and ESE (Wth 5m inner bank; 8m middle bank), with causeways; gap in inner bank (Wth 5m) toW. Outer bank survives S->NW; replaced by field fence to E. To NNE, two radial banks run across gap between inner and middle bank, forming with the ringfort banks a rectangular structure (7.5m x 6.5m) pierced by gap (Wth 2.5m) cut through middle bank; possibly remains of R.C. chapel marked as 'site of' on 1842 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO044-073001 Enclosure
Description
A roughly circular enclosure (enclosure 1) was excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. The enclosure (21.5m E-W; 19m N-S) was defined by a narrow trench (Wth 0.35m; D 0.3m) lined with flat stones which were set on edge. While several post-holes were identified in the fill of the trench, the linearity of the surviving sections of the stone lining suggests that most of the trench held upright planks. Two entrances (Wth 1m), one at the NE and the other at the SE, were defined by two substantial post-holes (diam. 0.5m; D 0.5m). Sherds of pottery, dating to the middle Bronze Age, were recovered from the fill of the trench. Numerous post-holes were excavated within the interior. A Bronze Age house (CO044-073002-) was uncovered at the centre of the interior. A line of evenly spaced post-holes, concentric with, and outside the line of the trench, extended from SW to N. Two Bronze Age enclosures (CO044-073003-, CO044-073006-) were located c. 20m to the NW and NE respectively. (Cotter 2006a 34-5; 2006c) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO044-073002 House - Bronze Age
Description
A single house structure, located within the centre of a Bronze Age enclosure (CO044-073001-), was excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. This house structure (6m E-W; 4m N-S) was oval in plan and was represented by a slot-trench and several post-holes. The full extent of the enclosing slot-trench was not identified along the W portion of the house as this area had been disturbed by post-medieval field boundary ditches and extensive rabbit burrowing. According to the excavator, two substantial post-holes at the centre of the structure indicated substantial posts supporting the roof (Cotter 2006a, 34). The S-facing entrance was formed by two substantial post-holes, one of whose packing-stones was a fragment of a saddle quern. Approximately 33 sherds of Bronze Age pottery, belonging mainly to two vessels, were recovered from in and around this house. The excavator also noted that this house employed a different mode of construction to the other houses and structures (CO044-073004-, CO044-073005-, CO044-073009-, CO044-073010-, CO044-073011-, CO044-073012-) excavated in the area and may have functioned as a communal building, used perhaps for religious/ritual purposes (Cotter 2006c, 29). One of the central post-holes within the house was radiocarbon dated to 1750-1520 cal. BC (ibid., 24). A possible corn-drying kiln (CO044-096----) was situated to the SE of the house. (Cotter 2006a, 34-5; 2006c) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO044-073003 Enclosure
Description
The E portion of a roughly circular enclosure (enclosure 2) was excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. The W portion of the enclosure lay outside the roadtake and was not excavated. An arc (C 37.6m) formed by a fosse (Wth 1.1m; max. D 1m) NNE-SSW was uncovered. The fosse terminated 1.5m from the baulk at the NNE end and this undug causeway was interpreted as the possible entrance. Sherds of pottery, dating to the Bronze Age, were recovered from the fill of the fosse along the E arc. A shallow inner fosse (Wth 1.1-2.86m; D 0.2m) NNE-W, which was concentric with the outer fosse, was uncovered in the interior. Two possible Bronze Age structures (CO044-073004-, CO044-073005-) were situated within the interior of the enclosure. The first of these structures overlay the NNE end of the shallow fosse and the second was situated further S. Two other Bronze Age enclosures (CO044-073001-, CO044-073006-) were located c. 20m to the SE and c. 50m to the E, respectively. (Cotter 2006a, 34-5; 2006c) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO044-073004 Structure
Description
On the gentle E-facing slope of a low hill. This is one of two possible structures (see CO044-073005-) that were partially excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. The possible structure, which was identified by a series of post-holes and an area of fine cobbling, was discovered within the interior of a Bronze Age enclosure (CO044-073003-). As it lay largely outside the excavated area, it was not possible to determine its full extent or its function. (Cotter 2006a, 34-5; 2006c) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO044-073005 Structure
Description
On the gentle E-facing slope of a low hill. This is one of two possible structures (see CO044-073004-) that were partially excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. The possible structure, which was identified by an area of fine cobbling, post-holes and a hearth, was discovered within the interior of a Bronze Age enclosure (CO044-073003-). As it lay largely outside the excavated area, it was not possible to determine its full extent or its function. (Cotter 2006a, 34-5; 2006c) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO044-073006 Enclosure
Description
The W half of a roughly circular enclosure (enclosure 3) was excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. The enclosure (diam. c. 22m) was defined by a slot-trench (Wth 0.50m; D 0.55m) with evidence of stone lining along the edges. One sherd of Bronze Age pottery and one piece of metal slag were recovered from the fill of the trench. A number of small post- and stake-holes were excavated in the interior. Two other Bronze Age enclosures (CO044-073001-, CO044-073003-) are c. 20m to the SW and c. 50m to the W, respectively. (Cotter 2006a, 34-5; 2006c) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO044-073007 Enclosure
Description
The SE corner of a rectangular enclosure (enclosure 4) was excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass (Cotter 2006c). The fosse (Wth 1.7m; D 0.6m) extended from W to E for 7m turning sharply N for 15m before disappearing into the area outside the road intake. Although an Iron Age and an Early Medieval radiocarbon dates were obtained from fills of the fosse, the excavator concluded that an early medieval date was most likely due to the predominance of oats from a sample in the fosse. A cremation pit burial (CO044-073008-) was uncovered in the interior close to the SE corner. Further testing in 2005, in the area W of the road intake (Drumm and Tierney 2006, 1), confirmed that the enclosure extended to the W and N. A gradiometry survey and test-trenching produced evidence of a rectangular area (22m N-S; c. 18m E-W) defined by a fosse (Wth c. 1.6m; D 0.4-0.5m) and a fill from the fosse produced an early medieval date (cal. AD 780-979) (ibid. 2). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO044-073008 Excavation - miscellaneous
Description
Excavation in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass revealed a simple, earth-cut, subcircular pit (diam. 0.36m; D 0.25m) containing cremated red deer antler. The pit was situated within an early medieval rectangular enclosure (CO044-073007-). A charcoal sample taken from among the antler remains was radiocarbon dated to 1120-750 cal. BC (Cotter 2006c, 24). (Cotter 2006a, 34-5; 2006c) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO044-073009 House - Bronze Age
Description
This is one of a group of three houses (see CO044-073010-, CO044-073-011-) which was excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. This circular house (7.3m N-S; 6.75m E-W) was defined by a shallow slot-trench (Wth c. 0.15m; D 0.15m). Inside and concentric with the slot-trench was a ring of six post-holes (av. diam. 0.25m; D 0.3m). According to the excavator, the slot-trench probably held a sill beam which supported a light outer wall of stakes and wattle, while the main structural support was provided by an internal ring of posts Cotter (2006c, 15). The E-facing entrance (Wth 0.7m) comprised two substantial post-holes (diam. 0.7m; D 0.31m) which formed the terminals of the slot-trench. A fragment of a saddle quern was used as a packing-stone for one of the post-holes. The other entrance post-hole of this house produced a radiocarbon date of 1620-1440 cal. BC (ibid., 24). Another post-hole, located centrally within this house, presumably held a post which provided additional support for the roof (ibid., 15). (Cotter 2006a, 34-5; 2006c) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
And 7 more.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1255 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 186.5 ha
- 461 acres
- Land parcels
- 132
- registered freehold, median 225 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 52
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
132 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisnagar Demesne, from 3 m² to 138,508 m² (13.85 ha, 34.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 55 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 89 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Apr 2025Conditional permission
Permission for new entrance, car park, walkway including lighting, storage shed and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4648
14 Nov 2023Unconditional
Residential Development - Construction of 96 no. dwelling houses and all associated ancillary site development works including vehicular access, parking, footpaths, drainage, landscaping and amenity areas. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 18/6579
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 23/6276
24 Aug 2023Conditional
Permission for installation of LED floodlighting to playing field.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5718
23 May 2023Conditional
The construction of 13 No. dwelling units and all associated ancillary development works including parking, footpaths, drainage and landscaping. The proposed dwelling houses will replace 13 No. units previously permitted under Cork County Ref. 18/6579.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5043
25 Apr 2023Conditional permission
Permission to construct two extensions to the front of our existing dwelling and elevational changes to the side and rear of our existing dwelling along with new garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4802
31 Mar 2023Conditional
The construction of 2 No. semi-detached dwelling houses, House Type C2s (Change of plan from detached dwellinghouse, Type A2, as previously permitted under Pl/ Reg. No. 21/4572, namely No. 52 Lisnagar Gardens).
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4603
14 Mar 2023Incompleted application
The construction of 2 no. semi-detached dwelling houses, house type C2s (change of plan from detached dwelling house, Type A2, as previously permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 21/4572, namely no. 52 Lisnagar Gardens).
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4461
10 Oct 2022Conditional
The construction of 12no. dwelling houses (change of plan to allow for the option of 3 bed semi-detached units, as per application information, or 4 bed semi-detached units as previously permitted under pl. reg. no. 21/4572 namely No.'s 23/24, 25/26, 29/30, 40/41, 44/45 & 46/47 Lisnagar Gardens)
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6274
12 Sept 2022Incompleted application
The construction of 12 no. dwelling houses (change of plan to allow for the option of 3 bed semi-detached units, as per application information, or 4 bed semi-detached units as previously permitted under pl. reg. no. 21/4572, namely no's 23/24 25/26 29/30 40/41 44/45 & 46/47 Lisnagar Gardens)
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6055
8 Aug 2022Conditional
The construction of 3 no. dwelling houses (change of plan to part of development previously permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 21/4572, namely no.'s 39, 53 & 60 Lisnagar Gardens)
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5851
8 Jul 2022Incompleted application
Permission for the change of house type of 3 no. dwelling houses, namely Nos. 39, 53 & 60 Lisnagar Gardens, and minor revisions on part of a site for which permission was granted under Planning Reg. No. 21/4572.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5600
28 Jun 2021Conditional
Permission for retention of shed for storage of agricultural machinery and dry agricultural goods.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5787
24 Jun 2021Conditional
Permission for retention of (1) domestic garage (2) conversion of dwelling roof void to storage space (3) French doors to eastern elevation of dwelling (4) windows to eastern elevation of dwelling (5) French doors to western elevation of dwelling (6) second floor window to western elevation of dwelling (7) roof windows to northern elevation of dwelling.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5744
26 May 2021Incompleted application
Permission for Retention of shed for storage of agricultural machinery and dry agricultural goods.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5443
26 May 2021Incompleted application
Permission for retention of (1) domestic garage (2) conversion of dwelling roof void to storage space (3) French doors to eastern elevation of dwelling (4) windows to eastern elevation of dwelling (5) French doors to western elevation of dwelling (6) second floor window to western elevation of dwelling (7) roof windows to northern elevation of dwelling.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5448
8 Mar 2021Conditional
The demolition of an existing dwelling and associated sheds/outhouses and the construction of 61 no. dwelling units and all associated ancillary development works including pedestrian access, parking, footpaths, drainage and landscaping. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4572
21 Jan 2020Conditional
To erect a single storey dwelling with detached domestic garage on site waste water treatment system, bored well, entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4065
5 Dec 2019Conditional
1) Construction of a creche facility to serve the adjacent permitted residential development (Cork County Council Ref. 18/6579); 2) the construction of 19 no. dwelling houses (to replace 19 no. units previously permitted under Cork County Council Ref. 18/6579); and 3) all associated ancillary development works including pedestrian access, parking, footpaths, drainage and landscaping. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6892
11 Oct 2019Withdrawn
To erect a single storey dwelling with detached domestic garage on site, waste water treatment system, bored well, entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6458
2 Oct 2018Conditional
Residential Development - Construction of 96 no. dwelling houses and all associated ancillary site development works including vehicular access, parking, footpaths, drainage, landscaping and amenity areas. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6579
24 Jan 2013Conditional
Construction of 97 no. dwellinghouses, comprising of 90 no. three bed houses and 7 no. four bed houses, a sports pitch, neighbourhood play area and all ancillary site works and services including surface parking, alterations to existing walls on site, 1 no. new entrance from public road (R614), and 1 no. new entrance through adjoining residential development, extension of duration to permission granted under An Bórd Pleanála Ref. No. Pl.04.220876 (planning ref.no.06/7880)
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/4100
6 May 2010Conditional
Construction of a 12 classroom, generic repeat design primary school complete with playing areas, car parking, new site boundaries, site access, storm water attenuation system, grey water system & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5101
1 Apr 2010Incompleted application
Construction of a 12no.classroom, generic repeat design primary school complete with playing areas, car parking, new site boundaries, site access, storm water attenuation system, grey water system & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4744
15 Apr 2008Conditional
Demolition of part of dwelling, construction of extension including attic accommodation to same and installation of proprietary treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6069
10 Mar 2008Incompleted application
Partial demolition of dwellinghouse and construction of extension incorporating existing dwellinghouse and installation of proprietary treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5309
The 25 most recent of 52 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO044-011 Country house
Description
An early 18th century house; enlarged and remodelled in early 19th century by William Tonson in a Tudor-Gothic style (Bence-Jones 1978, 187), T-shaped in plan. Ornate 2-storey ivy-clad entrance front (S) with subsidiary gables and 2-storey porch, both adorned with pinnacles and finials; 3-sided bow projection with large mullioned windows. Slightly taller extension to E in a similar design with projecting bow. Embattled curtain wall extends E to gable of farmbuildings, with central ornate gabled archway. Large ornamental lake to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO044-064 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark (CASAP) shows SW half of univallate sub-circular enclosure; sides appear almost straight with rounded corners. Entrance, with slight inturns or expanded bank terminals, to WSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO044-081 Fulacht fia
Description
A spread of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was uncovered during testing in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. Subsequent excavation in 2003 revealed the minimum extent (7m x 6.5m) of a mound which overlay an oval trough (2m x 1.8m), three pits and 33 stake-holes some of which may have been the remains of structures. Another fulacht fia (CO044-082----) lies c. 50m to the NNE on the opposite side of a stream. (Murphy 2004, 88, Lisnagar Demesne 2; 2006o, 64-5, Lisnagar Demesne 2) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO044-082 Fulacht fia
Description
Two spreads of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil were uncovered during testing in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. Subsequent excavation in 2003 revealed four linear pits, two shallow small oval pits and a rectangular trough (2.3m x 1.5m; max. D 0.35m) all of which contained heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil in their fills. Slag was recovered from beneath the stones within the trough cut though there was no further obvious evidence of ironworking. Another fulacht fia (CO044-081----) lies c. 50m to the SSW on the opposite side of a stream. (Murphy 2004, 88, Lisnagar Demesne 3; 2006p, 65, Lisnagar Demesne 3) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO044-102 Excavation - miscellaneous
Description
Archaeological testing in 2002 revealed a series of charcoal-filled pits, post-holes and areas of burning which were subsequently excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. A concentration of features discovered near the centre of the site included thirteen pits which ranged in size (diam. 0.25-0.7m; D 0.1-0.27m) and varied in shape from oval to circular. The pits were mainly filled with stone, occasional burnt bone and charcoal fragments. One pit, which was possibly a bloom smithing hearth, contained a large quantity of slag and was situated close to a roughly circular bowl furnace (diam. 0.46m; D 0.12m). The base of the furnace was packed with metallurgical waste and the fill contained large quantities of charcoal. A small limekiln and a series of fosses were revealed to the N of this area. Other features, which included two post-holes, a possible field boundary, a clay spread, a stone-filled pit, a boundary wall and an isolated pit, were considered to be of limited archaeological significance. (Murphy 2006c, 64) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
- Lisnagar Pond, ornamental canal/lake, 1725–1735 · Regional interest
Description
Ornamental demesne canal, built c. 1730, in form of long, narrow, T-plan water body, oriented north-north-east and south-south-west.
- Lisnagar House, country house, 1700–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached irregular-plan asymmetrical seven-bay two-storey country house with dormer attic, built c. 1840, containing fabric of early eighteenth-century building, having projecting two-storey porch, gablets to flanking bays and full-height canted bays to ends of façade with gables. Single-storey flat-roofed addition and freestanding carriage arch to east end. Lower multiple-bay two-storey addition to rear and two-storey and dormered two-storey blocks also to rear. Pitched slate roofs with carved limestone copings. Carved limestone details to façade, including gablets and gables with flanking and apex pinnacles, pinnacles to corners, chimneystacks with hexagonal upper part, castellations to eastern addition and carriage arch. Ornate carved limestone cross finial over porch. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Ashlar limestone walls to porch and canted bays, ruled and lined rendered elsewhere, with carved limestone castellations, gablet and pinnacles to eastern addition and carriage arch, with chamfered limestone surround to Tudor archway and having cross loop motif above. Gables of shorter rear blocks have carved limestone pinnacles and loop window details. Ashlar limestone string courses to canted bays at window head and sill levels, that to eastern canted bay continuing to eastern addition. Octagonal corner buttresses to porch projection, with plinths. Square-headed timber casement windows to front façade and west gable, with chamfered surrounds, triparite and flanking bipartite mullioned and transomed to canted bays, quadripartite to eastern addition, double-casement to bays flanking porch and to dormer windows, and with single and double windows to bays flanking eastern canted bay, all with limestone sills and those to dormers and to first floor flanking eastern canted bay having label-mouldings. Square-headed double timber casement windows to rear extensions, multiple-bay block having some timber sliding sash windows also. Square-headed entrance doorway with chamfered limestone surround and label-moulding incorporated in string course, having square-headed replacement uPVC door. Curved gravel drive and substantial gardens to front. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to rear to east with loft and seven-bay two-storey outbuilding to rear to west, having pitched slate roofs and rendered walls. Lower building has square-headed double timber casement windows with ogee-headed latticed lights and two-storey building has two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and round-arched vehicular entrances with raised keystones. Curved entrance gateway having coursed tooled limestone walls with render copings and terminating in rectangular-plan cut limestone piers with carved finials. Rectangular-plan farmyard, built c. 1830, to south-west of house, comprising L-plan multiple-bay two-storey stable block, sixteen-bay single-storey north-western range of stables having ellliptical bbrick arches to interior, and seven-bay single-storey north-eastern section to east range, all buildings having coursed rubble or rendered rubble walls, L-plan building being rendered, sixteen-bay building having pitched corrugated-iron roof and other buildings having slate roofs. Coursed rubble stone boundary walls terminating in circular and rectangular-plan rubble piers. Tower-like feature to northern boundary wall, possibly remains of medieval castle, having coursed rubble walls to north and side elevations, blocked segmental-headed door opening to north face, flanked by blocked loops to ground floor and having loops and blocked loops to first floor.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Lisnagar Demesne, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1255 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lisnagar Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Lisnagar Demesne · Lios na gCarr
- Area
- 1,865,387 m² (186.54 ha, 460.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathcormack, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Rathcormack, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,643 people lived in 884 households in the Rathcormack electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 65% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybrowney Lower, Ballybrowney Upper, Ballybrowney-Mountain, Barranahash, Bridgeland East, Bridgeland West, Dromruagh, Garrynacole, Kilbrien, Knockadroleen, Rathcormack
- Placenames
- Lisnagar Demesne on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.