Land parcel 2561878

Area

799 m²

Buildings

1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 181 m².

Zoning

R2 Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 2 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention of existing site entrance as common access serving both sites. Permission for the sub-division of the existing site into 2 no. sites, construction of a new single-storey detached dwelling with attached carport, new wastewater treatment system for new dwelling, decommissioning of the existing septic tank, new wastewater treatment system for existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Retention · Cork City Council, 2443228

• 7 Mar 2024Conditional

  Permission is sought for the installation of automatic and self clean solar photovoltaic (PV) panels to the front roof of the main three-storey building known as Castlemahon House and to the roof of the single-storey retreat centre at the rear of the site. Castlemahon House is a Protected Structure.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2442738

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 1 recorded monument.

• CO074-052 Castle - tower house
  Description

  At tip of low limestone projection, on S shore of river Lee; circular tower (diam. c. 10.5m), now surviving to two storeys; built directly on rock outcrop and now at N end of complex built 1828-9 (Coleman 1914, 175). Exterior face not visible ENE->WSW where later building abuts tower. round floor (int. diam. 6m) entered from base of spiral stairs through intelled doorway to S; now used as store. Evenly spaced, double-splayed embrasures to NE, N, NW, W and SW; latter ope smaller than other four which appear similar; all now blocked up at narrowest point (c. 0.85 from outsid eedge; c. 1.5m from inside edge; wth c. 0.6m). Inside of embrasures (wth1.75m) covered by plank-centred segmental arch (H c. 1.85m), base at floor level; outside covered by upward inclined lintels with downward inclined sill and splayed sides (max. H c. 0.75m; max. wth 1.2m). Recent roof now covers ground floor, but stone corbels indicate lower level of original wooden roof. First floor chamber now part of bar/restraunt. Door from spiral stairs blocked and room now entered through recent doorway to S. Five evenly-spaced embrasures, off-set with ground floor opes, covered by segmental arches. Three central embrasures adopted to take window frames; embrasure to E has outer half blocked; embrasure to W has front part ivided by horizontal slab, below is splayed ope similar to those at ground level, now blocked; above is squat round-headed light. Stone corbels indicate level of original wooden roof. Ground floor embrasures purpose-built gun ports; opes at first floor probably had similar function. Original tower ends at this height with plain cornice course but 18th century paintings show it standing at least two stories higher (Coleman 1914, facing 168; Coleman 1915, facing 1); these show 'handsome octagon room' (Smith 1750, vol 1, 358) atop tower and abutting tower to S gable-ended two-storey house, both of 18th century appearance. Present complex entered through embatteled gateway to S, with stone plaque recording 1828-9 rebuilding of entire complex to design of James and G.R. Pain, in neo-Gothic style; courtyard flanked by further embatteled buildings to W and S with stone wall to E; to S original circular tower, now surmounted by slimmer tower rising a further three storeys with slender turret attached containing spiral stairs (presumably rebuilt upwards from first floor level in 19th century); on E side of tower elaborate water-gate leading to slipway. Built c. 1582 by citizens of Cork 'with artillery to resist pirates and other invaders' (Flood 1915, 102; Hayes-McCoy 1964, 32); sometimes mistakenly ascribed to Mountjoy (Smith 1750, vol 1, 358; Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 208 (Lewis gives date 1604); Coleman 1914, 169). Rare Irish example of circular tower built for cannon. Used throughout 18th and 19th centuries by Cork Corporation for entertaining and functions. Built into external 1st floor wall of circular tower, in foyer of bar/restraunt, is fireplace removed here from Ronayn's Court (CO074-059---); large lintel with shallow elliptical arch cut on underside and edge roll moulding carried down jambs, topped by projecting cornice. Lintel bears the inscription "Morris Ronayn and Margaret Gould builded this house in the yeare of oure lorde 1627 and in the 3 yeare of Kinge Charles. Love god and neighbors"; centrally placed monogram "IHS", flanked by family armorial shields; also fleurs-de-lis and tudor rose (rubbing of inscription JCHAS 1912, facing 81). 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

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 gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.

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.