1.54 Mahony’s Avenue is the principal throughway in the area, off which Grattan Hill and Hackett’s Terrace are accessed. It is a single-sided street with grouped terraces of mainly 2-storey, 2-bay houses set behind walls and railings on the southwest side of the street. On the opposite, north-east side is the stone-boundary wall of the gardens of Westboro House, a Protected Structure, with extensive gardens containing mature trees and shrubs. At the upper end of the Avenue are structures originally associated with St. Luke’s Church - the Church of Ireland primary school and the former rectory. 1.55 Hackett’s Terrace is entered from the lower end of Mahony’s Avenue. Entered via a narrow entrance between the houses, it opens out on the south side of the homogenous terrace of south-facing 2-bay, 2-storey houses. The houses are in single- occupancy residential use. 1.56 The area comprising Grattan Hill, Wellington Terrace, Lincoln Place and Riverview Terrace is located on the east side of Mahony’s Avenue and just to the north of the former railway corridor. It comprises principally 2 and 3 storey late Georgian and Victorian terraced houses, some in single-family occupancy, some sub-divided into self-contained units. 1.57 The blocks of houses are designed to face south, although the principal access is generally, but not always, from the street side irrespective of whether the house is on the north or south side. Many of the buildings are designed to look out over and be seen from a distance from the city centre and the south side of the river. The late-Georgian houses were built in the grounds of an older 18th Century house which was itself divided into two houses (now nos.1 & 2 Lincoln Place).
Building Typology
1.58 The buildings which make up most of the area are built of brick or stone, usually rendered in lime or old cement. Where houses retain original elevational features, they have timber sliding sash windows, roofs of natural stone slate and cast-iron rainwater goods. Many houses have architecturally composed boundary walls with doorways or gates, cast-iron railings, and external steps with metal handrails. The area contains significant lengths of footpaths, with stone steps, cast-iron railings and stretches of limestone-kerbing.
Issues
1.59 The area is undergoing change. Houses in multiple occupancy are being refurbished and returned to single-family use and into larger self-contained units. Others in multiple occupancy, are being upgraded, but some are not maintained in a manner appropriate to their architectural character. Car parking for residents is limited because of the narrowness of the streets. Mahony’s Avenue is used as a route from Lower Glanmire Road up to St. Luke’s Cross and into the city centre by many commuters impacting seriously on the amenity of local residents.
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Cork City Draft Development Plan 2022-2028
Volume 3 I Part 1
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