The character of the area changes adjacent to the South Channel where a significant number of the former industrial structures remain.
Building Typology
1.81 Buildings are typically constructed of painted plastered rubble-stone or brick walls, several with slate hanging on exposed elevations (as at Fenn’s Quay). Where they retain original finishes and features, they have roofs of natural stone slate, robust cast-metal rainwater gutters and downpipes and painted timber doors and windows and many good examples of iron railings and gates. Surviving historic street furniture and paving, such as stone quay walls, limestone steps and kerbing,
Statement of Character
1.79 The area is of architectural, historical and adjacent to the South Channel, of industrial archaeological significance. It is structured as a series of linear spaces running generally east-west parallel with the river channels. On the north edge of the area, the mid-Georgian space centred on the North Channel contains large Georgian terraced houses, and in the centre, the in-filled former waterways of Henry St. and Sheare’s St. are lined with a mix of smaller 18th and early 19th century houses. 1.80 Washington St. contains the large-scale unified brick terraces of mixed use commercial and residential buildings built by the Wide Streets Commissioners, while to the south are the former industrial sites which abut the South Channel, e.g., the various structures associated with the Hive Iron Works. The Mercy University Hospital plays an important role in the evolving development of the area.
Issues
1.82 Commercial viability, vacancy and dereliction, flooding, and traffic passing through the area and visiting the hospital.
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Cork City Draft Development Plan 2022-2028
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