Section 2 Landmark Buildings
2. St. Mary’s Dominican Priory A neo-Romanesque priory designed by William Atkins. It features rubble sandstone walls with ashlar limestone quoins, eaves courses, dressings to openings and strings courses. Pope’s Quay, 1850
Former Cork Butter Exchange market built in 1770, with an extension/ remodelling with an elaborate roman temple style portico, designed by Sir John Benson in 1849. Closed in 1924. In the1930s, knitwear manufacturer Sunbeam Wolsey, occupied the building.The building was destroyed by fire in 1976, but the entrance portico and the east, north and south facades have survived. After the fire the Shandon Craft Centre was built within the enclosure, which operated until 2008. Now vacant. 5. Former Butter Market/ Cork Butter Exchange Exchange Street, 1770-1849
6. Weighmaster’s House. Church Street, 1800
7. St. Anne’s Church, Church Street , 1722
8. Skiddy’s Almshouses Bob and Joan’s Walk, 1719
St. Anne’s Church replaced the former church on the site, destroyed in the 1690 Siege of Cork. The Shandon bells were added in 175 and the clock, with its four faces, in 1847. It is one of the most prominent buildings in Cork, built in cork limestone. The church is still operational, with visitor access to the bell tower. A Conservation Management Plan for St. Anne’s is underway.
Skiddy’s Almshouse is the oldest inhabited building in Cork City.It was in operation until the 1960s, when it was taken over by the North Infirmary Hotel. It was due to be demolished to build new apartments, but in 1975 it was restored. In 2000, it was converted and contains 14 social housing units, which are still in operation today.
Formerly the home of the weighmaster of the Cork Butter Market next door. It predates the mid-1800 Butter Market alterations, when it became part of the Butter Market with its rear hall forming part of the main weighing space, with matching timber roof structure. The building survived the Butter Market fire in 1976, and retains a large hall with curved timber beams matching those lost in the Butter Market fire. Now derelict. A gable chimney was removed some time in the lattter half of the 20th century.
4. The Firkin Crane Centre O’Connell Square, 1842
9. The Mill
10. Heineken Murphy’s Brewery Leitrim Street, 1890
Commonly known as North Cathedral and built of red sandstone and Cork limestone. Four churches were previously built on the site (1624, 1700, 1730 and 1808). A fire in 1820 damaged the 1808 church and the present day cathedral was rebuilt, incorporating the remaining skeletal elements. The western tower and western door were added in the 1860’s. An extension was added in th 1960’s as well as a new sanctuary tower. The church was restored in the late 1990’s. Its forecourt is used as a paid car park. 11. Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne, Cathedral Street, 1808
Lower John Street, 1820
Built as an extension to an earlier Butter Market, designed by Sir John Benson, and was the area in which the ‘firkins’ (casks) were weighed. After the Butter Market closed in 1920’s, the building was used to manufacture margarine until the 1970’s. It was purchased in 1979 for the Irish Na- tional Ballet Company. A fire during works in 1980 caused extensive damage to the building, with the original roof and internal elements lost.
Former Daly’s Distillery and included adjacent warehouses, which operated from around 1820 to 1869. In 1867, the distillery was purchased by the Cork Distilleries Company (CDC), in an amalgamation of five Cork distilleries. Two years later, in 1869, as the smallest CDC distillery, Daly’s Distillery ceased operations. Some of the other distillery buildings became part of Shaw’s Flour Mill, and Murphy’s Brewery, with others continuing to be used as warehouses by Cork Distilleries Company for several years. Now apartments.
Ladywell Brewery was built on the site of the Foundling Hospital to the north of the present day Heineken site. The prominent warehouse building to the south is one of the few remaining historic brewery structures from that period. Designed by local architect T. Hynes and built to store malt and barley, this building formed part of the large brewery complex which was opened in 1856. It was constructed from sandstone walls and features a glazed lantern on the pyramidal roof to the malting house. A glass and steel extension was added to the the east elevation. The structure is currently in use as offices.
Project: Historic Character Assessment Client: Cork City Council
Date:
15/10/2024
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