Survey Data
Reg No
20907212
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
148592, 73632
Date Recorded
11/05/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached L-plan four-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, incorporating fabric of earlier building. Five-bay side (south) return, full-height bow-fronted bay to rear (north) elevation of return and single-storey extension to north elevation. Hipped slate roof with over sailing eaves, rendered chimneystacks, uPVC rainwater goods and cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plat and sill band to first floor having date inscribed to front (east) elevation. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and raised render surrounds throughout, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Camber-headed stairwell window opening with tooled limestone sill and rendered surround to rear (north) elevation of return, having square-headed nine-over-nine pane timber sliding sash window. Elliptical-headed door opening to front (east) elevation having timber panelled door, limestone threshold, flanking panelled sidelights and spoked fanlight. Rubble stone enclosing walls with square-profile rubble stone gate piers flanking double-leaf wrought-iron gates to south of site. Set within own grounds.
Appraisal
An imposing country house which retains much historic form and character. The date stone, inscribed 1758, appears to date to the earlier fabric which is incorporated in the building. The timber sliding sash windows, round-headed stairwell window to the rear, and attractive neo-Classical doorcase are noteworthy features. The site is further complimented by the arrangement of outbuildings located to the rear. Shandy House was built by the Cross family and was the home of the infamous Dr. Cross who was hanged in Cork Jail for the murder of his wife following an affair with a housemaid called Skinner.