Architecture of Cork City

1710 – Merchants Exchange, Cork

Architect: Twiss Jones

Built between 1705 and 1710, for the conduct of business between Cork’s merchant classes, and replaced an earlier building at the junction of Castle Street &

1713 -Southgate, Cork

Originally, like Northgate, the site of a wooden drawbridge. In May 1711, agreement was reached by the council of the City that North Gate Bridge would be rebuilt in stone,

1715 – Green Coat School, Cork

In March 1715, construction started on two schools adjacent to the Green Coat Hospital for children of the Protestant faith. Boys were to be taught reading,

1715 – Northgate Gaol, Cork

The gateway building contained a prison in its upper stories. Conditions were atrocious due to its cramped site, until it was replaced by the purpose built Cork Gaol in the 1820s.

1726 – St. Anne’s, Shandon, Cork

St. Anne’s in Shandon is known more for its bells than the structure that houses them, due to the famous song “The Bells of Shandon”

1738 – St. Finn Barre’s Cathedral, Cork

Built to replace a decaying medieval cathedral, it retained the tower and spire of the old cathedral. Completed in 1738, it was demolished in 1865 to make way for the present cathedral by William Burges.

1761 – Statue of George II, South Mall, Cork

Architect: John Van Nost the Younger

Equestrian statue of George II, erected 7 July and unveiled 16 July 1761.

1770c – No. 74 South Mall, Cork

Like many of the large former residences in the area, this fine house boasts an above ground basement. This basement was used for trade,

1789 – Unbuilt Design for a Villa, Cork

Architect: James Lewis

Designed for Silver Oliver (1736–1798), Irish MP and Privy Counsellor, but unbuilt. “Plans and Elevation of a Villa,

1810 – Former Victoria Hotel, St. Patrick’s St., Cork

The former Victoria Hotel has occupied this site on the junction of St Patrick’s St and Cook St from 1810 until 2011,