Desart Court was a house in County Kilkenny, Ireland, built around 1733 for the first Lord Desart, John Cuffe. The architect is believed to have been Sir Edward Lovett Pearce.
| Desart Court | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Private dwelling house |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | Palladian |
| Location | County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Country | Ireland |
| Coordinates | 52°35′12″N 7°21′10″W / 52.58678°N 7.35264°W |
| Completed | 1733 |
| Demolished | 1923 destroyed by fire and rebuilt, 1957 demolished |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Edward Lovett Pearce |
| Developer | John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart |
| References | |
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History
editThe house was a two-storey core building with a basement, linked to two-storey wings, and was designed in a Palladian style. Inside there were elaborate plasterwork ceilings and notable staircases described as "handsome carved scroll-work in oak, in lieu of balusters". The house was considered a superlative example of its kind, however it was destroyed in February 1923 when it was burned by the IRA. A new house was rebuilt by Lady Kathleen Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, with Richard Orpen, but it was subsequently torn down in 1957.[3][4][5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Desart Court Townland, Co. Kilkenny". www.townlands.ie. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Inchiolaghan - Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Desart Court". The Irish Aesthete. December 2014.
- ^ "1733 – Desart Court, Callan, Co. Kilkenny". Archiseek - Irish Architecture. 26 March 2013.
- ^ "The Cuffe Family, Earls of Desart: Ghostly Women and Forgotten Heroes (2002)". Turtle Bunbury. 16 December 2014.
- ^ "CO. KILKENNY, DESART COURT Dictionary of Irish Architects -". www.dia.ie.
- ^ "The Cuffes of Desart". www.askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 29 July 2021.