Desart Court
Desart Court is located in Ireland
Desart Court
General information
StatusPrivate dwelling house
TypeHouse
Architectural stylePalladian
LocationCounty Kilkenny, Ireland
CountryIreland
Coordinates52°35′12″N 7°21′10″W / 52.58678°N 7.35264°W / 52.58678; -7.35264
Completed1733
Demolished1923 destroyed by fire and rebuilt, 1957 demolished
Technical details
Floor count3
Design and construction
Architect(s)Edward Lovett Pearce
DeveloperJohn Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart
References
[1][2]

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.

History

The 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

  1. ↑ "Desart Court Townland, Co. Kilkenny". www.townlands.ie. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Inchiolaghan - Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Desart Court". The Irish Aesthete.
  4. ↑ "1733 – Desart Court, Callan, Co. Kilkenny". Archiseek - Irish Architecture. 26 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Cuffe Family, Earls of Desart: Ghostly Women and Forgotten Heroes (2002)". Turtle Bunbury. 16 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "CO. KILKENNY, DESART COURT Dictionary of Irish Architects -". www.dia.ie.
  7. ↑ "The Cuffes of Desart". www.askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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