Southwell Gift Houses

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Southwell Gift Houses
Location
LocationThe Mall, Kinsale, County Cork,
Ireland
Architecture
FounderSir Robert Southwell
Completed1682

Southwell Gift Houses are 17th-century almshouses in Kinsale. They are four houses for the pensioners and a supervisors house within a compound overlooking the town.

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Sir Robert Southwell built the almshouses in 1682. He was a prominent benefactor of Kinsale, diplomat, ambassador and politician who died in 1702. The original plan was to give the houses to widows of Protestant tradesmen. From 1965 to 1970 the houses were restored and given to elderly people of Kinsale. [1] [2] [3]

There are two parts to the structure. The main supervisor's house is a simple, three-bay two-storey house of modest size and the four smaller cottages are semi detached, three-bay single-storey with dormer attic houses with pitched slate roofs and red brick chimney stacks set around a courtyard. The entrance is a wrought-iron gate with gate piers. [1] [2] [3] Unfortunately there was no money left in the endowment by 2015 and the houses were put for sale on behalf of the Church of Ireland, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross due to the need to completely restore the buildings. The houses are listed and protected. [3] [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "The Southwell Gift Houses, The Mall, Kinsale, County Cork: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Barker, Tommy (5 September 2015). "House of the week: Kinsale, Cork €350,000". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. "Your Community, Your West Cork, Your Southern Star - Sale of Kinsales Southwell gift houses was last resort". Southernstar.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2016.