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The Saloon

Floorplan of Castletown Cox

  • broken pedimented door cases
  • Adamesque ceiling
  • last to be completed
  • most important room in the house
  • possible evidence for 'Chinese paper'

The Stair Case

View to Front Door

  • big panels - empty
  • small panels - filled
  • separate from main hall

Rococo ceiling

The Main Hall

  • screened hall lined with columns of Kilkenny marble
  • entablature
  • scroll work and festoons
  • Saloon door case features broken pediment and the bust of Archbishop Cox

Corinthian Columns

Davis Ducart

  • believed to be Sardinian
  • had several commissions in the South and West
  • designed canals

Saved from Ruin

The Exterior

Kilshannig Co. Cork

Kilshannig Co. Cork

Mayoralty House Cork

  • Palladian in plan
  • domed pavilions on service wings
  • sandstone and unpolished Kilkenny marble
  • bought and saved from ruin in 1960s
  • Baron de Breffny started the Irish Arts Review

Custom House Limerick

Born Michael Lees

Aerial View

Patrick Osbourne

  • thought to be from Waterford
  • worked with Ducart before
  • linked to Franchini
  • Rococo style moves to more Neoclassical

Bill for Castletown Cox

Castletown Cox

  • Built for the Archbishop of Cashel between 1770 and 1774
  • Michael Cox was 80 when the house was built

The Dining Room

  • swags and urns inside panels
  • rococo ceiling with flowers and fruit

Michael Cox became Archbishop of Cashel in 1755

Front of Domestic Block

Photo Courtesy of Christchurch Oxford

The Drawing Room

Portrait of Anne O'Brien

by Stephen Slaughter

  • rococo ceiling and cornice
  • ceiling features musical instruments at centre

Paneling and cornice

Door to Saloon

Castletown Cox

Kilkenny

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