Big House Fire

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Vernon Mount, [Douglas, Cork] a Neoclassical suburban villa in Ireland, is arguably the finest example of this building form to survive in the country, where politically motivated destruction of country houses was once commonplace.

Vernon Mount, World Monuments Fund

Fire Crews Tackle Blaze at Vernon Mount (Irish Examiner)

Previously: Why we should save Cork’s Vernon Mount (Irish Times, April 28, 2016)

Video via Paraic English

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10 thoughts on “Big House Fire

    1. Neilo

      An outrage, Tish, a wonderful architectural heritage left to be ploughed back into the sod.

  1. Frilly Keane

    If I remember right
    And I was rared in its shadow and Motocrossers clouds….
    This isn’t the first fire at Vernon Mount

    Still sad tho

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