Desart Court

Desart Court
Desart Court
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

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

^ "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.

[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. December 2014.

[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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