Lota House (Ireland)

Lota House is an 18th-century house overlooking the River Lee near Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland. According to multiple sources, it was built c. 1765 by the architect Davis Ducart.[1][2] The house was acquired by the Brothers of Charity in the first half of the 20th century and is now used as a convalescence home. The building is included in the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Cork City Council.[3]

History

The land on which Lota House stands, in Lotamore townland, was originally associated with the Galwey family.[4] In "The Galweys of Munster" (Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 1967) Henry Blackhall lists each successive Galwey owner of Lotamore, and notes that Edward Galwey (1804–1873) "was the last Galwey owner" of the lands at Lotamore.[5] Other houses in the same area include Lota Park, Lota Lodge (now the Vienna Woods Hotel), Lotamore House and Lotabeg House.

Several sources, including the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Dictionary of Irish Architects,[1][2][6] indicate that the main house was designed by the architect Davis Ducart and built c. 1765 for members of the Rogers family.[2][7][8] The central block of Lota House is a three-storey nine-bay structure with masonry quoins and a carved cornice.[9][10]

According to the Landed Estates Database, the lands at Lota House were later associated with the Courtney (or Courtenay) family.[11] In the 1830s, the house was occupied by William Hastings Greene who "held Lota on a long lease from Robert Courtenay".[11][12] By the 1850s, George A. Wood was the resident tenant of Lota House in 1851, having leased it from John Courtney.[11]

The house was acquired by the Brothers of Charity in the 1940s, who continue to operate convalescence services from the site.[6] A chapel was built alongside the main house in the 1960s.[13]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Co. Cork, Lota (Glanmire)". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Irish Architectural Archive. Retrieved 8 November 2025. Ducart, Davis [..] Co. Cork, Lota (Glanmire) [..] 1765 [..] New house for Noblett Rogers
  2. ^ a b c "An Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of Cork City" (PDF), Buildings of Ireland, National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, p. 33, Lota House [..] Tivoli [..] (1765) [..] Davis Ducart designed this house for Noblett Rogers. It is one of a number of villas built along the river at Tivoli, Glanmire and Blackrock in the late eighteenth century
  3. ^ "Record of Protected Structures", Cork City Development Plan - Volume 3 - Built Heritage Objectives, p. 144, Lota House [..] Glanmire [..] PS1189
  4. ^ Blackall 1967, p.28 "John 'Mór' Galwey of Dundanion and/or Ballyphegane was Sheriff of Cork 1644. [..] He is shown in the Civil Survey 1654 as proprietor of Lotamore in 1641".
  5. ^ Blackall 1967, pp.32,33. "Edward Galwey of Lota, b. 25 Feb. 1804 [..] d.s.p.m. 12 Nov. 1873 [..] was the last Galwey owner of Lota in the male line ".
  6. ^ a b "Brothers of Charity Southern Services, Lower Glanmire Road, Lotamore, Cork, Cork (house/20864023)". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  7. ^ Glin, Desmond FitzGerald; Peill, ‎James (2007). Irish Furniture: Woodwork and Carving in Ireland from the Earliest Times to the Act of Union. Yale University Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780300117158. OCLC 64336179. Rogers commissioned Ducart to design Lota [House] for him, a Palladian villa near Glanmire overlooking Cork Harbour in 1768. It has a grand carved mahogany double-flight staircase
  8. ^ Dickson, David (2005). Old World Colony: Cork and South Munster 1630-1830. Cork University Press. p. 162. ISBN 9781859183557. Lota House [..] built in the mid-1760s for the senior line of the Rogers family. It was one of the major commissions executed by Davis Ducart
  9. ^ "NMS mapping data - CO074-026----" – via heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com. CO074-026---- [..] Country house : Lotamore [..] Overlooking Lee estuary to S and mouth of Glashaboy River to W, built 1765 to design of Davis Duckart. Central block 3-storey, 9-bay; prominent quoins and elaborately carved cornice
  10. ^ Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork, Dublin: Government Stationery Office, 1994, ISBN 0707603234
  11. ^ a b c "Lota House (Property 3807)". Landed Estates Database, University of Galway. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  12. ^ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837). "Subscribers (G)". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland – via libraryireland.com.
  13. ^ "Brothers of Charity Southern Services, Lower Glanmire Road, Lotamore, Cork, Cork (chapel/20864024)". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 9 November 2025.

Sources

  • Blackall, Henry (1967). "The Galweys of Munster" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 72: 20–51.
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