The Custom House, Cork

Custom House
Front façade on Custom House Street
The Custom House, Cork is located in Cork Central
The Custom House, Cork
Location in central Cork
Alternative namesNew Custom House,[1] Customs House[2] Harbour Commissioner's Offices[3]
General information
TypeCustom house
Architectural stylePalladian[4] and Neoclassical[5]
ClassificationProtected structure[6]
AddressCustom House Quay
Town or cityCork
CountryIreland
Coordinates51°53′57″N 8°27′48″W / 51.89913382879658°N 8.46332627499966°W / 51.89913382879658; -8.46332627499966
Construction started1814
Opened1818
Renovated1906
Technical details
Floor count2
Grounds2 acres (0.81 ha)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Abraham Addison Hargrave (d.1838)

The Custom House is an early 19th-century building in Cork, Ireland.[7][8] Originally developed as a custom house and opened in 1818, the Cork Harbour Commissioners (later reorganised as the Port of Cork Company) took over the building in 1904.[2][9] The Port of Cork Company vacated the building in early 2021.[10] The Custom House is, together with a number of other buildings on the same site, listed by Cork City Council on its Record of Protected Structures.[6]

  1. ^ "1818 – Custom House, Cork". 19 July 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Cork Port vacates Cork Custom House (1881) to enable hotel development". Irish Bulletin. 16 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Cork Harbour Commissioner's Offices, Custom House Street, Cork City, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Custom House Quay - Real Estate Brochure" (PDF). property.cushmanwakefield.ie. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  5. ^ Hopkin, Alannah; Bunney, Kathy (3 March 2010). The Ship of Seven Murders: A True Story of Madness & Murder. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 9781848890947 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b "Inspector's Report - ABP308596-20 - Redevelopment of the Custom House site" (PDF). pleanala.ie. An Bord Pleanála. February 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Custom House". www.askaboutireland.ie.
  8. ^ Marmion, Anthony (13 June 2013). The Ancient and Modern History of the Maritime Ports of Ireland. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 9783954273522 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "About Us - Port History". portofcork.ie. Port of Cork Company. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Port of Cork moves out of iconic Custom House". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.