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{{short description|Historic county house in Ireland}}
{{Short description|Georgian house in County Cork, Ireland}}
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'''Bowen's Court''' was a historic [[English country houses|country house]] or [[Anglo-Irish big house]] near [[Kildorrery]] in [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]].
'''Bowen's Court''' was a historic [[English country houses|country house]] or [[Anglo-Irish big house]] near [[Kildorrery]] in [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]].


==House==
==House==
The house was built in the 1770s by Henry Cole Bowen (died 1788) and the design has tentatively been attributed to Isaac Rothery or his sons who designed nearby [[Doneraile Court]] and was also involved in the completion of [[Mount Ievers Court]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dictionary of Irish Architects |url=https://www.dia.ie/works/view/53374 |website=www.dia.ie |access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/property-show.jsp?id=3261 | title=Houses: Bowen's Court | publisher=[[NUI Galway]] | location=Ireland | accessdate=7 June 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1770 – Bowen's Court, Kildorrery, Co. Cork {{!}} Archiseek - Irish Architecture |url=https://www.archiseek.com/2016/1770-bowens-court-kildorrery-co-cork/#:~:text=Architect%3A%20John%20Rothery%20Mount%20Ievers,owned%20by%20the%20Ievers%20family. |access-date=15 April 2024 |date=20 July 2016}}</ref>
The house was built in the 1770s by Henry Cole Bowen (died 1788).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/property-show.jsp?id=3261 | title=Houses: Bowen's Court | publisher=[[NUI Galway]] | location=Ireland | accessdate=7 June 2014 }}</ref> The Bowen family were minor Irish gentry, of Welsh origin- traced back to the late 1500s- resident in County Cork since Henry Bowen, a "notoriously irreligious" Colonel in the army of the regicide [[Oliver Cromwell|Cromwell]], settled in Ireland.<ref>A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, Bernard Burke, Harrison & Sons, 1912, p. 64, "Bowen of Bowen's Court" pedigree</ref><ref>https://www.dib.ie/biography/bowen-henry-a0817</ref> In 1786, it was referred to as '''Faraghy''', the seat of Mr. Cole Bowen. It was held at one time by Mrs Eliza Bowen, when it was valued at £75. The house was attacked during the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]]. Bowen's Court remained the Bowen family seat until 1959. The last owner was the novelist [[Elizabeth Bowen]]. She had a [[nervous breakdown]] in the 1950s and abandoned Bowen's Court leaving unpaid wages and bills, then sold it and stayed with friends and at hotels, before she rented a flat in [[Oxford]].<ref>{{cite news| title=I am in your keeping | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/feb/07/elizabeth-bowen-charles-ritchie | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | department=Lives and letters | first=Victoria | last=Glendinning | date=7 February 2009 }}</ref> Bowen's Court was purchased, then demolished, by a developer in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bol|first=John|title=Demolition of the reputation of a writer|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/demolition-of-the-reputation-of-a-writer-1.55056|access-date=2021-01-19|website=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref>

The Bowen family were minor Irish gentry, of Welsh origin traced back to the late 1500s resident in County Cork since Henry Bowen, a "notoriously irreligious" Colonel in the army of the regicide [[Oliver Cromwell|Cromwell]], settled in Ireland.<ref>A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, Bernard Burke, Harrison & Sons, 1912, p. 64, "Bowen of Bowen's Court" pedigree</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/bowen-henry-a0817|title = Bowen, Henry &#124; Dictionary of Irish Biography}}</ref>

In 1786, the house was referred to as '''Faraghy''', the seat of Mr. Cole Bowen.

The house was inherited by his son, Henry Cole Bowen who married Catherine, daughter of [[Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley]].

The house was attacked during the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]].

It was held at one time by Mrs Eliza Bowen (died 1868), wife of Henry Cole Bowen (1808-1841), when it was valued at £75.

The house was then inherited by their son Robert St John Cole Bowen.<ref>{{cite web |last1=College |first1=Cheltenham |title=Cheltenham College Register, 1841-1889 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4PwBAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22bowen%27s+court%22&pg=PA75 |publisher=Bell |access-date=15 April 2024 |language=en |date=1890}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed & Official Classes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JdYNAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22bowen%27s+court%22&pg=PA87 |publisher=Kelly and Company |access-date=15 April 2024 |language=en |date=1882}}</ref>

Bowen's Court remained the Bowen family seat until 1959. The last owner was the novelist [[Elizabeth Bowen]]. She had a [[nervous breakdown]] in the 1950s and abandoned Bowen's Court leaving unpaid wages and bills, then sold it and stayed with friends and at hotels, before she rented a flat in [[Oxford]].<ref>{{cite news| title=I am in your keeping | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/feb/07/elizabeth-bowen-charles-ritchie | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | department=Lives and letters | first=Victoria | last=Glendinning | date=7 February 2009 }}</ref>

Bowen's Court was purchased, then demolished, by a developer in 1959.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bol|first=John|title=Demolition of the reputation of a writer|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/demolition-of-the-reputation-of-a-writer-1.55056|access-date=2021-01-19|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref>

The majority of the contents of the house were sold at auction in April 1960<ref>{{cite web |title=Excerpt: Elizabeth Bowen / |url=https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/7487956/Excerpt |website=catalog.lib.uchicago.edu |access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref> while the contents of the library were sold in 1961.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ltd |first1=W. Marsh & Sons |title=Catalogue of Books Removed from Bowen's Court, Kildorrery, Co. Cork: To be Sold by Auction by W. Marsh & Sons Ltd at Their Salesroom, 70 South Mall, Cork, on Wednesday 5th April 1961, Commencing at 2 P.m. : by Instructions of Mrs E.D.C. Cameron (Elizabeth Bowen) : Also a Residue of Books for Massey Estate |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NuMhMwEACAAJ |publisher=W. Marsh & Sons Limited |access-date=15 April 2024 |language=en |date=1961}}</ref>


==Book==
==Book==
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Elizabeth Bowen wrote a history of the house, entitled ''Bowen's Court'', in 1942 and it is featured in her 1929 novel ''[[The Last September]]''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/76126/Elizabeth-Bowen | title=Elizabeth Bowen | encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] | date=7 June 2014 }}</ref>
Elizabeth Bowen wrote a history of the house, entitled ''Bowen's Court'', in 1942 and it is featured in her 1929 novel ''[[The Last September]]''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/76126/Elizabeth-Bowen | title=Elizabeth Bowen | encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] | date=7 June 2014 }}</ref>


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Bowen's Court
Henry Bowen on the terrace of Bowen's Court (July 1919)
Bowen's Court is located in Ireland
Bowen's Court
General information
StatusPrivate dwelling house
TypeHouse
Architectural styleGeorgian
ClassificationDemolished
Town or cityFarahy, County Cork
CountryIreland
Coordinates52°14′28″N 8°27′46″W / 52.2412°N 8.4628°W / 52.2412; -8.4628
Estimated completion1770
Demolished1959
Height30 m (98 ft)
Technical details
Floor count3 over basement
Design and construction
Architect(s)Isaac Rothery
DeveloperHenry Cole Bowen
References
[1][2]

Bowen's Court was a historic country house or Anglo-Irish big house near Kildorrery in County Cork, Ireland.

House

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The house was built in the 1770s by Henry Cole Bowen (died 1788) and the design has tentatively been attributed to Isaac Rothery or his sons who designed nearby Doneraile Court and was also involved in the completion of Mount Ievers Court.[3][4][5]

The Bowen family were minor Irish gentry, of Welsh origin traced back to the late 1500s resident in County Cork since Henry Bowen, a "notoriously irreligious" Colonel in the army of the regicide Cromwell, settled in Ireland.[6][7]

In 1786, the house was referred to as Faraghy, the seat of Mr. Cole Bowen.

The house was inherited by his son, Henry Cole Bowen who married Catherine, daughter of Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley.

The house was attacked during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

It was held at one time by Mrs Eliza Bowen (died 1868), wife of Henry Cole Bowen (1808-1841), when it was valued at £75.

The house was then inherited by their son Robert St John Cole Bowen.[8][9]

Bowen's Court remained the Bowen family seat until 1959. The last owner was the novelist Elizabeth Bowen. She had a nervous breakdown in the 1950s and abandoned Bowen's Court leaving unpaid wages and bills, then sold it and stayed with friends and at hotels, before she rented a flat in Oxford.[10]

Bowen's Court was purchased, then demolished, by a developer in 1959.[11]

The majority of the contents of the house were sold at auction in April 1960[12] while the contents of the library were sold in 1961.[13]

Book

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bowen's Court.

Elizabeth Bowen wrote a history of the house, entitled Bowen's Court, in 1942 and it is featured in her 1929 novel The Last September.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Bowen's Court, FARAHY, CORK". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Bowen's Court". www.landedestates.ie. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Dictionary of Irish Architects". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Houses: Bowen's Court". Ireland: NUI Galway. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  5. ^ "1770 – Bowen's Court, Kildorrery, Co. Cork | Archiseek - Irish Architecture". 20 July 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  6. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, Bernard Burke, Harrison & Sons, 1912, p. 64, "Bowen of Bowen's Court" pedigree
  7. ^ "Bowen, Henry | Dictionary of Irish Biography".
  8. ^ College, Cheltenham (1890). "Cheltenham College Register, 1841-1889". Bell. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed & Official Classes". Kelly and Company. 1882. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  10. ^ Glendinning, Victoria (7 February 2009). "I am in your keeping". Lives and letters. The Guardian.
  11. ^ Bol, John. "Demolition of the reputation of a writer". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Excerpt: Elizabeth Bowen /". catalog.lib.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  13. ^ Ltd, W. Marsh & Sons (1961). "Catalogue of Books Removed from Bowen's Court, Kildorrery, Co. Cork: To be Sold by Auction by W. Marsh & Sons Ltd at Their Salesroom, 70 South Mall, Cork, on Wednesday 5th April 1961, Commencing at 2 P.m. : by Instructions of Mrs E.D.C. Cameron (Elizabeth Bowen) : Also a Residue of Books for Massey Estate". W. Marsh & Sons Limited. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Elizabeth Bowen". Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 June 2014.

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