20 - Architectural Floor Plan for the Capuchin Franciscan Friary, Rochestown

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Architectural Floor Plan for the Capuchin Franciscan Friary, Rochestown

59 cm x 49 cm; 1 technical plan/tracing sheet, ink on amber-tinted tracing paper

An architectural tracing plan titled ‘Franciscan Capuchin Monastery, Rochestown Co. Cork’. The plan details the structural layout and mechanical specifications for the institution’s ‘Second Floor Plan’. Prepared at a scale of 1/8" = 1 Foot, the schematic maps out the residential and educational quarters of the monastery, including a large ‘Dormitory’ hall, individual rooms designated as ‘Class Room’ and ‘Bedroom’, and communal facilities labelled ‘Lavatory’ and ‘Lavatory + Wash Basins’. The plan features specialized mechanical engineering annotations detailing pipe runs and ventilation layouts, such as multiple ‘Air Valve’ indicators. The bottom right corner features the official circular corporate stamp of Musgrave & Co. Limited, Engineers, St. Anns Ironworks, Belfast.

The item is in poor condition with significant grid-fold creases and fraying and tearing.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition