12 - Building Measurements and Construction Costs for Rochestown Monastery

12

Building Measurements and Construction Costs for Rochestown Monastery

1 p.; manuscript

A note detailing architectural dimensions, development expenditures, and highly personal reflections concerning the infrastructure of the Capuchin Franciscan Monastery at Rochestown, County Cork. An annotation on the reverse indicates that it was written by Fr. Francis Hayes OFM Cap. The top half of the document contains a detailed breakdown of dimensions under the heading ‘Garden wall at Rochestown Measurements’, recording precise boundary lengths. The lower half details institutional outlays for expansion and structural improvements. The sheet concludes with a prose entry reflecting upon the financial strain and accomplishments of the three-year building project, proudly noting, ‘not bad, old man, besides paying your way. Let any Beggar beat that in three years’, accompanied by expressions regarding leaving a ‘wee drop in the bottle for the morin’ and accumulating ‘other scrapings’.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition