Download Werkstuk Engels Mallow The Clock House was build c. 1855, by Sir

Werkstuk Engels Mallow
The Clock House was build c. 1855, by Sir Denham Orlando Jephson. He was an
amateur architect who is said to have designed this house after he had returned from an
alpine holiday. The Clock was brought from the tower of the Old Mallow Castle. The
bell was cast at Millerd St., Cork. The Clock House is a fine example of a half-timbered
Tudor construction. The bell tower became dangerous and was removed c. 1970.
The discovery in 1724 of the curative powers of its Spa made Mallow one of the chief
holiday resorts in Ireland for the years 1730 - 1810, a period during which 'the Grattans
and Ned Lysaghts' of the day proffered snuff boxes, sat at card tables and danced
minuets in the evening after drinking the waters. The water has a mean temperature of
72 Fahrenheit and varies from 72 to 66 according to the season. The clear spring water
was considered, in the opinion of eminent medical men, as a blood purifier of no mean
quality. The curative season began in April and lasted to October, the general routine
being that valetudinarians took the water before breakfast and between mid-day and
5p.m. Not unnaturally, the people of Mallow, finding so unexpected a source of
emolument in their midst, began to model themselves on the inhabitants of Bath, to
circulate rumours of cures. Among the more popular enticements was a new ballad on
the hot well of Mallow, published 1753, the tenor of which may be gauged for yourself.
The suppression of the Desmond Rebellion in 1581 marked the end of the old Gaelic
Rule in the south of Ireland. In 1584 Sir John Norreys, Lord President of Munster,
established his headquarters at Mallow. St. Anne's, the old Parish Church of Mallow,
now in a ruined state, then passed to the Reformed Church. Through the following
centuries, the Roman Catholic population attended Mass in various humble locations
around the town. The best known of these was the thatched Mass-house on the side
street known as Chapel Lane. When this Mass-house was demolished in 1940-41 a
small silver Chalice and accompanying Paten were found concealed in a wall cavity.
The Chalice is of Spanish design and craftsmanship. It bears the date 1680 and the
inscription "Ora Pro P.N.M.". There is an altar stone inset in its base. The Chalice and
Paten are still used on special occasions in St. Mary's Church
St. James Church is situated off the Main Street overlooking the town park and the
River Blackwater. Mallow's Church of Ireland is a typical example of an early 19th
century building. The design is Gothic and is a limestone construction with cut stone
buttressed corners and painted arched doors and windows. The Church was built on land
provided by the Jephson family of Mallow Castle. It is adjacent to the old St. Anne's
Church and graveyard. Its impressive spire is a focal point over a wide area. Though not
in the more usual cruciform design, its regular shape is an imposing structure. Internally
the Gothic style is evident. Its pointed arched roof structure and stained glass windows
dominate. The dimensions of the Church are: length 120ft., width 50ft., height to eve
23ft., to apex 35ft., spire 120ft.