Survey Data

Reg No

21506004


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Artistic


Previous Name

Limerick City and County Home originally Limerick Union Workhouse


Original Use

Chimney


Date

1875 - 1885


Coordinates

156527, 157639


Date Recorded

17/07/2005


Date Updated

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Description

Attached red brick chimneystack, built c. 1880, forming an octagonal shaft rising from square-plan broach base. No longer in use. Brick facing laid in English garden wall bond. Double header course three-centred arched furnace opening with sheet metal panel. Stringcourse and stepped cornice to flue opening. Located to the southwest of the site adjacent to the laundry building.

Appraisal

This fine chimneystack adds to an understanding of the site and contributes to the interesting morphological development of the Limerick Union Workhouse complex. It further adds a layer of industrial archaeological interest to this site.