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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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.
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.