Saint Joseph's Hospital

Hospital/infirmary in Limerick, Ireland, dating from 1890–1910

Attached nine-bay three-storey men's block, c. 1900, set perpendicular to the main hospital block to the east. It is almost identical to the women's block and both are joined by a five-bay three-storey wing. M-profile natural slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods and sprocketed and stepped eaves. A red brick chimneystack to the west section and a limestone chimneystack to the north and south side elevations of the eastern section. The seven-bay section has rough-hewn rubble limestone walls and squared limestone quoins with a single-storey three-sided canted bay to the north and south elevations. Square-headed window openings throughout with tooled limestone surrounds and original twelve-over-eight timber sash windows to the first floor eight-over-eight to the second floor and uPVC to the ground floor. The connecting five-bay wing has a flat roof and rough-hewn squared and snecked limestone walls over plinth course. Square-headed window openings to both elevations with aluminium windows and a square-headed door opening to the south elevation with a classical carved limestone surround and a glazed timber-panelled door. The easternmost nine-bay section has rock-faced squared and snecked limestone ashlar walls over plinth course with a pair of single-storey three-sided canted bays to the east elevation and a blind central bay. Square-headed window openings with smooth limeston

Type:
Hospital/infirmary

Period:
1890–1910

Where:
Limerick, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.66°N, 8.61°W

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