Saint Joseph's Hospital

Building misc in Limerick, Ireland, dating from 1890–1910

Gable-fronted three-bay two-storey building, c. 1900, with five-bay side elevation. Pitched natural slate roof with a timber vented lantern and cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared and coursed limestone ashlar walls. A central gauged brick round-arched window opening with a multiple-pane timber window having timber transom and mullions, flanked by a pair of gauged brick segmental-arched window openings with six-over-six timber sash windows and limestone sills. Below is a similar tripartite arrangement of a central segmental-arched carriage arch opening with timber plank doors and flanked by a pair of gauged brick segmental-arched window openings with fixed-pane timber windows, iron bars and limestone sills, same to the side elevation openings. This building has a timber gallery to the interior on three sides supported by cast-iron columns and a timber trussed roof structure. Situated to the south of the main hospital complex. Concrete water tower to rear of site.

Type:

Building misc

Period:

1890–1910

Where:

Limerick, Ireland

Coordinates:

52.66°N, 8.61°W

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