Adare Manor

Country house in Limerick, Ireland, dating from 1830–1835

Detached former Tudor Revival style country house, built between 1832-1850, comprising main block and lower two-storey wing, dated 1832, with attached multiple-bay five-story block to north of main house, built c. 1989. Now in use as hotel. Main house comprises multiple-bay four-storey entrance block to west with projecting entrance bay topped with octagonal-profile turrets, recessed central section and projecting bay with canted bay windows to first and second floors. Multiple-bay three-storey garden front to south with three projecting and three recessed sections. Off-centre gabled projecting central section with double-height canted bay window, flanked by canted projection to west comprising three-storey canted bay windows topped with octagonal parapets and projecting end bay to east. Square-plan four-stage tower with crenellated parapet and gabled roof and having octagonal profile abutment to west elevation. Multiple-bay four-storey east elevation facing the river, comprising projecting and recessed bays, semi-circular plan section. Multiple-bay two-storey wing linking main house to new addition, with gabled pediment to central block topped with carved limestone clock face surmounted by bellcote to front and chimneystack to rear. Octagonal-plan four-stage tower to south-west. Projecting chimneystack to rear central block with carved limestone date plaque. Pitched slate roof

Type:
Country house

Period:
1830–1835

Where:
Limerick, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.56°N, 8.78°W

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