Arch in Limerick Municipal Borough, County Limerick

What is recorded here

Arch in Limerick Municipal Borough put a swooping Art Deco entrance on the way to a Quaker Meeting Hall. The gateway is dressed for the cabaret; beyond it, everyone is trying to have a bit of quiet.

Single-bay rendered Art Deco style gateway, built c. 1930, formerly giving access to the Quaker Meeting Hall. Square-headed opening with full-width plank effect concave section above defined by a projecting curved canopy above and below the panel. Engaged plain colonettes to either side, with a sheet metal gate to the opening.

Formerly the entrance to the rear buildings, and later giving access to the early nineteenth-century stone Quaker Meeting Hall (still in situ), the present structure is a rare survivor of Art Deco in the city. It is currently under threat by the development of the entire site for a multi-storey car park. This arch along with the nearby horse repository arch remain two very interesting and pleasant additions to the streetscape.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21517257

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