Overview
Ballinvirick House is recorded as country house in Limerick. Detached four-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1750. Square-headed window openings with architrave surrounds internally and original stone sills.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached four-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1750.
People and work
The saved account records: Square-headed window openings with architrave surrounds internally and original stone sills.
How it changed
The saved account records: Nine over six timber sash windows at ground floor level reducing to six over six on the first floor.
What survives
The saved account records: Rendered quadrant walls with cast-iron gates with fleur-de-lis finals.
Why it mattered
Ballinvirick House matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Ballinvirick House was originally the home of the Royce family in the mid eighteenth century. It is a good example of restrained Georgian architecture. The survival of the slate roof and the timber sash windows are of importance architecturally. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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