Bloomfield House, County Limerick

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Detached three-bay two-storey U-plan house, built c. 1800, having portico to front (west) elevation and three-bay two-storey blocks to rear (east) elevation with lean-to to north elevation. Hipped slate roof having rendered chimneystacks, overhanging eaves and timber brackets. Rendered walls with render quoins and plinth course. Square-headed openings having painted stone sills and replacement aluminum windows. Portico comprising render Doric style columns with flanking square-profile Doric style piers supporting entablature and moulded cornice over segmental-headed opening having spoked fanlight over timber panelled door with sidelights having timber risers. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to east with double-leaf cast-iron gates with rusticated boundary stone walls having cast-iron railings.

This well composed, middle-size house of reserved Georgian appearance retains most of its original form and character, together with important salient features and materials. The decorative portico, possibly a later addition, enhances the picturesque value of the composition, and incorporates well executed render detailing that augments the architectural quality of the site.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21807043

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