Cappagh House

The saved account records: Detached six-bay two-storey double-pile country house, built c. 1710, having double-pile return to rear (north) elevation.

The saved account records: Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks to gable ends.

The saved account records: Square-headed openings to first floor having three-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills.

The saved account records: Three-bay single-storey gate lodge to south having curtain wall to south elevation.

Cappagh House matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This formal early Georgian house retains some notable transitional features from the late seventeenth century such as the chimneystacks to gable ends; this form was later replaced to a large extent by paired chimneystacks with hipped roofs. The simple façade is enlivened by the subtly diminishing timber sash windows, which emphasise the vertical thrust of the house. The use of this device is a common feature of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century higher status buildings in Limerick. The outbuildings are finely built having well carved voussoirs to the arched openings. The outbuildings, together with the simple… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.