Croom House, country house in County Limerick

What is recorded here

Croom House in Croom brought in a church architect for the alterations, which is a fierce way of warning guests that one bottle won’t cover it. You’d be halfway through admiring the porch columns when someone handed you a collection basket.

Detached five-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1830, with projecting single-bay central breakfront, alterations carried out c. 1880. Projecting porch with Ionic columns. Square-headed window opening with architraves and replacement casement windows. Hipped roof behind parapet. Range of stables and outbuildings to rear.

Croom House, formerly known as Kings is an important house within the architectural heritage of Limerick County. Architectural details such as the pillared porch underline the architectural significance of the house. The well-known Gothic Revival church architect, J.J. McCarthy, carried out alterations, in 1880, for Henry Lyons. The clerk of works for this work was P.F. Monahan and the builder was J.S. Ryan & Son, of Waterford.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21828005

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