John McCarthy and Son, house in County Limerick

What is recorded here

John McCarthy and Son in Kilfinnane Town has carved acanthus leaves decorating the pub front. A fine defence: ‘You said we should spend more time appreciating plants.’ ‘I meant a walk, Michael.’ ‘Well, we walked here.’

End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey house, built c. 1780, having timber shopfront to ground floor. Now in use as a public house. Pitched artificial slate roof having rendered chimneystack and render eaves course. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having render surrounds, painted limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Shopfront comprising pilasters with recessed panels, consoles with acanthus leaf motifs, fascia and cornice. Square-headed display windows with flanking pilasters and timber mullion to east end bay, front (north) elevation. Square-headed opening having flanking pilasters and half-glazed timber panelled double-leaf doors.

This building, which forms an integral part of the streetscape, retains much of its original form and structure. It is distinguished by its ornate timber tripartite shopfront with well crafted carved elements such as the consoles and pilasters.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21812011

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