Overview
Knockainy Stud is recorded as country house in Limerick. Detached seven-bay two-storey county house, built c. 1790, and substantially altered c. 1970. Comprising five-bay original frontage (south elevation), with single-bay additions to either end, and four-bay current frontage (west elevation) attached to four-bay outbuilding to north.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached eleven-bay two-storey outbuilding to west of house, with three-storey tower breakfront having openwork bellcote.
People and work
The saved account records: Detached seven-bay two-storey county house, built c. 1790, and substantially altered c. 1970.
How it changed
The saved account records: Comprising five-bay original frontage (south elevation), with single-bay additions to either end, and four-bay current frontage (west elevation) attached to four-bay outbuilding to north.
What survives
The saved account records: Rusticated limestone walls to entrance terminating in square-plan piers with stepped caps.
Why it mattered
Knockainy Stud matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This substantial county house retains a sense of its original charm and historical significance. The house displays some fine workmanship in the well executed doorcase. The house stands in association with a range of outbuildings erected in 1903, and this mix of dates and architectural styles gives this site a strong sense not only of its historical origins but also of its development through time. Lettering on bellecote reads: '1903 Balteemore & Ardpatrick'. 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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