Overview
Meskells — Castleconnell is recorded as house in Limerick. Semi-detached pair of houses, built c. 1810, comprising four-bay two-storey house to east and three-bay two-storey house to west, having timber shopfront to ground floor. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and render eaves course.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Semi-detached pair of houses, built c. 1810, comprising four-bay two-storey house to east and three-bay two-storey house to west, having timber shopfront to ground floor.
People and work
The saved account records: Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and render eaves course.
How it changed
The saved account records: Square-headed openings with concrete sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows.
What survives
The saved account records: Pair of square-profile piers to east house with single-leaf cast-iron gate, rendered boundary walls having cast-iron railings terminating in second pair of piers.
Why it mattered
Meskells — Castleconnell matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This house is an attractive and well proportioned composition that retains most of its original form. The house is distinguished by the simple timber shopfront, which attests to high quality local craftsmanship. The house is an important component of the streetscape, forming a pleasing roadside feature with decorative render boundary walls and cast-iron railings. 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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