Round House, County Limerick

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Corner-sited attached two-bay two-storey house and pub, built c. 1920, with chamfered south-west corner and pubfront to ground floor, south and west elevations. Hipped roof with rendered octagonal-profile chimneystack. Rendered parapet with cornice. Rendered walls, lined-and-ruled to first floor with quoins. Segmental-headed openings to first floor with render surrounds and replacement uPVC windows. Pubfront to ground floor comprising moulded render fluted pilasters, architrave, fascia with raised lettering and cornice. Square-headed openings with replacement windows and sill guards. Square-headed opening to chamfered corner with timber panelled door and overlight.

The unusual plan and façade of this building, with the chamfered corner and tall parapet, make a notable addition to the prominent corner site, opposite the town square. There is much of artistic interest to the façade, including the render quoins and surrounds, as well as the pubfront, which is of an unusual variety and adds context and decorative value to the site.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21831035

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