Overview
school — Knocklong Road is recorded as school in Limerick. Detached five-bay two-storey former vocational school, built c. 1935, now in use as community centre. Comprising porch to front (west) elevation and four-bay two-storey extension to rear (east) elevation.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached five-bay two-storey former vocational school, built c. 1935, now in use as community centre.
People and work
The saved account records: Comprising porch to front (west) elevation and four-bay two-storey extension to rear (east) elevation.
How it changed
The saved account records: Hipped artificial slate roof having rendered chimneystacks and render eaves course.
What survives
The saved account records: Pair of square-profile rendered piers to west having render caps, single-leaf cast-iron gate and rendered boundary walls with cast-iron railings terminating in second pair of square-profile rendered piers having double-leaf cast-iron gates.
Why it mattered
school — Knocklong Road matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Built as a vocational school, this structure still plays an important social and educational role in Hospital. Prominently sited at a junction, its solid form and massing is enhanced by features such as the hipped roof and central chimneystacks, which ground the building in the landscape. Subtle render dressings and the sash windows help to conserve the original appearance of the building, which makes a robust, striking contribution to the streetscape. 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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