Overview
The Forge — Clarina is recorded as forge/smithy in Limerick. Detached two-bay single-storey former forge, built c. 1850. Pitched artificial slate roof with terracotta ridge crestings, brick chimneystack and render copings.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached two-bay single-storey former forge, built c. 1850.
People and work
The saved account records: Pitched artificial slate roof with terracotta ridge crestings, brick chimneystack and render copings.
How it changed
The saved account records: Square-headed window opening having limestone sill and double-leaf timber battened shutters.
What survives
The saved account records: Single-leaf cast-iron pedestrian gate to south boundary wall.
Why it mattered
The Forge — Clarina matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This is a well-preserved example of a forge, associated with the former Elm Park demesne. Though functional in construction, it presents a handsome façade to the roadside, with its decorative roofline and timber fittings. It retains its historic form and much of its fabric including the well preserved boundary walls. This building adds significantly to the social and cultural heritage of the area. 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.
Places near here
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- Mapped cemetery — County Limerickmemorial0.4 miles
- house — Clarina Crossroadsbuilding0.5 miles
- Designed landscape feature in Elmpark Demesnemonument0.5 miles
- Indicated — Elmpark Demesnemonument0.5 miles
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