Overview
worker's house — BALLINVIRA is recorded as worker's house in Limerick. Detached three-bay single-storey estate worker's house, built c. 1860, having lean-to to south elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached three-bay single-storey estate worker's house, built c. 1860, having lean-to to south elevation.
People and work
The saved account records: Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack.
How it changed
The saved account records: Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills.
What survives
The saved account records: Square-headed opening with timber battened door.
Why it mattered
worker's house — BALLINVIRA matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This former estate worker's house retains much of its original form and structure. Its modest proportions are enhanced by the retention of the slate roof and sash windows. The house provides historical and social context to the area and is associated with Hollywood House. Set slightly back from the road, it forms a pleasing roadside feature. 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
- Hollywood House — BALLINVIRAbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinviramonument0.2 miles
- Indicated — Ballinviramonument0.3 miles
- bridge — BALLINVIRAbuilding0.4 miles
- house — BALLINVIRAbuilding0.6 miles
- Toberreendoney — Ballinviramonument0.7 miles
- Toberreendoneywaterfall0.7 miles
- Indicated — Kilgroganmonument0.8 miles
- bridge — CLONSHIRE BEG, CLONSHIRE MOREbuilding0.8 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballincurra (connello Lower By.)monument0.9 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisnamuckmonument0.9 miles
- Lisheenagranogemonument0.9 miles
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