1839 – Tontine Terrace, Pery Square, Limerick
Architect: James Pain
This terrace in Pery Square was built in 1838,
This terrace in Pery Square was built in 1838,
This humourous Gothic Style folly with exaggerated crenellations was designed and built by the architect James Pain around 1840.
Designed to replace the city`s overcrowded poorhouase,
Prior to the construction of this fine Gothic church,
Selected after an architectural competition,
Also known as Castle Oliver,
Extravagent gateway and lodge by George Fowler Jones to accompany the grand baronial castle he designed for the Oliver-Gascoigne sisters.
Constructed as the Lansdowne Spinning and Weaving factory between 1851-54 for John Norris Russell.
Published in The Builder,
Part of the building was constructed in 1858 and described in The Irish Builder,