1845 – Leamy House, Upper Hartstonge St., Limerick, Co. Limerick
Architect: William Atkins
Selected after an architectural competition, Atkins’s designs for the former Leamy School are in a Tudor Revival style with a central crenellated tower.
Selected after an architectural competition, Atkins’s designs for the former Leamy School are in a Tudor Revival style with a central crenellated tower.
Originally designed as three separate ranges spectactularly sited overlooking the river Lee. Constructed between 1847 and 1852,
Sited alongside the classical St. Mary’s catholic church, the priory by William Atkins is a mixture of classical and victorian institutional gothic.
Published in The Building News, December 7 1850. Constructed in red sandstone with limestone dressings. The proposed spire was never completed.
Base designed by William Atkins, with the statue by celebrated Irish sculptor John Henry Foley.
This fabulous church façade took many years to realise.