- Address
- 5 O'Connell Terrace, O'Connell Avenue, Limerick
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21521037
Orby
5 O'Connell Terrace, O'Connell Avenue, Limerick, Dock
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Orby
Orby is one of 298 buildings in Dock the National Inventory rates Regional. Orby dates from 1900–1910. 191 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Forming one of a terrace of nine houses which are distinguished by the use of glazed white brick dressing, and the uniform treatment to the front site boundary. The terrace contributes significantly to the architecture of the locality and give a domestic scale, which is juxtaposed by the Technical School to the south.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21521037 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 21521037↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Dock · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
29 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 11
Houses on the record near Dock
Just 4.7 km away stands Plassey House, in Castletroy. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Farthest out is Teach de Valera, Bruree, 25 km away.
Questions about Orby
Is Orby on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21521037).
Can you visit Orby?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Orby built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1900–1910.
Is Orby protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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