- Address
- Dock Road, Saint Alphonsus Street, Limerick
- Type
- Office
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21517007
The Shipping Office
Dock Road, Saint Alphonsus Street, Limerick
About The Shipping Office
The Shipping Office is one of 298 buildings in Dock the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates The Shipping Office to 1890–1910. 85 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
A handsome corner building that may have once been taller. Recently heavily renovated, it is uncertain which parts remain intact and what has been added.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21517007 · 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 · 21517007↗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 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1The Shipping OfficeStart here
- 2Harbour HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3Inver HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4The Sailors' HomeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5J. Hodkinson and SonsRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Saint Alphonsus's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)300 mSaint Joseph'sRegional rating (NIAH)300 mCarrick HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mSaint Alphonsus's ConventRegional rating (NIAH)300 mClondrina HouseRegional rating (NIAH)400 m5 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
More public buildings on the record near Dock
There are 6 with photos within 40 km. Limerick City Gallery of Art in Dock is the nearest, at 700 m. 1 of the 6 are in Dock itself.
Questions about The Shipping Office
Is The Shipping Office on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21517007).
Can you visit The Shipping Office?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was The Shipping Office built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1890–1910.
Is The Shipping Office 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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