Pery Square
| Tontine Terrace | |
V94 | |
| Coordinates | 52°39′32″N 8°37′44″W / 52.658877°N 8.628871°W |
|---|---|
| north end | Upper Hartstonge Street |
| west end | The Mews |
| Construction | |
| Construction start | 1835 |
| Completion | 1838 |
| Other | |
| Known for | Georgian architecture, Limerick City Gallery of Art, St. Michael's Church The People's Museum of Limerick |
Pery Square (Irish: Cearnóg an Pheirigh) is a Georgian Terrace located in the Newtown Pery area of Limerick city, Ireland. The terrace was constructed as a speculative development by the Pery Square Tontine Company between 1835 and 1838.[1] The square was named in honour of the politician Edmund Sexton Pery.[2] The terrace is notable as one of the finest examples of late Georgian architecture in Limerick and Ireland.
History
The architect
Today, a Boutique Hotel is trading at No 1 Pery Square. No 2 Pery Square has been extensively redeveloped by Limerick Civic Trust and is now in use as a Georgian Museum. The rest of the houses are being used to various degrees. Limerick City Gallery of Art is also located at Pery Square opposite the tontine as is Limerick's War Memorial. St. Michael's Church of Ireland, a gothic structure stands at the southern end of Pery Square terminating the vista of the street to the south. Saint Michael's Church adds immeasurably to the importance of Pery Square as the unrivalled Georgian streetscape outside of Georgian Dublin.[3]
References
- ^ a b "The Georgian House, 2, Pery Square, Limerick, Limerick City: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ISBN 0-905700-07-4.
- ^ "Saint Michael's Church of Ireland Church, Pery Square, Limerick, Limerick City: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 16 October 2012.