58,60,61,62,63 and 64 Clare Street, Limerick City (not protected)

Research metadata

Properties covered: Nos. 58, 60, 61, 62, 63 & 64 Clare Street, Limerick City — a group of Georgian-type terraced townhouses proposed for addition to the Record of Protected Structures. (No. 59 is not included in this grouping.)
RPS Ref. No.: None of the six is currently listed on the Limerick City and County Council Record of Protected Structures (Metropolitan Area) [5]. No. 58 is, however, recorded in the NIAH at Regional rating [3]. Notably, their immediate terrace neighbour No. 59 Clare Street is already a protected structure (RPS Reg. No. 3475) [5], which strengthens the case for listing the adjoining houses. Held in this Proposed RPS database as candidates for protection.
Overall identification confidence: Medium — the terrace group is clearly identified and No. 58 is NIAH-surveyed, but No.-by-No. matching of fabric and ownership for Nos. 60–64 is only partial.
Vacancy / dereliction status at a glance: Largely occupied — Nos. 61–64 are subdivided apartments (Nos. 63/64 = "Georgian Manor"; Nos. 61/62 also in flats) [6][8], and No. 58 and No. 60 (the latter in use as Rosemount Hostel) remain in use [2]. "At risk" here is driven by erosion of Georgian fabric and lack of full statutory protection, not by vacancy.

Quick facts

Address / Eircode	58, 60, 61, 62, 63 & 64 Clare Street, Limerick City. Eircodes recorded for sub-units of Nos. 61–64 include V94 Y42T (Apt 1, 61/62) and V94 R984 / V94 X802 (Georgian Manor, 63/64). (Medium)
Building type	Group of three-/four-storey-over-basement Georgian-type terraced townhouses; Nos. 61–64 subdivided into apartments, No. 58 in office/residential use and No. 60 in use as a hostel
Period / date	c. 1840–1860; No. 58 dated c. 1845 in the NIAH (Medium)
Heritage refs (RPS / NIAH)	None on the RPS, and the terrace lies outside the "Clare Street" Architectural Conservation Area (ACA 8) [17] — so no ACA controls apply either. NIAH: No. 58 = 21514009 (Regional); no individual NIAH record located for Nos. 60–64 (Medium)
Apparent status	Occupied / in use (apartments at 61–64; office/residential at 58; hostel at 60)
On Derelict Sites Register?	No record found for Nos. 58–64 (nearby Nos. 19 and 26 Clare Street are/were on the Register) (Medium)
On Vacant Sites Register?	Unknown — not verified (Unverified)
Owner	Private — multiple owners across the six numbers (Medium)

Summary

Nos. 58, 60, 61, 62, 63 & 64 Clare Street form a 19th-century Georgian-type terrace on Clare Street, Limerick City — a distinct area separate from the Newtown Pery Georgian quarter — and part of the city's wider Georgian-era building stock [1] — a city that takes particular pride in holding the largest collection of Georgian architecture in Ireland outside Dublin [18]. No. 58 is already recognised in the NIAH at Regional rating (c. 1845) [3], and No. 60 is in use as the Rosemount Hostel [2], while Nos. 61–64 — among the last largely-intact Georgian houses on the street — have been subdivided into apartments (Nos. 63/64 as the "Georgian Manor" complex, Nos. 61/62 as further flats) [6][8]. None of the six is currently on the Record of Protected Structures; given the documented loss of original features during renovations — most recently a surviving fanlight — the whole group warrants addition to the RPS to safeguard the surviving Georgian fabric [16]. Crucially, the immediately adjoining No. 59 is already a protected structure (RPS Reg. No. 3475) [5], so extending protection to its terrace neighbours would close an anomalous gap in an otherwise-protected run of the street. The terrace also lies outside the "Clare Street" Architectural Conservation Area (ACA 8) [17], so at present it carries no statutory protection at all — neither RPS listing nor ACA controls.

Identification

Address: 58, 60, 61, 62, 63 & 64 Clare Street, Limerick City (in the vicinity of the Limerick School of Art & Design / former Clare Street campus).
Eircode(s): V94 Y42T (Apt 1, 61/62); V94 R984 and V94 X802 (Georgian Manor units, 63/64). Eircodes for Nos. 58 and 60 to be confirmed. (Medium) [6][8]
Building type(s): Group of terraced Georgian-type townhouses (three-/four-storey over basement); Nos. 61–64 now in multiple residential occupation, No. 58 in office/residential use and No. 60 in use as a hostel.