House of the week: An Edwardian home in Limerick

THERE’S a sort of a subtle, circular theme going on at St Rita’s, a fine-upstanding Edwardian home on Limerick city’s esteemed Ennis Road: curves, circles and oval shapes abound, inside and outside.

Most notable, from the get-go, is the top floor’s small and perfectly formed nine-pane circular or occulus window, in a sort of ‘noughts and crosses’ pattern.

Other windows and glazing patterns across the very original facade of this impressive semi-d also have round-headed sections and timber tracery, while a curvaceous bit of painted decking sets another tone, right by the front door in the long approach garden, while a bed of purple heathers curves in another sweep close to the entrance gate.