Bantry Courthouse
Also known as Bantry Tourist Office
Wolfe Tone Square, Marino Street, Bantry
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Bantry Courthouse
The National Inventory rates Bantry Courthouse Regional, one of 78 in Bantry. Its record dates Bantry Courthouse to 1820–1840. 77 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
An imposing courthouse which is one of a number in south-west Cork designed by renowned architect George Pain. The heavy fortress-like walls performed the purpose of creating an appropriate sense of majesty as well as the practical function of sound proofing the courtroom from the noisy market town.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20834058 · 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 · 20834058↗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 15 minutes
Bantry · about 800 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Bantry CourthouseStart here
- 2
Church of Saint Brendan the Navigator (Kilmocomoge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on - 3Saint Brendan's National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Bantry House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 5Bantry Post OfficeRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
Saint Finbarr's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)400 mConvent of Mercy (church / chapel)Regional rating (NIAH)500 mSchool, Convent of MercyRegional rating (NIAH)500 mConvent of Mercy (convent / nunnery)Regional rating (NIAH)500 m48 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 30
Near Bantry: more houses on the record
In Bantry itself there are 1 of the 6. The nearest is Bantry House in Bantry, 1 km away. All 6 are pictured and within 40 km.
Questions about Bantry Courthouse
Is Bantry Courthouse on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20834058).
Can you visit Bantry Courthouse?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Bantry Courthouse built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1820–1840.
Is Bantry Courthouse 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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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