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National rating (NIAH)
1970–1980
Address
Bridge Street, Chapel Street, Bantry
Type
Library / archive
NIAH reg. no.
20834034
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National rating (NIAH)

Bantry Library

Bridge Street, Chapel Street, Bantry

Rated National on the National Inventory
LLibrary / archiveBBuilt 1970–1980
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗
About

About Bantry Library

The National Inventory rates Bantry Library National, one of 1 in Bantry. Bantry Library dates from 1970–1980. 81 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

This unique construction, situated on the site of a former flour mill, displays a Modernist style which owes much to the international styles of Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright. It is an unusual building in Bantry and adds both variety and character to Bridge Street.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20834034 · 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 · 20834034↗

National is the National Inventory’s second-highest rating: a building of significance across Ireland.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

Bantry · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Bantry LibraryStart here
  2. 2Kelly and CompanyRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Bantry Post OfficeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
  4. 4Bantry CourthouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
  5. 5Church of Saint Brendan the Navigator (Kilmocomoge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Farther afield
Convent of Mercy (church / chapel)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mBantry Methodist ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)300 mConvent of Mercy (convent / nunnery)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mSchool, Convent of MercyRegional rating (NIAH)300 mSandril HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mSchool, Convent of MercyRegional rating (NIAH)300 m
Around it

21 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegO'Connell34 mRegHouse, Bridge Street, Bantry42 mRegBank, Bridge Street, Bantry53 mRegSaint Anne's98 mRegKelly and Company102 mRegMurphy104 mRegHouse, 6 Main Street, Bantry110 mRegHouse, 5 Market Street, Bantry114 mRegSaint Finbarr's Catholic Church114 mRegPost box, Barrack Street, Bantry116 mRegHouse, 3 Main Street, Bantry123 mRegHouse, High Street, Bantry125 mRegRock House131 mRegHouse, 4 New Street, Bantry134 mRegHouse, Barrack Street, Bantry137 mRegJ. McSweeney138 mRegHouse, 5 New Street, Bantry138 mRegHouse, New Street, Bantry139 m
Show the other 3
RegHouse, 12 Barrack Street, Bantry146 mRegHouse, New Street, Bantry147 mRegHouse, 7 New Street, Bantry147 m

Questions about Bantry Library

Is Bantry Library on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated National (record 20834034).

Can you visit Bantry Library?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was Bantry Library built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1970–1980.

Is Bantry Library 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).

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).