- Address
- Wilton Road, Wilton
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20865061
Mount Philomena
Wilton Road, Wilton, Bishopstown
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Mount Philomena
Mount Philomena is one of 27 buildings in Bishopstown the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Mount Philomena to 1910–1930. 5 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This early twentieth-century house displays an attractive asymmetrical façade which is enlivened by the use of decorative timber detailing to the canted bays. It has retained much of its original character with the survival of the sash windows being of particular note.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20865061 · 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 · 20865061↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 4 historic places in about 15 minutes
Bishopstown · about 900 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Mount PhilomenaStart here
- 2
Church of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on - 3The BeechesRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
- 4St Catherine's ConventRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
Houses on the record near Bishopstown
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Just 2.2 km away stands “House, The Mercy Hospital”, in Cork City Centre.
Questions about Mount Philomena
Is Mount Philomena on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20865061).
Can you visit Mount Philomena?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Mount Philomena built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1910–1930.
Is Mount Philomena 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).