- Address
- Clanchy Terrace, Charleville
- Type
- Rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20806012
The Monastery
Clanchy Terrace, Charleville
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About The Monastery
The Monastery is one of 64 buildings in Charleville the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates The Monastery to 1870–1890. 58 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This former rectory was taken over by the Christian Brothers in 1927 and is typical of modestly sized religious structures in Ireland of the time. The bay window and gabled bays of the monastery enliven the regular façade and the variations of render add textural interest and articulate the structure.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20806012 · 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 · 20806012↗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 10 minutes
Charleville · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
17 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Charleville: more houses on the record
All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Start with “House, Sarsfield Street” in Kilmallock, 8.7 km away. The farthest is “House, 130 Bank Place, Saint James Avenue” in Mallow, 24 km away.
Questions about The Monastery
Is The Monastery on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20806012).
Can you visit The Monastery?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was The Monastery built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1870–1890.
Is The Monastery 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).
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