- Address
- High Road, Cobh
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20828082
Mount Bernard
High Road, Cobh
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Mount Bernard
The National Inventory rates Mount Bernard Regional, one of 366 in Cobh. Mount Bernard dates from 1860–1880. 38 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Built as a pair, this house is one of a number of similar, substantial buildings built on the High Road in the late nineteenth century. It is characterised by features of the Victorian period including an irregular plan, varied roofline and decorative render and timber details.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20828082 · 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 · 20828082↗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
Cobh · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Mount BernardStart here
- 2ArdeevinRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Ross LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Beal BawnRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5The ManseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
9 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Cobh: more houses on the record
Fota House in Glounthaune is the nearest, at 5 km. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. The farthest is Cork Opera House in Cork City Centre, 13 km away.
Questions about Mount Bernard
Is Mount Bernard on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20828082).
Can you visit Mount Bernard?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Mount Bernard built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1860–1880.
Is Mount Bernard 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).