- Type
- Country house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20901720
Lissa
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Lissa
The National Inventory rates Lissa Regional, one of 29 in Doneraile. Its record dates Lissa to 1810–1830. 2 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This modest yet distinguished classically-proportioned nineteenth-century house was built by the Norcott family following the burning of an earlier house. The building retains its historic form and much of its fabric such as timber sash windows, slate roof and chimneystacks.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20901720 · 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 · 20901720↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 10 minutes
Doneraile · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1LissaStart here
- 2Carker HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
Other recorded houses around Doneraile
Closest of all: Hutch & Co, Buttevant, 8.2 km away. There are 8 with photos within 40 km. The farthest is “House, 2 Spa Square” in Mallow, 12 km away.
Questions about Lissa
Is Lissa on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20901720).
Can you visit Lissa?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Lissa built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1810–1830.
Is Lissa 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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