- Address
- College Road, Cork
- Type
- University
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20866137
Aula Maxima
College Road, Cork, Gillabbey
About Aula Maxima
The National Inventory rates Aula Maxima National, one of 6 in Gillabbey. Its record dates Aula Maxima to 1840–1850. 53 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Translating as the Great Hall, the Aula Maxima was designed in conjunction with the main quadrangle by renowned architects Deane and Woodword. Built in the Tudor Gothic Revival style, this building and the adjoining quadrangle form the core of the original university campus.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20866137 · 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 · 20866137↗National is the National Inventory’s second-highest rating: a building of significance across Ireland.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Gillabbey · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Aula MaximaStart here
- 2Windle BuildingRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3
Crawford ObservatoryNational rating (NIAH) · 100 m on - 4University College Cork (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5KnocknacoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
9 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Other buildings of national importance around Gillabbey
Closest of all: Crawford Observatory, Gillabbey, 200 m away. There are 6 with photos within 40 km. In Gillabbey itself there are 1 of the 6.
Questions about Aula Maxima
Is Aula Maxima on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated National (record 20866137).
Can you visit Aula Maxima?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Aula Maxima built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1840–1850.
Is Aula Maxima 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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