- Type
- Rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20908506
Desertmore House
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Desertmore House
Desertmore House is one of 6 buildings in Killumney the National Inventory rates Regional. Desertmore House dates from 1810–1850.
This fine house, with its balanced massing, diminishing window openings and symmetrically arranged facade is typical of rectories found across Ireland. This former rectory once formed an important part of a group of structures with a church located to the north-west of the site.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20908506 · 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 · 20908506↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Desertmore House
Killumney
St John the Baptist Roman Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)2.6 kmSrelane HouseRegional rating (NIAH)3.2 km
St Mary's Church of Ireland ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)3.3 kmValley View HouseRegional rating (NIAH)3.4 kmNear Killumney: more houses on the record
Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. Start with Carrigrohane Castle in Ballincollig, 9.4 km away. The list reaches Nursery Things in Cork City Centre, 15 km away.
Questions about Desertmore House
Is Desertmore House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20908506).
Can you visit Desertmore House?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Desertmore House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1810–1850.
Is Desertmore House 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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