- Address
- Summer Cove
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20911217
Mentone
Summer Cove, Kinsale
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Mentone
Mentone is one of 172 buildings in Kinsale the National Inventory rates Regional. Mentone dates from 1890–1910. 5 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Probably formerly in use as two houses, this dwelling has retained much of its original form and character. Its gablets and canted bays enliven the facade, as do the timber sliding sash windows.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20911217 · 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 · 20911217↗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 15 minutes
Kinsale · about 900 m on foot, as the crow flies
Houses on the record near Kinsale
Closest of all: Vernon Mount, Frankfield and Grange, 19 km away. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. The list reaches Carrigrohane Castle in Ballincollig, 22 km away.
Questions about Mentone
Is Mentone on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20911217).
Can you visit Mentone?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Mentone built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1890–1910.
Is Mentone 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).