- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20913305
Abbey Mount
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Abbey Mount
Abbey Mount is one of 7 buildings in Leap the National Inventory rates Regional. Abbey Mount dates from 1720–1760. One other place on the record stands within 400 m.
This prominent structure, with its associated farmland, is a defining element in the local landscape. It is different to other houses in the locality in both form and design, with its large scale five-bay elevation as opposed to the more common three-bay elevation.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20913305 · 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 · 20913305↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Abbey Mount
Leap
1 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Houses on the record near Leap
Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. Just 5.6 km away stands Benduff Castle, in Rosscarbery. Farthest out is Macroom Market House, Macroom, 37 km away.
Questions about Abbey Mount
Is Abbey Mount on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20913305).
Can you visit Abbey Mount?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Abbey Mount built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1720–1760.
Is Abbey Mount 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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