- Address
- 13 Rockcliffe Terrace, Blackrock Road, Blackrock
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20868031
Avoca
13 Rockcliffe Terrace, Blackrock Road, Blackrock, Mahon
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Avoca
Avoca is one of 105 buildings in Mahon the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Avoca to 1840–1880. 42 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
A substantial house built during the Victorian period which can be seen in its large front door and in the style of railings to the front of the house. The render detailing around the front door is skilfully executed and together with the window surrounds, forms an attractive contrast to the roughcast rendered walls.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20868031 · 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 · 20868031↗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 10 minutes
Mahon · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
17 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Mahon: more houses on the record
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. The Everyman Palace Theatre in St Luke's is the nearest, at 3 km.
Questions about Avoca
Is Avoca on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20868031).
Can you visit Avoca?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Avoca built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1840–1880.
Is Avoca 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).