- Address
- Blackrock Road, Blackrock
- Type
- Gates / railings / walls
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20868040
Drumcora House
Blackrock Road, Blackrock, Mahon
About Drumcora House
The National Inventory rates Drumcora House Regional, one of 105 in Mahon. Its record dates Drumcora House to 1840–1860. 42 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This entrance, executed in skilled masonry, contributes to the streetscape and character of the area. The detail of the cast-iron gates is also particularly attractive along with the pale grey colour and texture of the Cork limestone.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20868040 · 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 · 20868040↗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
- 1Drumcora HouseStart here
- 2RockcliffeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Menloe HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4ClonleaRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Sun LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
10 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Other recorded walls, gates and bridges around Mahon
Closest of all: Burmah, Knockrea, 2.7 km away. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km.
Questions about Drumcora House
Is Drumcora House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20868040).
Can you visit Drumcora House?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Drumcora House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1840–1860.
Is Drumcora 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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