- Address
- Blackrock Road, Blackrock
- Type
- Rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20868043
Saint Michael's Rectory
Blackrock Road, Blackrock, Mahon
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Saint Michael's Rectory
The National Inventory rates Saint Michael's Rectory Regional, one of 105 in Mahon. Saint Michael's Rectory dates from 1875–1880. 39 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
A fine example of a Victorian detached house with Gothic Revival detailing such as the ogee arches to the stairwell window and the chamfered edges to the gate piers. Designed by prolific Cork architect William Henry Hil, it was built by Terence O'Flynn at a cost of £1,648.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20868043 · 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 · 20868043↗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 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Saint Michael's RectoryStart here
- 2DrumcoraNational rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3AvocaRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4BriardaleRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Ballintemple HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
4 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded houses around Mahon
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. Closest of all: The Everyman Palace Theatre, St Luke's, 3.2 km away.
Questions about Saint Michael's Rectory
Is Saint Michael's Rectory on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20868043).
Can you visit Saint Michael's Rectory?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Saint Michael's Rectory built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1875–1880.
Is Saint Michael's Rectory 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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