- Address
- Main Street, Oliver Plunkett Place, Midleton
- Type
- Prison / jail
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20830016
Prison, Midleton Courthouse
Main Street, Oliver Plunkett Place, Midleton
About Prison, Midleton Courthouse
The National Inventory rates Prison, Midleton Courthouse Regional, one of 136 in Midleton. Prison, Midleton Courthouse dates from 1820–1840. 56 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Solidly built, well-designed former bridewell retaining its original form. Once associated with the courthouse, the pair form an interesting reminder of the local judicial system which operated throughout Ireland in the nineteenth century.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20830016 · 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 · 20830016↗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
Midleton · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Prison, Midleton CourthouseStart here
- 2Midleton Community Hospital (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Midleton Community Hospital (workhouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Courtenay HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 5Midleton CollegeNational rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
Midleton LibraryRegional rating (NIAH)300 mMausoleum, Church of Saint John the Baptist (Middleton)Regional rating (NIAH)300 m
Church of Saint John the Baptist (Middleton)National rating (NIAH)300 mMurphy'sRegional rating (NIAH)400 m15 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Like it: recorded buildings near Midleton
Closest of all: Siddon's Tower, Aghada-Rostellan, 7.3 km away. The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. At the edge of the list, 21 km away: Callanan's Tower, South Gate.
Questions about Prison, Midleton Courthouse
Is Prison, Midleton Courthouse on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20830016).
Can you visit Prison, Midleton Courthouse?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Prison, Midleton Courthouse built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1820–1840.
Is Prison, Midleton Courthouse 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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