- Address
- Convent Hill, Mitchelstown
- Type
- Gates / railings / walls
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20818101
Gates, Presentation Convent
Convent Hill, Mitchelstown
About Gates, Presentation Convent
Gates, Presentation Convent is one of 111 buildings in Mitchelstown the National Inventory rates Regional. Gates, Presentation Convent dates from 1850–1870. 41 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This fine Gothic Revival entrance to the church and convent is one of a pair, situated at either side of the graveyard. The entrance exhibits fine craftsmanship and is representative of the imaginative novelty and detailing of the mid-nineteenth century.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20818101 · 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 · 20818101↗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
Mitchelstown · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
15 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Mitchelstown: more walls, gates and bridges on the record
The nearest is Glanworth Bridge in Glanworth, 10 km away. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. At the edge of the list, 27 km away: Bridge, Ardfinnan.
Questions about Gates, Presentation Convent
Is Gates, Presentation Convent on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20818101).
Can you visit Gates, Presentation Convent?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Gates, Presentation Convent built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1850–1870.
Is Gates, Presentation Convent 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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