- Address
- Gerald Griffin Street, Blackpool
- Type
- Convent / nunnery
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20862058
North Presentation Convent
Gerald Griffin Street, Blackpool, Shandon
About North Presentation Convent
North Presentation Convent is one of 191 buildings in Shandon the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates North Presentation Convent to 1820–1840. 93 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The North Presentation Convent is one of a group of ecclesiastical buildings in Blackpool, including the North Cathedral, and its presbytery, the Sisters of Charity convent and the Church of St Anne at Shandon. The well-ordered and symmetrical façade retains much of its original character.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20862058 · 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 · 20862058↗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
Shandon · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
9 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Shandon: more churches on the record
The nearest is Church of the Annunciation Roman Catholic Church in Farranree, 600 m away. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km.
Questions about North Presentation Convent
Is North Presentation Convent on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20862058).
Can you visit North Presentation Convent?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was North Presentation Convent built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1820–1840.
Is North 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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