- Address
- 726 South Circular Road, Dublin 8
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50080480
Saint James’s
726 South Circular Road, Dublin 8, Dolphins Barn
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Saint James’s
Saint James’s is one of 181 buildings in Dolphins Barn the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Saint James’s to 1860–1900. 15 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
A handsome villa style house that is an excellent example of mid-nineteenth-century domestic architecture. Unusually, it retains much of its historic fabric intact.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50080480 · 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 · 50080480↗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 15 minutes
Dolphins Barn · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Saint James’sStart here
- 2Hybreasal House (convent / nunnery)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3Academy of Medical Laboratory ScienceRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 4Garda Station (stables)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Irish Museum of Modern Art (graveyard / cemetery)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
Bully's AcreRegional rating (NIAH)300 mGarda Station (stables)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mIrish Museum of Modern Art (graveyard / cemetery)Regional rating (NIAH)400 mIrish Museum of Modern Art (graveyard / cemetery)Regional rating (NIAH)400 mIrish Museum of Modern Art (water tower)Regional rating (NIAH)500 mPortmahon HouseRegional rating (NIAH)500 mRecorded houses around Dolphins Barn
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Closest of all: Dublin University Boat Club, Kilmainham, 800 m away.
Questions about Saint James’s
Is Saint James’s on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50080480).
Can you visit Saint James’s?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Saint James’s built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1860–1900.
Is Saint James’s 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).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).