Sutton Castle
Shielmartin Road, Howth
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Sutton Castle
Sutton Castle is one of 79 buildings in Howth the National Inventory rates Regional. Sutton Castle dates from 1890–1900. 4 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 11366001↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Howth · about 300 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Sutton CastleStart here
- 2
Sutton Martello TowerNational rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
Recorded houses around Howth
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. The nearest is Saint Marnock's in Portmarnock, 6.7 km away. Farthest out is Poplar Row Flats, Ballybough, 9.8 km away.
Questions about Sutton Castle
Is Sutton Castle on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 11366001).
Can you visit Sutton Castle?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Sutton Castle built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1890–1900.
Is Sutton Castle 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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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