- Address
- Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
- Type
- Model school
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50010225
Central Model School
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, O'Connell Street
About Central Model School
The National Inventory rates Central Model School Regional, one of 450 in O'Connell Street. Central Model School dates from 1855–1860. 199 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This school building was constructed to designs by Frederick Darley in 1859 as part of the National Model Schools campus although it varies from the other buildings in decorative scheme and architectural style. It was restored between 1995 and 1999 and a second date was inscribed to commemorate this.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50010225 · 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 · 50010225↗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
O'Connell Street · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Central Model SchoolStart here
- 2Talbot HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Celtic LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4
Chariot of LifeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on - 5
Liberty HallRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
41 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 23
More public buildings on the record near O'Connell Street
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Just 500 m away stands Lafayette, in St Stephen's Green.
Questions about Central Model School
Is Central Model School on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50010225).
Can you visit Central Model School?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Central Model School built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1855–1860.
Is Central Model School 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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