- Address
- Grange Road, Rathfarnham
- Type
- Convent / nunnery
- NIAH reg. no.
- 11216011
Loreto Abbey
Grange Road, Rathfarnham
About Loreto Abbey
The National Inventory rates Loreto Abbey Regional, one of 85 in Rathfarnham. Loreto Abbey dates from 1835–1845. 37 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 11216011↗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
Rathfarnham · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
2 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded churches around Rathfarnham
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Just 2.1 km away stands Catholic Church of Saint Pius X, in Templeogue.
Questions about Loreto Abbey
Is Loreto Abbey on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 11216011).
Can you visit Loreto Abbey?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Loreto Abbey built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1835–1845.
Is Loreto Abbey 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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