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Rathfarnham Courthouse
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Rathfarnham Courthouse

Also known as Court of Petty Sessions (Rathfarnham)

Main Street, Rathfarnham

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 85 rated Regional in Rathfarnham
CCourt houseBBuilt 1910–1915
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗

Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Rathfarnham Courthouse

Rathfarnham Courthouse is one of 85 buildings in Rathfarnham the National Inventory rates Regional. Rathfarnham Courthouse dates from 1910–1915. 16 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

A pleasantly-detailed, restrained courthouse, almost domestic in scale, which shows the evolution of courthouse design, an is an important element of local history and of the strreetscape.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 11211004 · 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 · 11211004↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 4 historic places in about 15 minutes

Rathfarnham · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Rathfarnham CourthouseStart here
  2. 2Castle LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Ashfield HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
  4. 4Pearse BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
Farther afield
Yellow House Bar and RestaurantRegional rating (NIAH)300 mSt Bridget'sRegional rating (NIAH)400 mChurch of the AnnunciationRegional rating (NIAH)400 mBeaufort College GatesRegional rating (NIAH)400 mOld OrchardRegional rating (NIAH)400 mButterfield HouseRegional rating (NIAH)500 m
Around it

10 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegSchool, Main Street, Rathfarnham39 mRegSchool, Main Street, Rathfarnham43 mRegRathfarnham Church48 mRegVent pipe, Main Street, Rathfarnham74 mRegHouse, 16 Daly's Terrace, Main Street, Rathfarnham89 mRegHouse, 17 Daly's Terrace, Main Street, Rathfarnham93 mRegTourville Lodge96 mRegHouse, 18 Daly's Terrace, Main Street, Rathfarnham98 mRegGraveyard, Main Street, Rathfarnham111 mRegCastle Lodge123 m
More like it

Houses on the record near Rathfarnham

All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Start with Drimnagh Castle in Walkinstown, 4.3 km away.

Drimnagh CastleWalkinstown · 4.3 km away
House, 1 Pembroke Street Upper, Dublin 2St Stephen's Green · 4.4 km away
Marrowbone HouseDolphins Barn · 4.5 km away
Mary Aikenhead HouseDolphins Barn · 4.7 km away
House, 16 Herbert Street, Dublin 2Grand Canal Dock · 4.8 km away
House, 130-130A Thomas Street, Dublin 8The Liberties · 4.8 km away
House, 33 Grafton Street, Anne Street South, Dublin 2St Stephen's Green · 4.9 km away
House, 72 Merrion Square, Dublin 2St Stephen's Green · 4.9 km away

Questions about Rathfarnham Courthouse

Is Rathfarnham Courthouse on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 11211004).

Can you visit Rathfarnham Courthouse?

Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.

When was Rathfarnham Courthouse built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1910–1915.

Is Rathfarnham Courthouse 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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