- Address
- Castle Steps, Dublin 2
- Type
- Steps
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50910305
Castle Steps
Castle Steps, Dublin 2, Temple Bar
About Castle Steps
Castle Steps is one of 581 buildings in Temple Bar the National Inventory rates Regional. Castle Steps dates from 1805–1810. 278 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The Castle Steps is an evocative pedestrian way connecting Castle Street and Ship Street, adjacent to Dublin Castle. The four flights of steps that manage the steep gradient, present a pleasant southern descent from the ridge on which the Hiberno-Norse town of Dublin was established.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50910305 · 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 · 50910305↗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
Temple Bar · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
48 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 30
Buildings on the record near Temple Bar
Liberties College in Christchurch is the nearest, at 300 m. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo.
Questions about Castle Steps
Is Castle Steps on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50910305).
Can you visit Castle Steps?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Castle Steps built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1805–1810.
Is Castle Steps 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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