- Address
- Dublin 7
- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50060361
Grattan Bridge
Dublin 7, Temple Bar
About Grattan Bridge
The National Inventory rates Grattan Bridge Regional, one of 581 in Temple Bar. Grattan Bridge dates from 1870–1875. 261 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Grattan Bridge, originally known as Essex Bridge, is one of several bridges over the River Liffey which help to define the character of this central artery as it winds its way to Dublin Port and the Irish Sea.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50060361 · 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 · 50060361↗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
- 1Grattan BridgeStart here
- 2Turks Head Chop House / Paramount HotelRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Eddie Rocket's City Diner (house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Dublin Castle (former Chief Secretary's Office)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Dublin Castle (Bermingham Tower)National rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
44 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 26
Like it: recorded walls, gates and bridges near Temple Bar
Start with “Town, Cook Street, Dublin 8” in The Liberties, 500 m away. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo.
Questions about Grattan Bridge
Is Grattan Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50060361).
Can you visit Grattan Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Grattan Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1870–1875.
Is Grattan Bridge 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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