- Address
- Athgarvan Road, Main Street, Newbridge
- Type
- Library / archive
- NIAH reg. no.
- 11818036
Newbridge Library
Also known as Newbridge County Library
Athgarvan Road, Main Street, Newbridge
About Newbridge Library
The National Inventory rates Newbridge Library Regional, one of 88 in Newbridge. Newbridge Library dates from 1935–1940. 40 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Newbridge (County) Library is an attractive and prominent building that is of particular interest as an early example of the Modern movement in Newbridge. The library is of social and historical significance, having been purpose-built in an effort to improve the education of the population in the locality.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 11818036 · 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 · 11818036↗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
Newbridge · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
14 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Like it: recorded public buildings near Newbridge
Kildare Post Office in Kildare is the nearest, at 8.2 km. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. “School, Main Street” in Rathfarnham is the farthest, at 36 km.
Questions about Newbridge Library
Is Newbridge Library on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 11818036).
Can you visit Newbridge Library?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Newbridge Library built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1935–1940.
Is Newbridge Library 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) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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