- Address
- Straffan
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 11809028
House, Straffan
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About House, Straffan
House, Straffan is one of 17 buildings in Straffan the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates House, Straffan to 1880–1900. 13 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This pair of small-scale houses, although now in ruins, attests to the vernacular tradition once practised in the village of Straffan. The rear (north-west) elevations of both houses, having no openings, present a rubble stone façade on to the road, which is an attractive feature on the streetscape.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 11809028 · 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 · 11809028↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 4 historic places in about 15 minutes
Straffan, Straffan · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1House, StraffanStart here
- 2
Straffan ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on - 3Straffan CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4The GlebeRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
Recorded houses around Straffan
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Closest of all: Castletown, Celbridge, 6.1 km away. At the edge of the list, 18 km away: Ordnance Survey Ireland, Chapelizod.
Questions about House, Straffan
Is House, Straffan on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 11809028).
Can you visit House, Straffan?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was House, Straffan built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1880–1900.
Is House, Straffan 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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