- Address
- 16 Grattan Street, Portlaoise
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 12506063
Wellfield
16 Grattan Street, Portlaoise
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Wellfield
The National Inventory rates Wellfield Regional, one of 179 in Portlaoise. Wellfield dates from 1890–1920. 52 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
One of three similarly scaled detached houses, this house retains all its original features including a fine set of timber sash windows with original cylinder glass. The symmetrical façade is enlivened by an attractive entrance porch, making it one of the most intact and unique turn-of-the-century houses in Portlaoise.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 12506063 · 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 · 12506063↗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 15 minutes
Portlaoise · about 800 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1WellfieldStart here
- 2The Old MaltingsRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
- 3
Saint Peter's ChurchNational rating (NIAH) · 200 m on - 4Dunamaise Arts CentreRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 5Bank of IrelandRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
5 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Other recorded houses around Portlaoise
Closest of all: Abbeyleix Courthouse, Abbeyleix, 13 km away. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. “Worker's house, 4 Florence Terrace, Kilkenny Street” in Castlecomer is the farthest, at 26 km.
Questions about Wellfield
Is Wellfield on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 12506063).
Can you visit Wellfield?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Wellfield built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1890–1920.
Is Wellfield 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).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).