- Address
- Blackabbey Road, Adare
- Type
- Manse
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21824004
Thornfield
Blackabbey Road, Adare
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Thornfield
The National Inventory rates Thornfield Regional, one of 60 in Adare. Thornfield dates from 1920–1940. 43 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The symmetrical plan and appearance of this house, with central chimneystacks, steep hipped roof and regular openings is characteristic of middle-class urban houses of its era. Its site, next to the Methodist Church, together with this form and design, suggest that it may once have been in use as a manse house.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21824004 · 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 · 21824004↗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
Adare · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1ThornfieldStart here
- 2
Adare Village HallRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on - 3The ElmsRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Dovea HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Adare Manor (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
Abbey PrioryRegional rating (NIAH)400 m12 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Houses on the record near Adare
Closest of all: Fanningstown Castle, Croom, 4.2 km away. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. The farthest is Mount Shannon in Annacotty, 23 km away.
Questions about Thornfield
Is Thornfield on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21824004).
Can you visit Thornfield?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Thornfield built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1920–1940.
Is Thornfield 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).