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Regional rating (NIAH)
1870–1890
Address
Main Street, Doon
Type
Shop / retail outlet
NIAH reg. no.
21809009
No photo of it yet
Regional rating (NIAH)

N. Rainsford

Main Street, Doon

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 24 rated Regional in Doon
SShop / retail outletBBuilt 1870–1890
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗
About

About N. Rainsford

N. Rainsford is one of 24 buildings in Doon the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates N. Rainsford to 1870–1890. 21 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

Due to its decorative façade and end-of-terrace position, this house and shop makes a striking impression on the streetscape. The robust render details to the first floor are well designed and complement the ornate shopfront, which is the main distinguishing feature of the building.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21809009 · 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 · 21809009↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes

Doon · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1N. RainsfordStart here
  2. 2Convent of Mercy (church / chapel)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Saint Fintan's MonasteryRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
  4. 4Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
  5. 5LysaghtRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Farther afield
Doon Garda Síochána StationRegional rating (NIAH)300 mKilmoylan HouseRegional rating (NIAH)500 mWoodbrookRegional rating (NIAH)700 mChrist Church (Doon)Regional rating (NIAH)900 mCastletown CreameryRegional rating (NIAH)2.1 kmToomalineRegional rating (NIAH)2.2 km
Around it

11 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegHibernian House39 mRegPatrick Ryan40 mRegJ. O'Dwyer49 mRegConvent of Mercy (convent / nunnery, country house)76 mRegHouse, Main Street, Doon86 mRegHouse, Main Street, Doon98 mRegConvent of Mercy (church / chapel)101 mRegHouse, Main Street, Doon113 mRegT. Hayes133 mRegHouse, Main Street, Doon135 mRegHouse, Main Street, Doon144 m

Questions about N. Rainsford

Is N. Rainsford on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 21809009).

Can you visit N. Rainsford?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was N. Rainsford built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1870–1890.

Is N. Rainsford 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).