- Address
- O'Growney Street, Athboy
- Type
- Presbytery / parochial / curate's house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14324004
Saint James's
O'Growney Street, Athboy
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Saint James's
Saint James's is one of 35 buildings in Athboy the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Saint James's to 1865–1870. 10 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Although many of the original features and materials of this house have been replaced, it retains eaves dentils, an imposing segmental-arched door opening, and interior plasterwork. The setting of the house is enhanced by the stone outbuildings to the rear.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14324004 · 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 · 14324004↗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
Athboy · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
2 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Other recorded houses around Athboy
Killua Castle in Clonmellon is the nearest, at 6.4 km. There are 8 with photos within 40 km. Farthest out is Belvedere House, Mullingar, 33 km away.
Questions about Saint James's
Is Saint James's on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14324004).
Can you visit Saint James's?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Saint James's built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1865–1870.
Is Saint James's 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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