- Address
- Bective Street, Kells
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14313096
Bella Vista
Bective Street, Kells
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Bella Vista
The National Inventory rates Bella Vista Regional, one of 80 in Kells. Its record dates Bella Vista to 1880–1900. 20 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This house is a positive and notable addition to the streetscape. The architectural form of the building is enhanced by the retention of many original features and materials, such as the timber sash windows, timber porch, slate roofs, ridge cresting and red brick chimneystacks.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14313096 · 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 · 14313096↗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
Kells · about 800 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Bella VistaStart here
- 2Kells Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3Kells Post OfficeRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
- 4Kells Market Yard (market house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Gates, Saint Columba's Church (Kells) (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
6 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Kells: more houses on the record
Start with Killua Castle in Clonmellon, 10 km away. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Ardee Castle in Ardee is the farthest, at 27 km.
Questions about Bella Vista
Is Bella Vista on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14313096).
Can you visit Bella Vista?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Bella Vista built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1880–1900.
Is Bella Vista 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).