- Address
- Banagher
- Type
- Lock keeper's house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 30410907
Canal House
Banagher
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Canal House
Canal House is one of 31 buildings in Banagher the National Inventory rates Regional. Canal House dates from 1750–1760. 9 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
A lock keeper's house designed by the engineer Thomas Omer as part of improvement works on the River Shannon and the adjoining stretch of, now partly infilled, canal. The simple house is given an architectural presence by the large round-headed recesses to two elevations.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 30410907 · 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 · 30410907↗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
Banagher · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
4 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Houses on the record near Banagher
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. The nearest is Birr Castle in Birr, 12 km away. Farthest out is Nenagh Courthouse, Nenagh, 39 km away.
Questions about Canal House
Is Canal House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 30410907).
Can you visit Canal House?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Canal House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1750–1760.
Is Canal House 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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