- Address
- The Green, Birr
- Type
- Church / chapel
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14819091
Avoca
The Green, Birr
About Avoca
The National Inventory rates Avoca Regional, one of 295 in Birr. Avoca dates from 1830–1870. 198 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This attractive hall or meeting house, nestled between houses, stands out in the domestic streetscape. The façade is enlivened by a stained glass window and modestly designed side porch.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819091 · 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 · 14819091↗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
Birr · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
32 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 14
Recorded churches around Birr
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. Closest of all: Saint Paul's Church (Reynagh), Banagher, 11 km away. The farthest is Saint Joseph's Catholic Church in Toomevara, 29 km away.
Questions about Avoca
Is Avoca on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14819091).
Can you visit Avoca?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Avoca built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1830–1870.
Is Avoca 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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