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Regional rating (NIAH)
1790–1830
Address
Emmet Street, Birr
Type
House
NIAH reg. no.
14819015
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Ballin Valley

Emmet Street, Birr

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 295 rated Regional in Birr
HHouseBBuilt 1790–1830
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗

Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Ballin Valley

Ballin Valley is one of 295 buildings in Birr the National Inventory rates Regional. Ballin Valley dates from 1790–1830. 213 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

This symmetrical early nineteenth-century house retains some typical architectural characteristics of the Georgian town house. Though it has now been altered in both structure and character, and divided into two dwellings, it is still entered by a single flight of imposing stone steps which rise the doors.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819015 · 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 · 14819015↗

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 10 minutes

Birr · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Ballin ValleyStart here
  2. 2Allied Irish BankRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3P.L. Dolan and Sons (house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  4. 4Saint John's Convent of MercyRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  5. 5Oxmantown BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Farther afield
E. WalsheRegional rating (NIAH)300 mO'ConnorRegional rating (NIAH)300 mGate lodge, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 mDemesne walls, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 mThe Rectory (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mSaint Brendan's ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)300 m
Around it

54 within 150 m

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

RegThe Midland Mineral Water Company10 mRegHouse, 10 Emmet Street, Birr20 mRegHouse, 5 Emmet Street, Birr26 mRegHouse, 11 Emmet Street, Birr26 mRegHouse, 3 Emmet Street, Birr29 mRegHamilton House32 mRegHouse, 16 Emmet Street, Birr33 mRegHouse, 17 Emmet Street, Birr44 mRegCumberland House47 mRegHouse, 20 Emmet Street, Birr49 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, Emmet Street, Birr51 mRegOrmond House57 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, Birr65 mRegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr66 mRegBirr Methodist Church69 mRegJ.J. Murphy and Sons77 mRegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr77 mRegBirr Post Office78 m
Show the other 36
RegCumberland Column84 mRegVianney85 mRegHouse, 27 Emmet Street, Birr89 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, John's Place, Birr90 mRegHouse, 29 Emmet Street, Birr97 mRegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr98 mRegGates, Emmet Street, Birr106 mRegHouse, The Green, Birr108 mRegHouse, 1 Emmet Street, Oxmantown Mall, Birr111 mRegSexton's house, Oxmantown Mall, Birr116 mRegAllied Irish Bank116 mRegCoaching inn, Emmet Square, John's Place, Birr116 mRegHouse, John's Place, Birr117 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, Birr119 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, Birr120 mRegHouse, John's Place, Birr121 mRegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr122 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Emmet Square, Birr122 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Emmet Square, Birr124 mRegHouse, John's Place, Birr127 mRegOxmantown Hall128 mRegHouse, John's Place, Birr131 mRegHouse, 2 John's Mall, Birr133 mRegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr134 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr134 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr136 mRegHouse, 4 John's Place, Birr137 mRegHouse, 3 John's Mall, Birr143 mRegHouse, 3 John's Place, Birr143 mRegSaint Brendan's Church (Birr)144 mRegHouse, The Green, Birr146 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr148 mRegHouse, The Green, Birr148 mRegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr149 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr149 mRegHouse, 2 John's Place, Birr149 m
More like it

Like it: recorded houses near Birr

There are 8 with photos within 40 km. The nearest is Birr Castle in Birr, 300 m away. Of these 8, 1 stand in Birr.

Damer HouseRoscrea · 17 km away
Gallen PrioryFerbane · 19 km away
Portumna Union WorkhousePortumna · 21 km away
Busherstown HouseMoneygall · 23 km away
Charleville CastleMucklagh · 31 km away
Prison governor's house, O'Rahilly Street, NenaghNenagh · 32 km away
Nenagh CourthouseNenagh · 32 km away
Birr CastleBirr · 300 m away

Questions about Ballin Valley

Is Ballin Valley on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 14819015).

Can you visit Ballin Valley?

Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.

When was Ballin Valley built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1790–1830.

Is Ballin Valley 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).