- Address
- Melsop Street, Birr
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14819054
Beech Villa
Melsop Street, Birr
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Beech Villa
Beech Villa is one of 295 buildings in Birr the National Inventory rates Regional. Beech Villa dates from 1840–1880. 28 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The retention of early fabric and materials enriches the pleasant façade of Beech Villa. The house exhibits simple design elements and well executed craftsmanship, demonstrated at the entrance with its fluted pilasters, sidelights, overlight and timber panelled door.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819054 · 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 · 14819054↗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
- 1Beech VillaStart here
- 2Birr CourthouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3Brendan HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4VianneyRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Hamilton HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Saint Brendan's Church (Birr)Regional rating (NIAH)400 m
Oxmantown SchoolRegional rating (NIAH)400 m
Birr Methodist ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)400 m2 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Birr: more houses on the record
Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. Closest of all: Birr Castle, Birr, 800 m away. Birr holds 1 of these 8.
Questions about Beech Villa
Is Beech Villa on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14819054).
Can you visit Beech Villa?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Beech Villa built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1840–1880.
Is Beech Villa 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).