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Regional rating (NIAH)
1740–1780
Address
Emmet Square, Emmet Street, Birr
Type
House
NIAH reg. no.
14819001
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Cumberland House

Emmet Square, Emmet Street, Birr

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 295 rated Regional in Birr
HHouseBBuilt 1740–1780
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗

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

About

About Cumberland House

Cumberland House is one of 295 buildings in Birr the National Inventory rates Regional. Cumberland House dates from 1740–1780. 222 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

Facing onto Emmet Square, this large detached house is striking in its masculine style. Decorated with Palladian motifs including Venetian and Diocletian style windows and a surmounting oculus, the house expresses a solid and coherent architectural design.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819001 · 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 · 14819001↗

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. 1Cumberland HouseStart 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
Gate lodge, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 mTownsend HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mGate lodge, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 mDemesne walls, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 mJerro'sRegional rating (NIAH)300 mMirRegional rating (NIAH)300 m
Around it

65 within 150 m

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

RegHamilton House16 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, Emmet Street, Birr24 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, Birr25 mRegJ.J. Murphy and Sons34 mRegOrmond House36 mRegHouse, 3 Emmet Street, Birr38 mRegCumberland Column39 mRegHouse, 5 Emmet Street, Birr44 mRegBallin Valley47 mRegBirr Post Office53 mRegThe Midland Mineral Water Company56 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, John's Place, Birr58 mRegHouse, 11 Emmet Street, Birr63 mRegHouse, 10 Emmet Street, Birr67 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, Birr72 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, Birr74 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Emmet Square, Birr75 mRegHouse, The Green, Birr77 m
Show the other 47
RegCoaching inn, Emmet Square, John's Place, Birr78 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Emmet Square, Birr79 mRegHouse, 16 Emmet Street, Birr80 mRegHouse, John's Place, Birr85 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr87 mRegHouse, 17 Emmet Street, Birr87 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr90 mRegHouse, John's Place, Birr91 mRegHouse, 20 Emmet Street, Birr96 mRegHouse, John's Place, Birr99 mRegAllied Irish Bank101 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr102 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr102 mRegHouse, John's Place, Birr105 mRegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr111 mRegHouse, 4 John's Place, Birr111 mRegHouse, 19 O'Connell Street, Birr114 mRegBirr Methodist Church115 mRegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr117 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr118 mRegHouse, shop, Connaught Street, Birr118 mRegHouse, 3 John's Place, Birr118 mRegJ.J. Hanniffy and Sons120 mRegHouse, The Green, Birr122 mRegHouse, 2 John's Mall, Birr123 mRegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr123 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr124 mRegHouse, 2 John's Place, Birr125 mRegHouse, The Green, Birr127 mRegHouse, 4 Connaught Street, Birr127 mRegVianney131 mRegHouse, The Green, Birr134 mRegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr134 mRegHouse, 3 John's Mall, Birr134 mRegNolans135 mRegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr135 mRegHouse, 27 Emmet Street, Birr135 mRegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr137 mRegHouse, 11 Connaught Street, Birr140 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr141 mRegHouse, 29 Emmet Street, Birr144 mRegHouse, The Green, Birr144 mRegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr145 mRegMolloys Bar147 mRegHouse, 4 John's Mall, Birr147 mRegAvoca148 mRegOxmantown Hall150 m
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Houses on the record near Birr

Just 300 m away stands Birr Castle, in Birr. There are 8 with photos within 40 km. 1 of them, out of 8, are in Birr.

Damer HouseRoscrea · 17 km away
Gallen PrioryFerbane · 19 km away
Portumna Union WorkhousePortumna · 21 km away
Busherstown HouseMoneygall · 22 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 Cumberland House

Is Cumberland House on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 14819001).

Can you visit Cumberland House?

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

When was Cumberland House built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1740–1780.

Is Cumberland 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).

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).