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Regional rating (NIAH)
1850–1890
Address
Emmet Street, Birr
Type
House
NIAH reg. no.
14819014
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Hamilton House

Emmet Street, Birr

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 295 rated Regional in Birr
HHouseBBuilt 1850–1890
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗

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

About

About Hamilton House

The National Inventory rates Hamilton House Regional, one of 295 in Birr. Its record dates Hamilton House to 1850–1890. 220 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

These houses, located to the south of Emmet Street, close to the entrance to Emmet Square, form a compact group of structures, which compliment each other in their design and form. The most striking feature of these structures is the fenestration.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819014 · 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 · 14819014↗

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. 1Hamilton HouseStart here
  2. 2Birr Methodist ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Oxmantown HallRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  4. 4Walcot CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  5. 5Saint Brendan's Masonic Lodge 163Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Farther afield
Heritage HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mTownsend HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mSaint Brendan's ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)300 mGate lodge, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 mDemesne walls, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 mGate lodge, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 m
Around it

64 within 150 m

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

RegCumberland House16 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, Emmet Street, Birr24 mRegHouse, 3 Emmet Street, Birr25 mRegHouse, 5 Emmet Street, Birr29 mRegBallin Valley32 mRegOrmond House34 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, Birr39 mRegThe Midland Mineral Water Company41 mRegHouse, 11 Emmet Street, Birr47 mRegJ.J. Murphy and Sons49 mRegHouse, 10 Emmet Street, Birr52 mRegCumberland Column53 mRegBirr Post Office55 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, John's Place, Birr63 mRegHouse, 16 Emmet Street, Birr64 mRegHouse, 17 Emmet Street, Birr71 mRegHouse, 20 Emmet Street, Birr80 mRegCoaching inn, Emmet Square, John's Place, Birr87 m
Show the other 46
RegHouse, Emmet Square, Birr88 mRegHouse, The Green, Birr89 mRegHouse, Emmet Square, Birr90 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Emmet Square, Birr90 mRegHouse, John's Place, Birr91 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Emmet Square, Birr92 mRegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr95 mRegHouse, John's Place, Birr96 mRegAllied Irish Bank100 mRegBirr Methodist Church101 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr102 mRegHouse, John's Place, Birr103 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr104 mRegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr107 mRegHouse, John's Place, Birr108 mRegHouse, 4 John's Place, Birr115 mRegVianney116 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr116 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr117 mRegHouse, 27 Emmet Street, Birr120 mRegHouse, 2 John's Mall, Birr120 mRegHouse, 3 John's Place, Birr121 mRegJ.J. Hanniffy and Sons127 mRegHouse, 29 Emmet Street, Birr128 mRegHouse, 2 John's Place, Birr128 mRegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr128 mRegHouse, 19 O'Connell Street, Birr129 mRegHouse, shop, Connaught Street, Birr129 mRegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr130 mRegHouse, 3 John's Mall, Birr131 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr132 mRegHouse, 4 Connaught Street, Birr133 mRegHouse, The Green, Birr133 mRegHouse, The Green, Birr136 mRegGates, Emmet Street, Birr137 mRegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr139 mRegHouse, 1 Emmet Street, Oxmantown Mall, Birr143 mRegHouse, The Green, Birr143 mRegHouse, 4 John's Mall, Birr143 mRegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr143 mRegNolans145 mRegOxmantown Hall145 mRegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr146 mRegHouse, 11 Connaught Street, Birr147 mRegSexton's house, Oxmantown Mall, Birr147 mRegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr148 m
More like it

Houses on the record near Birr

Closest of all: Birr Castle, Birr, 300 m away. All 8 are pictured and 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 · 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 Hamilton House

Is Hamilton House on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 14819014).

Can you visit Hamilton House?

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

When was Hamilton House built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1850–1890.

Is Hamilton 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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