- Address
- 2 Compton Row, Birr
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14819224
House, 2 Compton Row, Birr
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About House, 2 Compton Row, Birr
House, 2 Compton Row, Birr is one of 295 buildings in Birr the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates House, 2 Compton Row, Birr to 1810–1840. 71 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This simple, but attractive structure combines with its neighbours to form a row of identical houses. Although modest in design, attention to detailing is apparent in the building's façade through its carved timber canopy.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819224 · 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 · 14819224↗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 15 minutes
2 Compton Row, Birr, Birr · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
16 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Houses on the record near Birr
Birr Castle in Birr is the nearest, at 700 m. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. In Birr itself there are 1 of the 8.
Questions about House, 2 Compton Row, Birr
Is House, 2 Compton Row, Birr on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14819224).
Can you visit House, 2 Compton Row, Birr?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was House, 2 Compton Row, Birr built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1810–1840.
Is House, 2 Compton Row, Birr 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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