- Address
- 8 Compton Row, Birr
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14819218
House, 8 Compton Row, Birr
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About House, 8 Compton Row, Birr
The National Inventory rates House, 8 Compton Row, Birr Regional, one of 295 in Birr. Its record dates House, 8 Compton Row, Birr to 1810–1840. 94 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Situated directly on Compton Row, this charming cottage, though small in stature, retains some notable architectural features. Red brick surrounds to each opening and the finely carved bargeboards add colour and texture to the house's exterior.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819218 · 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 · 14819218↗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
8 Compton Row, Birr, Birr · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1House, 8 Compton Row, BirrStart here
- 2RodeenRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Third Earl of Rosse MonumentRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Ozanam HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5
Saint Brendan's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
25 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Like it: recorded houses near Birr
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Just 700 m away stands Birr Castle, in Birr. Birr holds 1 of these 8.
Questions about House, 8 Compton Row, Birr
Is House, 8 Compton Row, Birr on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14819218).
Can you visit House, 8 Compton Row, Birr?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was House, 8 Compton Row, Birr built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1810–1840.
Is House, 8 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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