- Address
- Compton Row, Birr
- Type
- Post box
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14819238
Post box, Compton Row, Birr
About Post box, Compton Row, Birr
Post box, Compton Row, Birr is one of 295 buildings in Birr the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Post box, Compton Row, Birr to 1880–1900. 73 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This post box, set within the wall on the side of Newbridge Street, is modest in its form and design. The box is enhanced by its simple V and R lettering and high relief crown motif which add an artistic element to this functional item.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819238 · 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 · 14819238↗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
Compton Row, Birr, Birr · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Post box, Compton Row, BirrStart here
- 2RodeenRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 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
17 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Post box, Compton Row, Birr
Is Post box, Compton Row, Birr on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14819238).
Can you visit Post box, Compton Row, Birr?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Post box, Compton Row, Birr built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1880–1900.
Is Post box, 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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