- Address
- Riverstown
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 22400517
Riverstown House
Riverstown, Birr
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Riverstown House
Riverstown House is one of 295 buildings in Birr the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Riverstown House to 1760–1790. 4 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The landmark building in the village, this house has retained many original features such as small-pane sash windows, cut-stone door surround and lime render, which help to maintain the original character of the house.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 22400517 · 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 · 22400517↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Birr · about 200 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Riverstown HouseStart here
- 2Castle ViewRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
2 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Birr: more houses on the record
Closest of all: Birr Castle, Birr, 1.4 km away. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. In Birr itself there are 1 of the 8.
Questions about Riverstown House
Is Riverstown House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 22400517).
Can you visit Riverstown House?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Riverstown House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1760–1790.
Is Riverstown 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).