- Address
- Moorpark Street, Birr
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14819116
The Monastery
Moorpark Street, Birr
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About The Monastery
The National Inventory rates The Monastery Regional, one of 295 in Birr. Its record dates The Monastery to 1780–1820. 72 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This striking detached house, and later monastery, retains its original elegance through the survival of much original fabric, including as the six-over-six sash windows and ruled-and-lined render. A formal architectural design is apparent throughout, demonstrated by the fine entrance and intricate cast-iron railings.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819116 · 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 · 14819116↗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
Birr · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
4 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Like it: recorded houses near Birr
1 of the 8 are in Birr itself. Start with Birr Castle in Birr, 500 m away. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km.
Questions about The Monastery
Is The Monastery on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14819116).
Can you visit The Monastery?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was The Monastery built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1780–1820.
Is The Monastery 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).