- Address
- Birr
- Type
- Distillery
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14819235
The Old Distillery
Birr
About The Old Distillery
The National Inventory rates The Old Distillery Regional, one of 295 in Birr. The Old Distillery dates from 1800–1810. 30 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This substantial distillery, with four three-storey ranges surrounding an enclosed courtyard, was established in 1805 by R & S Wallace and was destroyed by fire in 1889. Today it continues to be an important and imposing structure within the townscape of Birr.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819235 · 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 · 14819235↗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
- 1The Old DistilleryStart here
- 2New MillRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Reviersdale HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 4RodeenRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 5Third Earl of Rosse MonumentRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
John's HallRegional rating (NIAH)500 mThe Rectory (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH)500 m6 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Birr: more buildings on the record
Closest of all: Cloghjordan Railway Station, Cloughjordan, 19 km away. Within 40 km, 6 have a photo. Ballinasloe Railway Station in Ballinasloe is the farthest, at 35 km.
Questions about The Old Distillery
Is The Old Distillery on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14819235).
Can you visit The Old Distillery?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was The Old Distillery built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1810.
Is The Old Distillery 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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