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Regional rating (NIAH)

1820–1860

Address: Townsend Street, Birr
Type: House
NIAH reg. no.: 14819058

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Regional rating (NIAH)

Townsend House

Townsend Street, Birr

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 295 rated Regional in Birr

HHouseBBuilt 1820–1860

DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗

Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Townsend House

Townsend House is one of 295 buildings in Birr the National Inventory rates Regional. Townsend House dates from 1820–1860. 143 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

Though altered over the passing of time, this well proportioned house retains its original symmetry. The fine stone door surround and the integral carriage arch enliven the plain façade.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819058 · 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 · 14819058↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes

Birr · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies

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Farther afield

Cumberland HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 m Ormond HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 m WalcotRegional rating (NIAH)300 m

Birr Post OfficeRegional rating (NIAH)300 m Beech VillaRegional rating (NIAH)300 m J.J. Murphy and SonsRegional rating (NIAH)300 m

Around it

33 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegPost box, Glebe Street, Birr25 m RegHouse, Townsend Street, Birr25 m RegBrendan House33 m RegHouse, 1 Cumberland Terrace, Emmet Street, Birr34 m RegHouse, Townsend Street, Birr36 m RegHouse, 2 Cumberland Terrace, Emmet Street, Birr38 m RegHouse, 3 Cumberland Terrace, Emmet Street, Birr44 m RegBuilding, Cumberland Terrace, Emmet Street, Birr52 m RegHouse, Cumberland Terrace, Emmet Street, Birr60 m RegHouse, Townsend Street, Birr61 m RegHouse, Cumberland Terrace, Emmet Street, Birr71 m RegHouse, Townsend Street, Birr74 m RegElectricity substation, Glebe Street, Birr79 m RegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr82 m RegSaint Brendan's Church (Birr)83 m RegBirr Courthouse86 m RegSchool, Glebe Street, Birr93 m RegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr97 m

Show the other 15

RegHouse, 16 Oxmantown Mall, Birr98 m RegHouse, Townsend Street, Birr102 m RegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr109 m RegHouse, 15 Oxmantown Mall, Birr109 m RegHouse, 1 Emmet Street, Oxmantown Mall, Birr113 m RegThe Rectory (gate lodge)115 m RegSexton's house, Oxmantown Mall, Birr118 m RegHouse, 14 Oxmantown Mall, Birr119 m RegGates, Emmet Street, Birr122 m RegHouse, Emmet Street, Birr126 m RegHouse, 13 Oxmantown Mall, Birr131 m RegHouse, 29 Emmet Street, Birr133 m RegVianney140 m RegHouse, 27 Emmet Street, Birr141 m RegHouse, 12 Oxmantown Mall, Birr147 m

More like it

Recorded houses around Birr

1 of the 8 are in Birr itself. The nearest is Birr Castle in Birr, 500 m away. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km.

Damer HouseRoscrea · 18 km away

Gallen PrioryFerbane · 19 km away

Portumna Union WorkhousePortumna · 21 km away

Busherstown HouseMoneygall · 23 km away

Charleville CastleMucklagh · 31 km away

Prison governor's house, O'Rahilly Street, NenaghNenagh · 32 km away

Nenagh CourthouseNenagh · 32 km away

Birr CastleBirr · 500 m away

Questions about Townsend House

Is Townsend House on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 14819058).

Can you visit Townsend House?

Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.

When was Townsend House built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1820–1860.

Is Townsend 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).