- Address
- Birr
- Type
- Weir
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14819261
Weir, Birr
About Weir, Birr
Weir, Birr is one of 295 buildings in Birr the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Weir, Birr to 1850–1890. 143 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
There may originally have been some waterfall at this site, near where a succession of bridges stood, until each were washed away in floods.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819261 · 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 · 14819261↗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, Birr · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Weir, BirrStart here
- 2Saint Brendan's ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3R.J. BarberRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4BowesRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5H.J. HavertyRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
Building misc, Birr CastleNational rating (NIAH)300 mFoot bridge, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 mWorker's house, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 mHydroelectric power station, Birr CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 m10 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Buildings on the record near Birr
In Birr itself there are 1 of the 5. Start with “Building misc, Birr Castle” in Birr, 300 m away. All 5 are pictured and within 40 km.
Questions about Weir, Birr
Is Weir, Birr on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14819261).
Can you visit Weir, Birr?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Weir, Birr built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1850–1890.
Is Weir, 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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