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Regional rating (NIAH)

1800–1840

Address: Wilmer Road, Birr
Type: House
NIAH reg. no.: 14819184

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Regional rating (NIAH)

Wilmer House

Wilmer Road, Birr

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

HHouseBBuilt 1800–1840

DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗

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

About

About Wilmer House

The National Inventory rates Wilmer House Regional, one of 295 in Birr. Its record dates Wilmer House to 1800–1840. 218 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

This well proportioned and modestly designed house is enhanced by the retention of many original features, such as its timber sash windows and ornate entrance. The composition of its door surround exhibits skilled craftsmanship and adds to the visual appearance of the façade.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14819184 · 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 · 14819184↗

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 10 minutes

Birr · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies

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Around it

54 within 150 m

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

RegHouse, Wilmer Road, Birr11 m RegJohn Grimes13 m RegP.L. Dolan and Sons (house)23 m RegMolloys Bar28 m RegHouse, John's Place, Wilmer Road, Birr29 m RegHouse, 11 Connaught Street, Birr42 m RegHouse, John's Place, Birr46 m RegHouse, 2 John's Place, Birr46 m RegHouse, 4 Connaught Street, Birr47 m RegOzanam House50 m RegHouse, 3 John's Place, Birr53 m RegHouse, 4 John's Place, Birr60 m RegJ.J. Hanniffy and Sons63 m RegHouse, John's Place, Birr64 m RegHouse, John's Place, Birr67 m RegHouse, John's Place, Birr72 m RegGates, John's Place, Birr72 m RegThird Earl of Rosse Monument72 m

Show the other 36

RegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr73 m RegHouse, 3 John's Mall, Birr74 m RegHouse, 2 John's Mall, Birr75 m RegHouse, 4 John's Mall, Birr75 m RegNolans79 m RegHouse, 5 John's Mall, Birr80 m RegHouse, John's Place, Birr80 m RegHouse, 16 John's Place, Birr82 m RegAllied Irish Bank82 m RegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr86 m RegHouse, John's Place, Birr87 m RegHouse, shop, Connaught Street, Birr90 m RegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr93 m RegChurch, John's Place, Birr96 m RegJohn's Hall97 m RegHouse, Connaught Street, Birr100 m RegCoaching inn, Emmet Square, John's Place, Birr102 m RegHouse, Emmet Square, John's Place, Birr113 m RegPresbytery, 6 John's Mall, Birr113 m RegBirr Post Office119 m RegHouse, 7 John's Mall, Birr127 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Emmet Square, Birr129 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr130 m RegHouse, Connaught Street, Mill Street, Birr131 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr132 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr136 m RegHouse, John's Place, Birr137 m RegHouse, 3 Connaught Street, Birr138 m RegHouse, 8 John's Mall, Birr139 m RegSaint John's Convent of Mercy140 m RegOrmond House141 m RegCumberland Column143 m RegHouse, 2 Connaught Street, Birr143 m RegHouse, 4 John's Place, Birr146 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Emmet Square, Birr148 m RegHouse, O'Connell Street, Birr150 m

More like it

Other recorded houses around Birr

Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. Closest of all: Birr Castle, Birr, 400 m away. 1 of the 8 are in Birr itself.

Damer HouseRoscrea · 17 km away

Gallen PrioryFerbane · 20 km away

Portumna Union WorkhousePortumna · 21 km away

Busherstown HouseMoneygall · 22 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 · 400 m away

Questions about Wilmer House

Is Wilmer House on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 14819184).

Can you visit Wilmer House?

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

When was Wilmer House built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1840.

Is Wilmer 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).