- Type
- Dovecote / pigeon house / aviary
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14908002
Ashmount House
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Ashmount House
The National Inventory rates Ashmount House Regional, one of 52 in Clara. Its record dates Ashmount House to 1780–1820.
This dovecote was originally associated with Ashmount House. It was built in a typical architectural style with pitched sprocketed eaves and openings for the pigeons.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14908002 · 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 · 14908002↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Ashmount House
Clara
Other recorded houses around Clara
Charleville Castle in Mucklagh is the nearest, at 13 km. There are 6 with photos within 40 km. Birr Castle in Birr is the farthest, at 34 km.
Questions about Ashmount House
Is Ashmount House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14908002).
Can you visit Ashmount House?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Ashmount House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1780–1820.
Is Ashmount 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).
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