- Address
- Kilbeggan Road, Clara
- Type
- School
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14802013
Beechmount House
Also known as Beechmount House schoolroom
Kilbeggan Road, Clara
About Beechmount House
Beechmount House is one of 52 buildings in Clara the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Beechmount House to 1870–1910. 2 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This small corrugated-iron structure was built as a school room for the children of the Goodbody family, who lived in Beechmount House during the nineteenth century. The house itself was built in 1786 and is situated in its own extensive grounds.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14802013 · 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 · 14802013↗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 15 minutes
Clara · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
Public buildings on the record near Clara
The nearest is Tullamore Post Office in Tullamore, 10 km away. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Saint Mary's Christian Brothers School in Portlaoise is the farthest, at 39 km.
Questions about Beechmount House
Is Beechmount House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14802013).
Can you visit Beechmount House?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Beechmount House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1870–1910.
Is Beechmount 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) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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