- Type
- Folly
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14908007
Belview Tower
About Belview Tower
Belview Tower is one of 52 buildings in Clara the National Inventory rates Regional. Belview Tower dates from 1810–1820.
Belview Tower was built as a folly to Belview House, which now remains in a ruinous state. The tower is located within the Kilclare Demesne and was built on a height, commanding views of its surrounding countryside.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14908007 · 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 · 14908007↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Belview Tower
Clara
Recorded buildings around Clara
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. The nearest is “Handball alley, Fair Green” in Killeigh, 15 km away. Blundell Aqueduct in Edenderry is the farthest, at 34 km.
Questions about Belview Tower
Is Belview Tower on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14908007).
Can you visit Belview Tower?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Belview Tower built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1810–1820.
Is Belview Tower 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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