- Address
- Kilbeggan Road, Clara
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14802008
Drayton Villa
Kilbeggan Road, Clara
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Drayton Villa
Drayton Villa is one of 52 buildings in Clara the National Inventory rates Regional. Drayton Villa dates from 1845–1855. 13 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Once the home of a member of the prosperous Goodbody family, this well proportioned house retains much of its original fabric including hornless timber sash windows.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14802008 · 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 · 14802008↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 3 historic places in about 10 minutes
Clara · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Drayton VillaStart here
- 2Saint Brigid's ConventRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3Beechmount HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
Recorded houses around Clara
Charleville Castle in Mucklagh is the nearest, at 10 km. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. The farthest is Portlaoise Courthouse in Portlaoise, 40 km away.
Questions about Drayton Villa
Is Drayton Villa on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14802008).
Can you visit Drayton Villa?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Drayton Villa built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1845–1855.
Is Drayton Villa 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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