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Regional rating (NIAH)
1860–1900
Address
Ballycumber Road, Clara
Type
Worker's house
NIAH reg. no.
14802030
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Grove Cottage

Ballycumber Road, Clara

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 52 rated Regional in Clara
WWorker's houseBBuilt 1860–1900
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗

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

About

About Grove Cottage

The National Inventory rates Grove Cottage Regional, one of 52 in Clara. Grove Cottage dates from 1860–1900. 9 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

One of a pair of experimental houses built by the Goodbody family as housing for their workforce.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14802030 · 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 · 14802030↗

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 20 minutes

Clara · about 1 km on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Grove CottageStart here
  2. 2Clashawaun Works (mill (tread))Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Corkhill HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
  4. 4Clara HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
  5. 5LisieuxRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
Farther afield
UryRegional rating (NIAH)300 mClara Railway Station (water tower)Regional rating (NIAH)400 mClara Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH)500 mErrymill CottageRegional rating (NIAH)500 mBrosna VillaRegional rating (NIAH)600 mThomas DalyRegional rating (NIAH)700 m
Around it

4 within 150 m

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

RegRosslyn8 mRegClashawaun Works (factory)77 mRegClashawaun Works (mill (tread))122 mRegPost box, Ballycumber Road, Clara145 m
More like it

Near Clara: more houses on the record

Charleville Castle in Mucklagh is the nearest, at 11 km. Within 40 km, 7 have a photo. Maryville in Portlaoise is the farthest, at 40 km.

Charleville CastleMucklagh · 11 km away
Gallen PrioryFerbane · 16 km away
Belvedere HouseMullingar · 23 km away
House, The Green, GeashillGeashill · 23 km away
House, The Green, GeashillGeashill · 23 km away
Birr CastleBirr · 33 km away
MaryvillePortlaoise · 40 km away

Questions about Grove Cottage

Is Grove Cottage on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 14802030).

Can you visit Grove Cottage?

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

When was Grove Cottage built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1860–1900.

Is Grove Cottage 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).