- Type
- Gate lodge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14914005
Ballylin House
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Ballylin House
Ballylin House is one of 18 buildings in Ferbane the National Inventory rates Regional. Ballylin House dates from 1810–1850.
The entrance gates and pair of gate lodges to the former Ballylin House form an impressive and elegant entrance to what was by all accounts a very important country house in County Offaly. The entrance gates in particular are notable for their design and are clearly the work of skill craftsmen.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14914005 · 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 · 14914005↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Ballylin House
Ferbane
Near Ferbane: more houses on the record
1 of the 8 are in Ferbane itself. Just 2.6 km away stands Gallen Priory, in Ferbane. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo.
Questions about Ballylin House
Is Ballylin House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14914005).
Can you visit Ballylin House?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Ballylin House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1810–1850.
Is Ballylin 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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