- Address
- Main Street, Ferbane
- Type
- Convent / nunnery
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14806004
Saint Joseph's Convent
Main Street, Ferbane
About Saint Joseph's Convent
Saint Joseph's Convent is one of 18 buildings in Ferbane the National Inventory rates Regional. Saint Joseph's Convent dates from 1860–1900. 17 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
As a building of minimal enrichments, the proud stature of this structure makes it an imposing feature within the streetscape of lower Main Street. The simple and austere form of the building is enhanced by surviving features such as the tooled stone window sills and slate roof.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14806004 · 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 · 14806004↗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 20 minutes
Ferbane · about 1 km on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Saint Joseph's ConventStart here
- 2Gallen LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3Ferbane Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 4
Gallen Priory (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on - 5
Gallen Priory (Religious house - Augustinian canons)Archaeological monument (SMR) · 300 m on
8 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Ferbane: more churches on the record
Saint Paul's Church (Reynagh) in Banagher is the nearest, at 14 km. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. The farthest is Saint Anthony's Catholic Church in Athlone, 18 km away.
Questions about Saint Joseph's Convent
Is Saint Joseph's Convent on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14806004).
Can you visit Saint Joseph's Convent?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Saint Joseph's Convent built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1860–1900.
Is Saint Joseph's Convent 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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