- Type
- Farm house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14926004
Ard House
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Ard House
Ard House is one of 20 buildings in Geashill the National Inventory rates Regional. Ard House dates from 1650–1750.
Ard House is an important surviving example of a large late seventeenth-century/early eighteenth-century farmhouse in Ireland. Hidden away on the quiet country road south of Geashill, this wonderful early farmhouse retains many original features that contribute to its architectural importance.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14926004 · 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 · 14926004↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Ard House
Geashill
Geashill Garda Síochána StationRegional rating (NIAH)3 kmMore houses on the record near Geashill
Charleville Castle in Mucklagh is the nearest, at 14 km. The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Abbeyleix Courthouse in Abbeyleix is the farthest, at 33 km.
Questions about Ard House
Is Ard House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14926004).
Can you visit Ard House?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Ard House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1650–1750.
Is Ard 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).
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).