- Type
- Country house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14936009
Lettybrook House
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Lettybrook House
The National Inventory rates Lettybrook House Regional, one of 16 in Kinnitty. Its record dates Lettybrook House to 1720–1760.
Lettybrook House is a wonderful example of Irish early eighteenth-century domestic architecture. The scale and form of the house is typical of the period and architectural motifs used in its styling were popular and much used in Palladian architecture.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14936009 · 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 · 14936009↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Lettybrook House
Kinnitty
Kinnitty CrossArchaeological monument (SMR)1.3 kmKinnitty Castle (bridge)Regional rating (NIAH)1.3 kmKinnitty Castle (country house)National rating (NIAH)1.3 kmRecorded houses around Kinnitty
Birr Castle in Birr is the nearest, at 15 km. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. At the edge of the list, 28 km away: “House, 106 Main Street, Well Road”, Portlaoise.
Questions about Lettybrook House
Is Lettybrook House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14936009).
Can you visit Lettybrook House?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Lettybrook House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1720–1760.
Is Lettybrook 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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