- Address
- Bishop's Street, Elphin
- Type
- Convent / nunnery
- NIAH reg. no.
- 31810001
Archbold House
Bishop's Street, Elphin
About Archbold House
The National Inventory rates Archbold House Regional, one of 3 in Elphin. Archbold House dates from 1865–1870. One other place on the record stands within 400 m.
Set within its own mature grounds this former convent was once at the heart of the religious congregation of Elphin. It still serves the community today as a nursing home.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 31810001 · 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 · 31810001↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Elphin · about 300 m on foot, as the crow flies
Recorded churches around Elphin
Start with Costello Memorial Chapel in Carrick-On-Shannon, 13 km away. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Kilmacallan Church in Riverstown is the farthest, at 34 km.
Questions about Archbold House
Is Archbold House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 31810001).
Can you visit Archbold House?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Archbold House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1865–1870.
Is Archbold 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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