- Address
- Elphin Street, Strokestown
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 31811017
Lawless
Elphin Street, Strokestown
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Lawless
Lawless is one of 29 buildings in Strokestown the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Lawless to 1830–1870. 26 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The vitrolite shopfront to this house is a particularly striking feature within the streetscape. The contrasting Vitrolite, tiles and metallic dressings create an attractive design.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 31811017 · 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 · 31811017↗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 10 minutes
Strokestown · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1LawlessStart here
- 2Hartland HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Corcoran BrothersRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Forde and SonsRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Strokestown CourthouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
Strokestown Park House (country house)National rating (NIAH)400 m
Strokestown Park House (stables)Regional rating (NIAH)400 mSaint John's Church (Bumlin)Regional rating (NIAH)500 mGraveyard, Convent of MercyRegional rating (NIAH)500 mStrokestown Park House (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH)500 m9 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Houses on the record near Strokestown
Start with Strokestown Park House in Strokestown, 200 m away. There are 6 with photos within 40 km. In Strokestown itself there are 2 of the 6.
Questions about Lawless
Is Lawless on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 31811017).
Can you visit Lawless?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Lawless built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1830–1870.
Is Lawless 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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