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Regional rating (NIAH)
1855–1860
Address
Wine Street, Sligo
Type
Office
NIAH reg. no.
32007015
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Shell House

Wine Street, Sligo

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 289 rated Regional in Sligo
OOfficeBBuilt 1855–1860
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗
About

About Shell House

Shell House is one of 289 buildings in Sligo the National Inventory rates Regional. Shell House dates from 1855–1860. 168 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

This prominent, well-maintained and individualistic building, with its unusually squat second floor windows, attracts the eye when viewed from the east or west ends of Wine Street. The moulded details (including dated keystone) and surviving sash windows on the west gable, enrich the streetscape.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 32007015 · 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 · 32007015↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

Sligo · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Shell HouseStart here
  2. 2Astoria HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3MacDiarmada Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  4. 4SoratoRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  5. 5GlenvilleRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
Farther afield
Homeleigh HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mAssumpta HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mHyde Bridge HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mThe BeehiveRegional rating (NIAH)300 mKazelainRegional rating (NIAH)300 mCathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint John the BaptistNational rating (NIAH)300 m
Around it

31 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegCork House10 mRegHouse, 4 Wine Street, Sligo17 mRegHouse, 2 Wine Street, Sligo23 mRegHouse, 17 Wine Street, Sligo25 mRegHouse, 6 Wine Street, Sligo26 mRegHouse, 43 Wine Street, Sligo30 mRegHouse, 8 Wine Street, Sligo33 mRegInnisfree35 mRegPost box, Wine Street, Sligo37 mRegHouse, 45 Wine Street, Sligo41 mRegHouse, 1 Wine Street, Union Street, Sligo42 mRegPollexfen House48 mRegHouse, 46 Wine Street, Sligo48 mRegHouse, Wine Street, Sligo54 mRegHouse, Wine Street, Sligo60 mRegHouse, 1 Wine Street, Sligo69 mRegWeston House72 mRegThe Manse (house)81 m
Show the other 13
RegSligo Methodist Church90 mRegHotel, Wine Street, Sligo103 mRegStore, Union Street, Sligo (store / warehouse)105 mRegStore, Union Street, Sligo (store / warehouse)114 mRegHouse, 1 Lord Edward Street, Sligo115 mRegHouse, 2 Lord Edward Street, Sligo122 mRegStore, Union Street, Sligo (store / warehouse)122 mRegHouse, 3 Lord Edward Street, Joe Banks Road, Sligo127 mRegHouse, 1 Union Place, Sligo134 mRegHouse, 2 Union Place, Sligo136 mRegAstoria House138 mRegHouse, 4 Union Place, Sligo140 mRegStore, Union Street, Lynn's Place, Sligo147 m
More like it

Other recorded public buildings around Sligo

Start with Sligo Town Hall in Sligo, 200 m away. Within 40 km, 6 have a photo.

Sligo Town HallSligo · 200 m away
Sligo Post OfficeSligo · 200 m away
Ulster BankSligo · 300 m away
The ModelSligo · 700 m away
Sligo Regional HospitalSligo · 900 m away
Saint Columba's HospitalSligo · 1.5 km away

Questions about Shell House

Is Shell House on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 32007015).

Can you visit Shell House?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was Shell House built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1855–1860.

Is Shell 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).