- Address
- Montevideo Road, Roscrea
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 22401204
Beechmount
Montevideo Road, Roscrea
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Beechmount
Beechmount is one of 62 buildings in Roscrea the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Beechmount to 1760–1800.
Set in a mature landscape, this house retains much of its original form which is enhanced by features and materials such as the timber sash windows, limestone sills and slate roof. The doorcase is notable for its decorative surround of Ionic pilasters with entablature supporting an ornate fanlight.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 22401204 · 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 · 22401204↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Beechmount
Roscrea
Other recorded houses around Roscrea
The nearest is Busherstown House in Moneygall, 11 km away. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. At the edge of the list, 34 km away: Gallen Priory, Ferbane.
Questions about Beechmount
Is Beechmount on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 22401204).
Can you visit Beechmount?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Beechmount built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1760–1800.
Is Beechmount 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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