- Address
- Dublin Road, Thurles
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 22312067
Mount Saint Benedict
Dublin Road, Thurles
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Mount Saint Benedict
Mount Saint Benedict is one of 102 buildings in Thurles the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Mount Saint Benedict to 1935–1940. 2 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This house is of apparent architectural design with an unusual ground plan with radiating bays, designed to allow for maximum sunlight throughout the day.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 22312067 · 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 · 22312067↗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 20 minutes
Thurles · about 1 km on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Mount Saint BenedictStart here
- 2InnisfailRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
- 3Saint Mary's Church (Thurles)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
- 4School, Presentation ConventRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
- 5Ursuline ConventRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Catholic Cathedral of the AssumptionNational rating (NIAH)1 kmRecorded houses around Thurles
Start with The Warhouse in The Commons, 20 km away. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. The list reaches “House, Lower Bridge Street, Mill Lane” in Callan, 31 km away.
Questions about Mount Saint Benedict
Is Mount Saint Benedict on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 22312067).
Can you visit Mount Saint Benedict?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Mount Saint Benedict built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1935–1940.
Is Mount Saint Benedict 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).