- Address
- 5 Esplanade Terrace, Strand Road, Bray
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 16301017
Bella Vista
5 Esplanade Terrace, Strand Road, Bray
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Bella Vista
The National Inventory rates Bella Vista Regional, one of 318 in Bray. Bella Vista dates from 1880–1900. 81 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Memorable, late Victorian eclectic, house which makes a unique contribution to the sea front.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 16301017 · 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 · 16301017↗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
Bray · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
15 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Other recorded houses around Bray
Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. Start with Powerscourt House in Enniskerry, 6.2 km away. Hell Fire Club in Firhouse is the farthest, at 17 km.
Questions about Bella Vista
Is Bella Vista on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 16301017).
Can you visit Bella Vista?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Bella Vista built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1880–1900.
Is Bella Vista 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).