The National Inventory rates Coláiste Ráithín Regional, one of 318 in Bray. Coláiste Ráithín dates from 1930–1935. 143 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Well preserved, solid and somewhat austere early 1930s technical school with Classical detailing, which together with equally austere library building at the other end of the block, adds a certain gravitas to the streetscape of Florence Road.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 16301207 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. Start with “School, Main Street” in Rathfarnham, 16 km away. Farthest out is Andrew Street Post Office, Temple Bar, 19 km away.
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Coláiste Ráithín built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1930–1935.
Is Coláiste Ráithín 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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