- Address
- Herbert Road, Bray
- Type
- Rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 16400809
The Old Rectory
Herbert Road, Bray
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About The Old Rectory
The National Inventory rates The Old Rectory Regional, one of 318 in Bray. Its record dates The Old Rectory to 1860–1880. 2 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This well preserved former rectory has been well altered over the years, and adds considerable variety and interest to the streetscape.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 16400809 · 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 · 16400809↗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
Bray · about 1.1 km on foot, as the crow flies















Recorded houses around Bray
Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. Closest of all: Powerscourt House, Enniskerry, 4 km away. At the edge of the list, 15 km away: Rathfarnham Castle, Rathfarnham.








Questions about The Old Rectory
Is The Old Rectory on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 16400809).
Can you visit The Old Rectory?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was The Old Rectory built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1860–1880.
Is The Old Rectory 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).
