The Old Forge
Also known as Enniskerry Forge
Forge Road, Enniskerry
About The Old Forge
The Old Forge is one of 54 buildings in Enniskerry the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates The Old Forge to 1850–1860. 47 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Granite-built blacksmith’s forge of 1855 which picks up some of the Tudoresque elements favoured in much of Enniskerry’s buildings as well as including the typical forge ‘horseshoe’ doorway; forms a memorable grouping with the neighbouring matching blacksmith’s house.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 16302050 · 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 · 16302050↗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
Enniskerry · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1The Old ForgeStart here
- 2Hall of the Ancient Order of HiberiansRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Enniskerry LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4
Saint Patrick's Church (Powerscourt)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on - 5The RectoryRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
13 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Like it: recorded buildings near Enniskerry
Bray Railway Station in Bray is the nearest, at 4.8 km. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. Hendrons in Phibsborough is the farthest, at 19 km.
Questions about The Old Forge
Is The Old Forge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 16302050).
Can you visit The Old Forge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was The Old Forge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1850–1860.
Is The Old Forge 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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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