Survey Data

Reg No

11505332


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Scientific, Social


Previous Name

Athy Market House


Original Use

Market house


In Use As

Town/county hall


Date

1740 - 1755


Coordinates

268332, 193887


Date Recorded

09/07/1996


Date Updated

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Description

Early Georgian market and court house, c. 1745, originally two-storey T-plan, with open arcade. Extended to front and rear c. 1800, raised a storey in 1913, with structural alterations. Rear altered 1970, rebuilding and restoration 1983-1990, with most features repaired, replaced and replicated. Now in civic, fire brigade and library use.