Ardbrack
Townland in the civil parish of Ringcurran, barony of Kinsale, Co. Cork; in Irish An tArd Breac
Parcel 5378694
- Area
- 1,144 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 243 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
- Townland
- Ardbrack
Planning applications on this parcel
15 Apr 2020Conditional
Permission for the demolition of an existing single storey annex to the rear of the existing single storey cottage, for the construction of a new single storey extension to the side, new one and a half storey extension to the rear and a new single storey glazed link to connect the extensions to the existing cottage. Permission is also sought for alterations to existing windows and doors including new rooflight, widening and alteration of existing site entrance, proposed connection to public drainage system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4739
7 Jul 2017Conditional
The construction of a detached two storey dwelling with construction of a detached garage with store area for boats, construction of a car port, connection to existing foul and storm drainage system, a new site entrance with boundary walls and piers, bin and bike store and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5747
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.
- CO112-038001 Graveyard
Description
Graveyard associated with C of I church (CO112-038002-), built in 1743. Graveyard rectangular(c. 90m E-W; c. 45m N-S), with earliest headstones dating from 1750s, still in use. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO112-038002 Church
Description
To N of Summer Cove, at W end of graveyard, in elevated position overlooking Kinsale Harbour to W and S. Built 1743 when act passed 'for removing the site of the parish church of Rincurran' (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 235) (see CO125-008001-); extensively renovated and re-roofed in 1890 (Cole 1903, 103). Gabled rectangular church with tower at W end, transept to N with vestry. Closed for regular worship c. 1990, now opening as 'St. Catherine's Retreat and Christian Education Centre'. Graveyard (CO112-038001-) rectangular(c. 90m E-W; c. 45m N-S), with earliest headstones dating from 1750s, still in use. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 82.8 ha
- 205 acres
- Land parcels
- 265
- registered freehold, median 650 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
265 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardbrack, from 2 m² to 212,337 m² (21.23 ha, 52.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 262 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
23 Jul 2026Invalid - prepare letters
Permission for change of use from garden shed for studio/storage of domestic materials to habitable dwelling under planning and development (Act of 2000) S1-340 of 2026.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1964
25 May 2026Grant with conditions
The construction of a new detached single-storey domestic garage to the front corner of the existing dwelling and associated site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1390
21 Apr 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for alterations to the existing dwelling including the demolition of the two storey bay window extension to the rear, construction of a two storey extension to the rear, and alterations to the existing rear roof, fenestration, and the addition of 3 no. roof lights and all ancillary and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1011
27 Feb 2026Unconditional permission
Permission to reclad existing front and side elevations (north & west) and to replace existing entrance porch roof with a continuous open porch/loggia on the north & west elevations and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0487
19 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission Consequent to the Grant of Outline Permission Ref: 21/06781 at Ringcurran House, Ardbrack, Kinsale, Co. Cork. The development will consist of the construction of a single-storey 3 bed dwelling including garage, utility and plant room, entrance driveway, boundary walls/pillars/gates, landscaping, all utility connections, new pedestrian entrance onto Higher Road and all associated site works.
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 25/5987
13 Jun 2025Unconditional permission
Permission for the installation of 4 No. windows in the gable wall of an existing apartment.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5139
24 Apr 2025Conditional permission
Permission for construction of single storey detached structure for use as a garden study with tea station, shower room and file store, ancillary to main dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4757
12 Feb 2025Conditional permission
Permission to:- 1) Demolish an existing dwelling house and ancillary structures. 2) Construct a new dwelling house to replace the existing dwelling house demolished. 3) Construct a new garage. 4) Alterations to existing vehicular entrance to improve sightlines. 5) New rainwater soakpits. 6) Construct new garden folly to front of house. 7) Ancillary works. 8) All associated site works including services above and below ground.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4196
6 Feb 2025Conditional permission
Permission for 1st floor extension to part of existing dwelling, 2 storey extension with balcony to existing dwelling, alterations to elevations and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4147
21 Jan 2025Incompleted application
Permission for alteration and extension and all associates site work to an existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4058
13 Nov 2024Conditional
Permission for alterations and extensions to the existing dwelling house comprising of 1) demolition of existing front porch and existing rear extension, 2) construction of new front porch extension, new two storey extension to the side, new lower ground floor extension, new ground floor rear extension and first floor rear extension, 3) modifications to existing window & door openings and formation of new window & door openings, 4) new rooflights to the rear of house, 5) new bike and bin store to the front of the dwelling house, 6) services above and below ground, 7) ancillary works and 8) all other associated site works, including boundary wall.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6153
8 Nov 2024Unconditional
Permission for retention of 1) reduction in extension size area by moving wall on the eastern elevation, 2) elevational changes associated with this reduction, 3) addition of kitchen window on the northern elevation, 4) addition of roof light in a new bathroom
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/6117
6 Nov 2024Conditional
Permission for the remodeling of an existing 3 storey dwelling to include modifications to the elevational configuration, fenestration, balconies, roof profile and finishes as well as the extension of a living room at rear lower garden level, modification to and the conversion of an existing garage to a bedroom, the addition of a carport with minor modifications to the site entrance, connection to public sewer and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6104
23 Oct 2024Incompleted application
Permission for alterations and extensions to the existing dwelling house comprising of (1) Demolition of existing front porch and existing rear extension, (2) Construction of new front porch extension, new two storey extension to the side, new lower ground floor extension, new ground floor rear extension and first floor rear extension, (3) Modifications to existing window & door openings and formation of new window & door openings, (4) New rooflights to the rear of house, (5) Services above and below ground, (6) Ancillary works and (7) All other associated site works, including boundary walls.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6007
9 Oct 2024Unconditional
Permission to 1) demolish existing rear extension, 2) construct new ground floor rear extension, 3) construct new first floor extension, 4) convert existing garage into utility room, 5) modifications to existing window & door openings & formation of new window & door openings, 6) change of external finishes to existing house, 7) ancillary works and 8) all other associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5892
6 Aug 2024Conditional
Permission for development of new family dwelling house and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5492
8 Jul 2024Incompleted application
Permission for development of new family dwelling house and site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5284
28 Jun 2024Unconditional
Permission for the construction of extensions, replacement of windows & external doors and internal & external alterations to an existing apartment including re-connect to existing on site services (foul & storm) and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5221
6 Jun 2024Incompleted application
Permission for development of new family dwelling house and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5040
1 May 2024Incompleted application
Permission for new family dwelling house and site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4769
28 Feb 2024Conditional
Permission for alterations and extensions to existing dwellinghouse comprising demolition of existing front porch and rear 2 storey bay window, construction of new front porch extension, rear basement storage shed extension, ground floor rear extension with terrace area, and first floor extension with dormer and balcony and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4332
24 Jan 2024Incompleted application
Alterations and addition to the existing dwelling house comprising demolition of existing front porch and rear 2 storey bay window, construction of new front porch extension, rear basement living room extension, ground floor rear extension with terrace area, and first floor extension with balcony and all associated site works, Extension of duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 19/06114
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 24/4089
2 Jan 2024Conditional
Permission for: 1) Decommissioning of septic tank serving existing dwelling and connection to public sewer, 2) construction of new 2 storey dwelling, connection to public sewer and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4002
15 Dec 2023Conditional
Permission to alter and extend a detached dwellinghouse and construct a new domestic shed & canopy including new wastewater treatment system & all site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6494
31 Oct 2023Conditional
Permission for the construction of an extension and internal alterations to an existing apartment and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6186
The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ardbrack.
Recorded monuments
- CO112-038001 Graveyard
Description
Graveyard associated with C of I church (CO112-038002-), built in 1743. Graveyard rectangular(c. 90m E-W; c. 45m N-S), with earliest headstones dating from 1750s, still in use. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO112-038002 Church
Description
To N of Summer Cove, at W end of graveyard, in elevated position overlooking Kinsale Harbour to W and S. Built 1743 when act passed 'for removing the site of the parish church of Rincurran' (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 235) (see CO125-008001-); extensively renovated and re-roofed in 1890 (Cole 1903, 103). Gabled rectangular church with tower at W end, transept to N with vestry. Closed for regular worship c. 1990, now opening as 'St. Catherine's Retreat and Christian Education Centre'. Graveyard (CO112-038001-) rectangular(c. 90m E-W; c. 45m N-S), with earliest headstones dating from 1750s, still in use. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO112-039001 Country house
Description
Late 18th/early 19th century 2-storey weather slated house. Entrance front (E) of 5 bays; central recessed door with fanlight, pedimented. Hipped roof; two off-centre chimneys; projecting eaves. Additions to rear. Four rectangular bee boles (CO112-039002-) in garden wall. Architectural fragments (CO112-039003-) from Tracton Abbey (CO099-043003-) in grounds. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO112-039002 Bee-boles
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO112-039003 Architectural fragment
Description
A collection of architectural fragments from Tracton abbey (CO099-043003-), including an ogee-head of a window light, are in the grounds of Ardbrack House (CO112-039001-) near Kinsale. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
- Prospect Villa, house, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey with dormer attic house, built 1876, having two-storey canted bay to front (south-west), three-bay two-storey lean-to to rear (north-east) and single-bay single-storey extension to side (north-west). Pitched slate roofs with hipped section to canted bay and cast-iron ridge cresting. Rendered chimneystacks with architrave, corbels, cornice and barrel coping. Carved timber bargeboards to gables and brackets to eaves with cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls having rendered sill courses to ground and first floors. Camber-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear and extension with six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and six-over-six and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor. Round-headed window opening to stairway (north-east), having bipartite timber framed window having cast-iron quarry glazed windows surmounted by overlight with multi-foil rose window. Camber-headed window opening to dormer window having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window. Camber-headed door opening to side (south-east) elevation of lean-to, having rendered surround, having chamfered reveals and moulded architrave. Timber panelled door with glazed timber panelled sidelights and three-pane overlight. Square-headed door opening to interior porch, having double-leaf glazed timber-panelled doors. Lozenge and fan decoration to timber panels, having timber glazing bars with central oval panes to glazed panels. Square-headed door opening to rear with pointed segmental-arched timber frame and timber battened door. Detached single-bay single-storey outbuilding to north-east. Located within own grounds having rendered boundary wall, having rendered gate piers with ball finials and double-leaf cast-iron gates.
- House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house with three-storey elevation to rear (south-east), built c.1800. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered wall to front (north-west) elevation with slate hanging to side (north-east) and rear. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and raised render surrounds to front elevation openings. Six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window to ground floor. uPVC casement windows to side and rear elevations. Square-headed door openings. Raised render surround to front elevation door opening having timber panelled door and quarry glazed overlight. Replacement glazed timber door to rear. Rendered rubble stone boundary wall to north-east with square-headed door opening and timber battened door. House fronts onto a narrow street with three-bay two-storey outbuilding to north-west having pitched corrugated-iron roof, rubble stone walls and square-headed openings.
- Stormkind IV, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house with three-storey elevation to rear (south-east), built c.1800. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered wall to front (north-west) elevation with slate hanging to rear. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and raised render surrounds to front elevation. Six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window to ground floor. Square-headed door openings. Raised render surround to front elevation door opening having timber-panelled door and quarry glazed overlight. House fronts onto a narrow street with three-bay two-storey outbuilding to north-west having pitched corrugated-iron roof, rubble stone walls and square-headed openings.
- House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house with three-storey elevation to rear (south-east), built c.1800. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered wall to front (north-west) elevation with slate hanging to rear. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and raised render surrounds to front elevation. Six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window to ground floor. Square-headed door openings. Raised render surround to front elevation door opening having timber panelled door and quarry glazed overlight. House fronts onto a narrow street with three-bay two-storey outbuilding to north-west having pitched corrugated-iron roof, rubble stone walls and square-headed openings.
- House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house with three-storey elevation to rear (south-east), built c.1800. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered wall to front (north-west) elevation with slate hanging to rear. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and raised render surrounds to front elevation, having external timber shutters. Six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window to ground floor. Square-headed door openings. Raised render surround to front elevation door opening having timber-panelled door, quarry glazed overlight and recent timber canopy. House fronts onto a narrow street.
- Mentone, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, having two-storey hipped roofed canted bays and gablets to front (south-west) elevation and recent flat-roofed addition to rear (north-east). Probably formerly two separate dwellings. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks, eaves course and uPVC rainwater goods. Timber bargeboards with finials to gablets. Rendered walls with render sill courses to canted bays. Square-headed window openings with render sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows throughout. Square-headed door opening having timber panelled door with overlight and rendered stepped approach.
- O'Flaherty House, house, 1960–1965 · Regional interest
Description
Detached square-plan single-storey house, built 1963, mounted on central square-profile plinth and eight octagonal concrete pilotis which continue through to roof level. Flat concrete roof with central banded louvre chimneystack and concealed rainwater goods. Concrete walls, having square-headed strip windows, with sliding aluminium-framed glazing panels. Square-headed door opening having double-leaf glazed aluminium doors with overlights. Paved approach with flanking concrete walls. Rubble limestone enclosing walls having double-leaf timber gates.
- Ardbrack House, house, 1790–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1810, having seven-bay single-storey lean-to addition to rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof having rendered chimneystack, eave course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Slate hanging to front and side (west) elevations with rendered plinth band, rendered walls elsewhere. Camber-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills to front elevation, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills elsewhere, having one-over-one, two-over-two, six-over-six, eight-over-eight and nine-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door opening within timber doorcase, comprising fluted pilasters on tooled limestone plinths, having panelled reveals surmounted by open-bedded pediment. Timber panelled door with glazed panels and brass door furniture surmounted by fanlight, having tooled limestone stepped approach and threshold. Three- and two-bay single-storey outbuildings located to north. Pitched slate and corrugated-iron roofs. White-washed rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with remains of timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening having timber battened door. Camber-headed door opening having exposed ship's timber lintel and double-leaf timber battened doors. Remains of rubble limestone walled garden to north with square-headed openings associated with beekeeping. Red brick gate piers with moulded red brick corners, caps and single-leaf cast-iron pedestrian gate. Rubble limestone enclosing walls having square-profile gate piers and double-leaf cast-iron gates.
- House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey local authority house, built c.1910, having recent extension to rear (north-west). Pitched slate roof with rendered eaves course, brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Camber and square-headed window openings with chamfered limestone sills and four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows throughout. Red brick block-and-start surrounds to front elevation openings. Square-headed door opening having raised rendered surround and glazed timber door. Associated single- and three-bay outbuildings to south-east, having single-pitch corrugated-iron roofs and walls. Square-headed window opening with timber casement window to three-bay outbuilding. Square-headed door openings having timber battened doors. Earthen embankment enclosing site having rubble stone gate piers and limestone and render stepped approach.
- Saint Catherine's Church (Ringcurran), church/chapel, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding double-height Church of Ireland church, built c.1810, comprising three-bay nave with single-bay transept and single-bay vestry to north-west, having two-stage bell tower to south-west with recent lean-to addition to north-west elevation. Pitched slate roofs having cut limestone gable copings with carved limestone corbels and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roof to bell tower having rendered crenellated parapet with limestone coping. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth to nave and tower, having tooled limestone string courses to bell tower. Exposed dressed rubble limestone walls to vestry and transept having chamfered tooled limestone capped plinth, dressed limestone quoins to vestry. Pointed arch window openings with chamfered limestone sills, block-and-start surrounds and voussoirs throughout, having quarry-glazed and stained glass windows to nave. Tooled limestone plate tracery containing three lancets and multi-foil lead-lined stained glass windows to side (south-west) elevation of nave, surmounted by tooled limestone hood moulding. Tooled limestone reticulated tracery containing three lancets surmounted by three oculus lead-lined stained glass windows to front (north-west) elevation of transept, surmounted by tooled limestone hood moulding. Paired lancet window openings with tooled limestone sills, mullion and limestone voussoirs to vestry, having quarry-glazed windows. Pointed arch door opening with raised moulded render surround to bell tower, having double-leaf timber battened door with cast-iron door furniture and strap hinges. Pointed arch door opening with chamfered tooled block-and-start surround and voussoirs with limestone block voussoirs to vestry, having timber battened door with cast-iron door furniture and tooled limestone stepped approach. Rubble limestone enclosing wall with render copings and pointed arch rendered gate opening with rendered plinth, coping and replacement metal gate.
- Creagh Cottage, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, having two-storey addition to side (north-west) elevation. Pitched slate roof with timber clad eaves course on carved timber corbels, having rendered diagonally placed square-profile chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Slate hanging to front (south-west) elevation, rendered walls elsewhere. Diminishing camber-headed window openings with limestone sills, having nine-over-six and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening with moulded render surround. Timber doorcase with Ionic colonettes and sidelights flanking double-leaf timber panelled door with brass door furniture, having overlight above. Rubble limestone enclosing wall having render coping and single-leaf cast-iron gate.
- Summer Cove House, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c.1820. Pitched slate roof with rendered eaves course, having red brick chimneystacks, cast-iron and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Diminishing square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Replacement uPVC three-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to second floor. Recessed square-headed door opening with timber doorcase comprising raised surround and panelled reveals. Timber panelled door having brass door furniture, overlight and limestone stepped approach.
- Duncarrig, house, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey with dormer attic house, built 1905, having two-bay two-storey addition and lean-to extension to side (north-west). Two-storey flat-roofed canted bay window and box-bay window with corner-sited buttresses having crenellated parapets to rear (south-west). Later lean-to porch with corner buttresses, recent conservatory and gable-fronted dormers to rear. Pitched slate roofs with uPVC clad eaves course, having rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and recent rooflights. Rendered crenellated parapets to rear of addition. Rendered walls with plinth, having render sill band to first floor of front (north-east) elevation. Raised moulded render cross in relief to rear elevation. Moulded render platbands to canted and box-bays. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills throughout, having replacement six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Moulded render label mouldings to rear elevation openings. Pointed arch window openings with tooled limestone sills to rear elevation of addition, having multiple-pane timber casement windows. Round-headed door opening within timber doorcase to front elevation, having engaged Doric columns springing from moulded render plinths, surmounted by dentilated open-bedded pediment. Moulded surround with archivolt and panelled timber reveals, having replacement timber panelled door with spoked fanlight. Approached via replacement tooled limestone steps. Pointed arch door opening flanked by pointed arch window openings to rear elevation of addition, having shared moulded render label moulding, double-leaf replacement glazed timber doors and multiple-pane overlight. Pointed arch door opening to rear porch, having replacement double-leaf glazed timber doors. Rubble limestone walls to rear extending down to waterfront, having blind round-headed arch opening with rubble limestone voussoirs, oeillet window opening, stone steps and projecting corner-sited circular-plan turrets. Remains of cast-iron hooks over arch opening.
- Post box, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
Description
Post-mounted cast-iron post box, installed c.1940. Rounded cap having raised P & T insignia embossed to front (north-west) and maker's mark to rear.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardbrack.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Ardbrack, Kinsale7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ardbrack · An tArd Breac
- Area
- 828,227 m² (82.82 ha, 204.66 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ringcurran, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinsale
- Electoral division
- Kinsale Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kinsale Rural electoral division: 5,605 people in 1,855 households; 75% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bawnavota, Forthill, Garraha, Kilcawha, Scilly, Sleveen, Troopers-Close, Waters-Land North, Waters-Land South
- Placenames
- Ardbrack on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.