Castle Lower

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castle Lower, from 20 m² to 248,400 m² (24.84 ha, 61.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Castle Lower in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 12 Aug 2020Conditional

  The reroofing, renewal of rainwater goods, rendering of the external walls and some internal walls, installation of a new heating system, replacement of sections of flooring and all ancillary site works. This is a Protected Structure.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5727

• 15 Jul 2020Incompleted application

  The re-roofing, renewal of rainwater goods, rendering of the external walls and some internal walls, installation of a new heating system, replacement of sections of flooring and all ancillary site works at The Church of the Ascension. This is a Protected Structure.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5481

• 2 Mar 2000Refused

  Demolition of agricultural buildings & construction of 6 no. dwellinghouses & biocycle units

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/1119

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Courtmacsherry Estuary SAC 001230
• Special Protection Area: Courtmacsherry Bay SPA 004219
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Courtmacsherry Estuary 001230

Recorded monuments

• CO123-051 Church
  Description

  In centre of graveyard (CO123-072---). Early 19th century church; chancel to E; pinnacled tower to W; side chapel to S. Interior walls covered with mosaics erected 1894-1925; hammer beam roof. According to Brady (1863, vol. 2, 555-7) built 1811 on site of earlier church (CO123-073---). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO123-052 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Ivy-clad remains of tower (13.4m N-S; 10.8m E-W) on W bank of Argideen river near junction with Courtmacsherry estuary. Tower now two storeys; photo of 1907 (Fuller 1907, 8) shows four storey tower with gables and chimney stacks; castle damaged by explosion in 1920s, reduced in height by Cork County Council in 1930s. NE corner collapsed. Ground floor doorways with pointed arches in E and S walls; S door covered by gun loop. Double-splayed windows at ground-floor level. Door in W wall at 1st-floor level leads to mural stairs; door in E wall has mural stairway rising from N ingoing, mural chamber off S ingoing. Window transome (now on ground at foot of S wall) bears inscription "DB ET ER ME FECET" on one face and "1586 AUGUST 1" on another (DB is David Barry and ER his wife Ellen Roche). This inscription probably dating refurbishment; similar inscription cut on window transom at Barryscourt Castle in east Cork. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO123-072 Graveyard
  Description

  At N end of Timolgegue. Subrectangular area enclosed by stone wall with headstones dating from late 18th century to present day. C of I church (CO123-051---) in centre of graveyard built on site of earlier church (CO123-073---). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO123-073 Church
  Description

  In centre of graveyard (CO123-072---). Church, in good repair 1693. C of I church built on site in 1811. (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 555-7) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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

• Church of the Ascension (Timoleague), church/chapel, 1800–1815 · National interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height gable-fronted Church of Ireland church, rebuilt 1802-11, in the Board of First Fruits Gothic Revival style. Two-stage bell tower with pointed pinnacles to front (west), two-bay nave with single-bay transepts to sides (north, south), and later (1863) single-bay chancel to rear (east) having single-storey vestry to side (north). Southern transept added 1890. Pitched slate roofs throughout with rendered gable copings, cast-iron and aluminium rainwater goods. Tooled limestone corner pinnacles and clock (1904) to tower. Rubble stone walls with dressed stone quoins. Pointed arch window openings with tooled limestone sills to side elevations of nave and transepts, having block-and-start surrounds and tooled Y-tracery. Pointed arch window opening to rear elevation of chancel, having tooled limestone sill, surround and three-light intersecting tracery with overlights. Pointed arch window openings with tooled limestone sills and surrounds to front elevation of nave and front and rear elevations of transepts. Pointed arch window opening with rubble stone voussoirs and limestone sill to rear (east) elevation of vestry. Pointed arch window opening with tooled limestone sill and surround to front elevation of bell tower to ground floor, set within former pointed arch door opening. Lead-lined lattice and lead-lined stained glass windows throughout. Eastern chancel window installed in 1865, nave and southern transept windows installed in 1890. Pointed arch louvre openings with tooled limestone surrounds and sills to upper stage of bell tower. Pointed arch door opening with tooled limestone surround to side (south) elevation of bell tower, having rubbles stone voussoirs and double-leaf timber battened doors. Pointed arch door opening to side (north) elevation of vestry having timber battened door. Marble pulpit installed in 1890 to interior of southern transept. Organ, installed in 1890, to north transept. Painted ceiling. Midleton marble panels, mosaic and gold leaf to chancel. Carrera marble font, installed in 1902, to south-western corner of nave. Mosaics to west and north walls of nave and south transept, installed in 1918, and south wall of nave installed c.1925. Graveyard surrounding church, having rubble stone enclosing wall with gate opening to west, having square-profile capped piers and cast-iron gate. Single-pitch outbuilding to north.

• Timoleague House, house, 1920–1925 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan five-bay two-storey house, dated 1924, having additional single-bay single-storey block and lean-to porch to rear (north-east). Hipped slate roofs with rubble stone chimneystacks, render eaves course and having cast-iron rainwater goods. Dressed rubble stone walls throughout. Square-headed window openings with stone sills to first floor, having block-and-start voussoirs and timber casement windows. Camber-headed window openings with stone sills to ground floor, having rubble stone voussoirs and timber casement windows. Square-headed strip window to additional block having timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening with block-and-start surround to porch, having double-leaf timber battened doors surmounted by single-pane overlight. Formerly ruinous castle ruin to north, now converted for use as out building. Having gable-fronted attic addition. Rubble stone walls. Pointed arch door opening with tooled limestone stepped approach and surround to front (south-west) elevation, having replacement double-leaf timber battened doors. Square-headed window opening to first floor, having six-over-six timber sliding sash window. Rubble stone walled shed to west, having square-headed door opening with glazed timber door. Planned garden to west. Extensive lawn to south, having ruins of earlier house. Avenue approach with rubble stone boundary wall to roadside (south), having gate opening to avenue and pedestrian opening to church (south). Square-profile gate piers with plinths to avenue opening, having render caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates. Square-profile gate piers with plinths to pedestrian opening, having stone and replacement render capping.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Castle Lower, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castle Lower.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Castle Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Castle Lower · An Caisleán Íochtarach

Area

326,543 m² (32.65 ha, 80.69 acres)

Civil parish

Timoleague, and its townlands

Barony

Ibane and Barryroe

Electoral division

Timoleague, the unit of the census

Census 2022

702 people lived in 249 households in the Timoleague electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardmore, Castle Upper, Timoleague

Placenames

Castle Lower 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.