# Coxtown, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Drumhome, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 504,900 m² (50.49 ha, 124.76 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,968 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Drumhome, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/drumhome.md - Barony: Tirhugh - Electoral division: Ballintra, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ballintra electoral division: 772 people in 281 households; 80% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/13896 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50752 - Centre: latitude 54.600103, longitude -8.113712 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coxtown, from 205 m² to 96,576 m² (9.66 ha, 23.86 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5318979: 96,576 m² (9.66 ha, 23.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5318979.md - Parcel 5495248: 94,800 m² (9.48 ha, 23.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5495248.md - Parcel 1321286: 61,862 m² (6.19 ha, 15.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321286.md - Parcel 1419281: 59,035 m² (5.9 ha, 14.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419281.md - Parcel 4786444: 33,450 m² (3.35 ha, 8.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4786444.md - Parcel 1362793: 21,008 m² (2.1 ha, 5.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362793.md - Parcel 5385310: 14,876 m² (1.49 ha, 3.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5385310.md - Parcel 5070098: 11,537 m² (1.15 ha, 2.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5070098.md - Parcel 1393575: 6,977 m² (0.7 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393575.md - Parcel 1407622: 5,675 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407622.md - Parcel 1310671: 4,097 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1310671.md - Parcel 1410460: 4,016 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410460.md - Parcel 4744860: 3,968 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4744860.md - Parcel 4744851: 3,642 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4744851.md - Parcel 4744804: 3,594 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4744804.md - Parcel 1357942: 3,583 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357942.md - Parcel 4725585: 3,156 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4725585.md - Parcel 1363113: 2,974 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1363113.md - Parcel 4786637: 2,201 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4786637.md - Parcel 4786614: 2,161 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4786614.md - Parcel 1374906: 1,684 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374906.md - Parcel 1380335: 772 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380335.md - Parcel 5983292: 455 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5983292.md - Parcel 1402416: 338 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402416.md - Parcel 1371787: 205 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371787.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Coxtown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 11 applications, newest first. - 17 Jul 2024, Donegal County Council 2461086: Conditional. Permission. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STORAGE SHEDS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY BUILDING LOCATED BESIDE EXISTING CHANGING FACILITIES, WHICH SHALL INCORPORATE A GYM, TOILETS AND CHANGING ROOMS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND A MEETING ROOM AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND (3) ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING CAR PARK AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND RELEVANT SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461086/0 - 26 Jul 2023, Donegal County Council 2351095: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY WITH LOW-LEVEL LIGHTING TO THE PERIMETER OF EXISTING FOOTBALL FIELDS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351095/0 - 9 Jun 2023, Donegal County Council 2350823: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STOREY AND A HALF DWELLING HOUSE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT STOREY AND HALF DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350823/0 - 21 Feb 2023, Donegal County Council 2350195: Conditional. Retention. SINGLE-STOREY DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350195/0 - 29 Jul 2022, Donegal County Council 2251297: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251297/0 - 3 Nov 2020, Donegal County Council 2051644: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051644/0 - 29 Aug 2019, Donegal County Council 1951331: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION LINKING TWO EXISTING DWELLINGS & ALL ANCILLARY SITEWORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951331/0 - 26 Aug 2019, Donegal County Council 1951300: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE FROM THE PUBLIC ROAD L-6995-1 TO GAIN VEHICULAR ACCESS TO AN EXISTING FORESTRY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THINNING OF THE EXISTING TREES AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF THE FOREST. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951300/0 - 21 Aug 2019, Donegal County Council 1951274: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE FROM THE PUBLIC ROAD L-6995-1 TO GAIN VEHICULAR ACCESS TO AN EXISITNG FORESTRY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THINNING OF THE EXISTING TREES AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF THE FOREST. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951274/0 - 15 Aug 2019, Donegal County Council 1951249: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION LINKING TWO EXISTING DWELLINGS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS NECESSARY. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951249/0 - 27 Oct 2017, Donegal County Council 1751628: N/a. Permission. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TEMPORARY FOREST ENTRANCE FROM THE PUBLIC ROAD L-7015-1 TO GAIN VEHICULAR ACCESS TO AN EXISTING FORESTRY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FIRST THINNING OF THE EXISTING TREES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751628/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Coxtown. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coxtown. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Coxtown House, country house, 1800–1850, Regional interest, registry number 40909913, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40909913. Detached five-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1840 - 45, having central advanced pedimented breakfront to the centre of the main elevation (south-east). Earlier two-storey house and two-storey return to rear (north-west), built c. 1780. Hipped natural slate roof to main entrance block having projecting ashlar eaves course/cornice with paired ashlar brackets, and having a central smooth rendered chimneystacks to the rear pitch (north-west) aligned along with roof ridge. Ashlar coping/cornice over pedimented breakfront with paired ashlar brackets to base. Profiled cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched natural slate roof to earlier house with hipped natural slate roof to return to the north-west having smooth rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots over. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over rubble stone construction with raised (ashlar?) block quoins to the corners and with plain stringcourse at first floor level. Sandstone plinth to base. Walls now largely covered with vegetation. Square-headed window openings with tooled sandstone sills and replacement windows. Central window opening to breakfront at first floor level set in segmental-headed recess. Central square-headed doorway to the main elevation having timber panelled double-doors with brass door furniture, leaded overlight with circular geometric glazing motifs, square-headed sidelights with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with margin glazing bars, and with tripartite ashlar doorcase comprising Tuscan pilasters with laurel wreath motifs over in bas relief to frieze, and supporting moulded ashlar cornice over. Set well back from road in extensive mature landscaped grounds and parkland. Ponds to the south-east and west of the house. Main entrance gateway (see 40909932) and attendant gate lodge (see 40909931) to the east, converted former outbuilding (see 40909930) and walled garden (see 40909952) to the rear (north-west). Located to the north of Ballintra. - Coxtown House, gate lodge, 1835–1845, Regional interest, registry number 40909931, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40909931. Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge associated with Coxtown House, built c. 1840, having central projecting pedimented porch with open bed pediment. Now unoccupied. Single-storey extension to the rear (north-west). Hipped natural slate roof with wide overhanging eaves supported on paired ashlar brackets, and having central rendered chimneystack with terracotta pots over. Pitched natural slate roof to breakfront supported on paired ashlar brackets. Smooth rendered walls having chamfered ashlar plinth course and with rusticated ashlar block-and-start quoins to the corners of the main block and to breakfront. Square-headed window openings having chamfered reveals, cut stone sills, and with cut stone hoodmoulding over. Tudor-arched/pointed segmental-headed doorway to the front face of breakfront (south-west) having chamfered reveal, replacement timber door, ashlar plinth blocks, and with Tudor-arched hoodmoulding over. Cut stone steps and cut stone threshold/platform to front of doorway. Set slightly back from road adjacent to the main entrance (see 40909932) to Coxtown House. Located to the east of the main house and to the north of Ballintra. - Coxtown House, gates/railings/walls, 1835–1845, Regional interest, registry number 40909932, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40909932. Gateway serving Coxtown House (see 40909913), comprising a central pair of ashlar sandstone gate piers (on square-plan) having inset recessed panels, chamfered moulded plinths and with moulded pyramidal ashlar capstones; and with a pair of cast-iron gates having spear finials, intricate pierced cast-iron finials to base, and with cast-iron anthemion finials to central join. Gateway flanked to either side by curved sections of cast-iron railings set on ashlar plinth walls having spear finials over, and with cast-iron posts at intervals along length having acorn finials over. Located adjacent to road at the start of long curving approach avenue to Coxtown House. Attendant gate lodge (see 40909931) adjacent to the north-east. - Coxtown House, walled garden, 1790–1830, Regional interest, registry number 40909952, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40909952. Walled garden associated with Coxtown House (see 40909913) on sub rectangular plan, erected c. 1810, having high rubble stone boundary walls. Now partially in use as garden with recent fruit trees planted to site. Integral pointed-arched opening to the south-east side having roughly dressed stone surround and decorative wrought-iron gate. Two square-headed window openings to the north-east side. Located to the rear (north-west) of Coxtown House with complex of outbuildings adjacent to south-west. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coxtown. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/donegal/coxtown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/coxtown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/coxtown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Coxtown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Drummanus Glebe: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drummanus-glebe.md - Kilgole: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kilgole.md - Lisnapaste: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lisnapaste.md - Rafoarty: https://everytownland.com/donegal/rafoarty-52230.md - Rathtinny Glebe: https://everytownland.com/donegal/rathtinny-glebe.md - Trumman West: https://everytownland.com/donegal/trumman-west.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/coxtown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/coxtown