Kingston
Townland in the civil parish of Kiltiernan, barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Rí
- Area
- 23.5 ha
- 58 acres
- Land parcels
- 3
- registered freehold, median 2,079 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Objective G
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kingston, from 1,696 m² to 70,540 m² (7.05 ha, 17.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3Objective G (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Objective B (Agriculture)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Objective A (Existing residential)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 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
11 Mar 2026Grant permission
Full planning permission is sought for proposed agricultural entrance with gates
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0184
11 Mar 2026Grant permission
Proposed new recessed entrance with gates and access drive to serve existing dwe
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0183
6 Mar 2026Declare application invalid
Proposed agricultural entrance with gates to access farmlands.
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0172
6 Mar 2026Declare application invalid
Proposed new recessed entrance with gates and access drive to serve existing dwe
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0173
23 Dec 2025Refuse permission
The realignment of the existing haul road with new associated fencing and hedge
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/1007
8 Mar 2022Refuse permission for retention
Retention permission. The development will
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22A/0163
2 Mar 2020Refuse permission
Permission is sought for the construction of new vehciular access
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D20A/0166
12 Dec 2019Grant permission & grant retention
Permission and Retention Permission for development
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D19A/0968
10 Dec 2018Grant permission for retention
Permission for Retention of a recessed farm entrance with splayed fence off
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D18A/1154
2 May 2014Grant permission
Permission for replacement of existing septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D14A/0254
16 Nov 2012Grant permission
Permission is sought for the retention of development at an existing dwelling
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D12A/0448
21 Nov 2007Grant permission for retention
The development consists of retention of alterations to previously
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D07B/0940
6 Dec 2006Grant permission
1) Widening of existing entrance
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D06A/1785
20 Sept 2006Grant permission
For a 2-storey detached dwelling, a single storey detached garage / playroom
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D06A/1354
21 Jun 2002Grant permission
Demolish existing garage and to erect a 10 children (0-6yrs)
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D02A/0595
21 Jun 2002Grant permission
Sun lounge extension to side of bungalow.
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D02B/0486
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 Kingston.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Kingston.
Architectural heritage
- Kilternan Grange, country house, 1844–1901 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey over basement country house with half-dormer attic, occupied 1901, on an L-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch (north) or single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay (south); single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height central return (east) abutting five-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey farmhouse on a rectangular plan. In occasional use, 1911. Part refenestrated. WEST: Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan centred on paired gablets to window openings to half-dormer attic; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), clay ridge tiles, tuck pointed granite ashlar chimney stacks having cut-granite "Cavetto" stringcourses below chamfered capping supporting ribbed terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, roll-topped cut-granite "Cavetto" coping to gables on cut-granite "Cavetto" kneelers, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite cornice retaining cast-iron square profile downpipes. Tuck pointed snecked granite walls on lichen-spotted cut-granite chamfered cushion course on margined rock faced granite ashlar plinth with cut-granite flush quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite cruciform mullions (ground floor) or cut-granite mullions (half-dormer attic), and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing timber casement windows (ground floor) or replacement uPVC casement windows (half-dormer attic); EAST: Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with pressed or rolled lead ridges, rendered chimney stacks having cut-granite "Cavetto" stringcourses below chamfered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows including some six-over-six timber sash windows without horns. Set in landscaped grounds with fluted cast-iron octagonal piers to perimeter having "Cavetto"-detailed pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.
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 5 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3287 (ZIP).
- 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
No address of the register names Kingston with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Kingston · Baile an Rí
- Area
- 234,933 m² (23.49 ha, 58.05 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kiltiernan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Shankill-Rathmichael, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Shankill-Rathmichael electoral division: 5,731 people in 2,030 households; 70% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybetagh, Barnaslingan, Johnstown, Kiltiernan, Kingston
- Placenames
- Kingston 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.