Milverton Demesne
Townland in the civil parish of Holmpatrick, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Diméin Bhaile an Mhiolbhardaigh
- Area
- 54.9 ha
- 136 acres
- Land parcels
- 5
- registered freehold, median 4,900 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- HA - High Amenity
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Milverton Demesne, from 1,810 m² to 532,150 m² (53.22 ha, 131.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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
- G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 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
24 Feb 2021Grant permission
Demolition of sunroom to side, construction of a one and two storey ex
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0096
15 Aug 2017Grant permission
Change of house plans previously granted ref. F14A/0277. Changes inclu
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0491
4 Dec 2015Withdraw application
Construction of a 2 no. bedroom, dormer style residential dwelling, ne
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0561
26 Feb 2015Grant permission
Demolish and reconstruct a single storey extension to the rear of exis
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15B/0038
18 Dec 2014Grant permission
Demolish existing derelict dwelling and construct a new two-storey hip
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0277
29 Mar 2012Grant extension of duration of perm.
Modifications to the previously approved development of an integrated
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F06A/1427/E1
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 Milverton Demesne.
Recorded monuments
- DU005-169 House - prehistoric
Description
A roundhouse was identified though test-excavation (Licence no. 06E0799). Located on a low hill the roundhouse consists of approximately twenty-five postholes in two concentric circles (inner 6.5m diam.; outer 9.5m diam.) (Frazer 2007, 39). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 2 February 2015
- DU005-170001 Enclosure
Description
An enclosure was identified through geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R0139) and confirmed though test-excavation (Licence no. 06E0799). Located on moderately steep west-facing slope the sub-rectangular enclosure is defined by two parallel ditches associated with oval hut site (DU005---0002-)(Frazer 2007, 42). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 2 February 2015
- DU005-170002 House - prehistoric
Description
An oval hut (4.5m diam.) was identified though test-excavation (Licence no. 06E0799). Associated with enclosure (DU005-170001-) the oval hut was defined by a slot trench (0.25m) and internal occupation layer and hearth. The remains have been interpreted as a prehistoric house site (Frazer 2007, 42). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 2 February 2015
- DU005-171 House - prehistoric
Description
An oval hut (3.2m diam.) was identified though test-excavation (Licence no. 06E0799). It is defined by a slot trench 0.3m in width. The remains have been interpreted as a prehistoric house site (Frazer 2007, 40). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 2 February 2015
- DU005-172 Ring-ditch
Description
A ring ditch was identified through geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R0139) and confirmed though test-excavation (Licence no. 06E0799). Located on a low hill, the ring ditch is defined by a 1m wide ditch (Frazer 2007, 40). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 2 February 2015
- DU005-173 Enclosure
Description
A sub-oval enclosure was identified through geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R0139) and confirmed though test-excavation (Licence no. 06E0799). The enclosure ditch (c. 40m diam.) encloses the summit and southest facing slope of a low hillock, flanked to east by low wet ground. It averages 3m in width. Truncation has occurred within the interior (Frazer 2007, 48). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 2 February 2015
- DU005-208 Enclosure
Description
Roughly D-shaped cropmark visible on Apple Maps orthoimage. See attached image taken from Apple Maps Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 10 November 2021
Architectural heritage
- Milverton Hall, farmyard complex, 1740–1760 · Regional interest
Description
Farmyard complex, c.1750, comprising of two-storey hay barn, single-storey carriage house and outbuilding with bellcote to roof. Two-storey stable block, c.1850, with accommodation to first floor.
- Milverton Hall, gate lodge, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, c.1850, having projecting entrance porch with limestone surround. Extension to rear, c.1880. Rubble stone outbuilding to site.ROOF: Hipped; slate; overhanging terracotta ridge tiles; rendered chimney stack; octagonal chimney pots; timber eaves. WALLS: Nap rendered, nap rendered plinth, cement rendered lean-to. OPENINGS: Square headed rendered reveals; limestone cills; replacement timber casements; limestone door surrounds with shallow pediment and engaged columns; timber door,c.1900.
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 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 Milverton Demesne.
- 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 Milverton Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Milverton Demesne · Diméin Bhaile an Mhiolbhardaigh
- Area
- 548,744 m² (54.87 ha, 135.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- Holmpatrick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Holmpatrick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Holmpatrick electoral division: 4,147 people in 1,390 households; 92% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Milverton Demesne 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.