Rockfield
Townland in the civil parish of Monkstown, barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin; in Irish Gort na Carraige
Parcel 1716412
- Area
- 480 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 93 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Objective A (COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028) The objective
- Townland
- Rockfield
Planning applications on this parcel
1 Nov 2018Grant permission
Permission for: 1. An attic conversion with a dormer window to the rear
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D18B/0474
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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).
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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
- 31.6 ha
- 78 acres
- Land parcels
- 154
- registered freehold, median 360 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Objective A
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
154 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rockfield, from 9 m² to 39,510 m² (3.95 ha, 9.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Objective A (Existing residential)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 168 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Objective F (Open space, park)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Objective SNI (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
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
4 Jul 2026Grant permission
Permission is sought for the provision of a gate entrance to include removal of
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0506/WEB
30 Jun 2026Declare application invalid
Permission is sought for the provision of a gate entrance to include removal of
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0490/WEB
28 Jun 2026Declare application invalid
Permission is sought for the provision of a gate entrance to include removal of
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0486/WEB
23 Jun 2026Declare application invalid
Permission is sought for the provision of a gate entrance to include removal of
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0464/WEB
30 Jan 2026Grant permission
1. Amendments to previously permitted Blocks C1, C2, C3, D1, E1, E2, E3, E4 and
Permission (lrd) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, LRD26A/0051/WEB
15 Aug 2024Grant permission
Proposed single story flat roof extension to rear to include a bike storage area
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0364/WEB
21 Mar 2024Grant permission
Permission for single storey extension to side of existing
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0180
29 Feb 2024Grant permission & grant retention
Demolition of single storey boiler house to the rear, existing single storey fla
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0119/WEB
20 Feb 2024Grant permission
A) Demolition of existing rear extension, B) Proposed two storey rear extension.
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0066
18 Jul 2023Grant permission
Permission is sought for demolition of a porch and permission
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0481
11 Jul 2023Grant permission & grant retention
Planning permission to include permission retention for the existing fully servi
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23B/0331
28 Apr 2023Approve
Living Streets: Blackrock Village
Part vlll (public consultation) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, PC/IC/01/23
22 Mar 2023Grant permission
Conversion of the attic and construction of a dormer to the side and to the rear
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23B/0117
14 Mar 2023Grant permission
Extension of the attic storage space to include a WC, new velux roof lights
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23B/0109
2 Sept 2022Grant permission
Permission for the construction of a single storey extension to rear of
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22B/0398
14 Mar 2022Grant permission
Permission is sought for the installation
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22A/0179
22 Dec 2021Registered application
Permission for a Strategic Housing Development consisting of a new residential
Permission (shd) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, ABP31232521
10 Dec 2021Grant permission & grant retention
Retention permission is sought for a small dormer
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D21B/0673
27 Aug 2021Grant permission
Permission is sought for a development
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D21A/0766
3 Aug 2021Grant permission
Permission is sought for the construction
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D21B/0404
9 Jun 2021Refuse permission
Permission for the construction of a new entrance gateway
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D21A/0525
5 May 2021Grant extension of duration of perm.
Permission for development on site of c1.27 hectares.
Extension of duration of permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D15A/0036/E
21 Jan 2021Grant permission for retention
Temporary retention permission for development
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D21A/0043
18 Dec 2020Grant permission
The development will consist of the demolition of the existing c. 26sqm single s
Permission (shd) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, ABP30894620
6 Mar 2020Grant permission for retention
Temporary retention permission for development. The proposed developments
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D20A/0199
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 Rockfield.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rockfield.
Architectural heritage
- Post box, 1939–1984 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1939-1984, with "P7T [Posts and Telegraphs]" monogram. Set in repointed coursed rubble granite boundary wall.
- Rockfield House, house, 1755–1765 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three- or five-bay three-storey over basement house, built 1760, on symmetrical plan centred on single-bay single-storey projecting porch to ground floor on a bowed plan; three-bay full-height rear (south) elevation with single-bay full-height bows on segmental plans. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1970, to accommodate alternative use. Renovated. Replacement flat bitumen felt roof with boxed eaves retaining cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast walls with rusticated cut-granite quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening into house with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. "Venetian Window" (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash window having overlight with four-over-four timber sash sidelights. Square-headed blind openings centred on square-headed window opening (top floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement window replacing margined timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Grouped or paired (top floor) square-headed window openings to rear (south) elevation centred on square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in relandscaped grounds.
- Rockfield House, gates/railings/walls, 1755–1837 · Regional interest
Description
Gateway, extant 1837, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of pointed-arch niche-detailed granite ashlar piers on cut-granite chamfered plinths having crocketed finial-topped "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice capping supporting wrought iron double gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Rockfield House.
- Rockfield House, gate lodge, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with half-dormer attic, dated 1905; extant 1907, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch. Hipped terracotta tile roof centred on flat roofs to window openings to half-dormer attic; pitched (gabled) terracotta tile roof (porch), terracotta ridge tiles with terracotta finials to apexes, red brick Running bond central chimney stack having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging timber boarded eaves having timber consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Red brick Flemish bond walls (ground floor) on red brick header bond cushion course on red brick Flemish bond base; roughcast surface finish (half-dormer attic). Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and concealed lintel framing glazed diagonal timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings ("cheeks") with red brick header bond chamfered flush sills, and concealed lintels framing timber casement windows having square glazing bars. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (ground floor) with red brick header bond chamfered flush sills, and concealed lintels framing timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement (half-dormer attic) with timber sills on nail head-detailed timber spandrels, and timber surrounds framing timber casement windows. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Rockfield House.
- Rockfield House, gates/railings/walls, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Gateway, installed 1905; extant 1907, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of granite ashlar panelled piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having pine cone-finial topped "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice capping supporting wrought iron double gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Rockfield House.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Rockfield, Dundrum22 sales
- Rockfield, Finnstown Abbey13 sales
- Rockfield, Dundrum Dublin 145 sales
The townland
- Name
- Rockfield · Gort na Carraige
- Area
- 315,535 m² (31.55 ha, 77.97 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monkstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Blackrock-Templehill, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carysfort, Montpelier, Newtown Blackrock, Newtown Castlebyrn, Seapoint Or Templehill, Stillorgan Park, Stradbrook
- Placenames
- Rockfield on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.