Crophill
Townland in the civil parish of Castledermot, barony of Kilkea and Moone, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 61.3 ha
- 151 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 2,973 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres)
- Zoning
- G4
- Open Space and Amenity
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crophill, from 674 m² to 390,814 m² (39.08 ha, 96.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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
- G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 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
20 Jul 2026N/a
A new agricultural entrance
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660828
14 Apr 2023Conditional
to construct a single storey extension to the rear and side of existing cottage, minor alterations to existing front facade, new bored well, waste water treatment system and percolation area, widening of existing entrance and new boundary wall, a single storey double garage to the rear and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23390
25 Jan 2023Conditional
to erect an agricultural machinery store and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2356
31 Jan 2022N/a
Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. No. 17/218 - construction of a single storey extension to the rear of existing single storey cottage, minor alterations to existing front facade and roof design, new bored well, waste water treatment system, widening of existing entrance, a single storey double garage to the rear and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 2288
19 Feb 2020Conditional
For a single storey extension to the rear/sides and enclosed porch to front of existing one and a half storey dwelling (total floor area to be retained = 42.5sqm), together with detached single storey domestic storage shed to rear/side and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 20149
1 Mar 2017Conditional
construction of a single storey extension to the rear of existing single storey cottage, minor alterations to existing front facade and roof design, new bored well, waste water treatment system, widening of existing entrance, a single storey double garage to the rear and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17218
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Crophill.
Architectural heritage
- Crophill House, house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey house with dormer attic, c.1800. Reroofed and extended, c.1950, comprising two-bay single-storey flat-roofed return to rear (west). Now disused and part derelict. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1950. Iron ridge tiles. Chimney stack not visible (overgrown). Square rooflight. No remains of rainwater goods on eaves course. Flat-roofed to return. Materials not visible. Lime rendered walls over rubble stone construction. Unpainted. Rendered walls to return. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills (concrete to return). Remains of 2/2 timber sash windows (timber casement windows to return). Square-headed door opening. Cut-stone block-and-start surround. Replacement glazed timber boarded door, c.1950, with glazing now missing. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings and timber boarded doors. Set back from road in own grounds flanking courtyard. Overgrown grounds to site. Detached five-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1800, to north-east with elliptical-headed integral carriageway to left and single-bay single-storey recessed lower end bay to right (east). Reroofed, c.1950. Now disused. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1950. Iron ridge tiles. No rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings. No sills. Remains of timber fittings. Elliptical-headed integral carriageway to left. Red brick dressings. No fittings. Square-headed integral carriageway to right. No fittings. Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1800, to east with pair of square-headed integral carriageways. Part reroofed, c.1970. Now disused. Hipped gabled roof. Replacement artificial slate, c.1970, with original slate to lower courses. Concrete ridge tiles. Timber eaves. No rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Pair of square-headed integral carriageways. Stone lintels. No fittings. Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1800, to south-east. Now disused. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. No rainwater goods on yellow brick eaves course. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed door openings. Stone lintels. No fittings. Square apertures to gable to south-west. Fittings not visible. Cut-stone trough, c.1800, to centre of courtyard. Gateway, c.1800, to north comprising pair of rendered piers with cut-stone capping having 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 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2607 (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 Crophill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Crophill
- Area
- 612,864 m² (61.29 ha, 151.44 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castledermot, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilkea and Moone
- Electoral division
- Castledermot, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castledermot electoral division: 1,853 people in 664 households; 70% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castledermot, Davidstown (Pilsworth), Knockaphuca, Mullarney, Plunketstown Lower, Saintjohns
- Placenames
- Crophill 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.