# Straffan Demesne, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Straffan, barony of Salt North, Co. Kildare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 871,195 m² (87.12 ha, 215.28 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 421 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Straffan, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/straffan.md
- Barony: Salt North
- Electoral division: Straffan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Straffan electoral division: 2,513 people in 758 households; 83% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25455
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 81148
- Centre: latitude 53.308989, longitude -6.624083 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Straffan Demesne, from 13 m² to 830,486 m² (83.05 ha, 205.22 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1021209: 830,486 m² (83.05 ha, 205.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021209.md
- Parcel 1051817: 8,538 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1051817.md
- Parcel 1067316: 5,958 m² (0.6 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1067316.md
- Parcel 5540062: 5,655 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5540062.md
- Parcel 5540502: 5,506 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5540502.md
- Parcel 5539871: 2,973 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5539871.md
- Parcel 2943431: 2,518 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2943431.md
- Parcel 1026898: 2,014 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1026898.md
- Parcel 1056422: 1,710 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1056422.md
- Parcel 1084794: 1,635 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1084794.md
- Parcel 1055419: 1,371 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1055419.md
- Parcel 1078192: 815 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1078192.md
- Parcel 5539860: 455 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5539860.md
- Parcel 1081020: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1081020.md
- Parcel 1058067: 310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1058067.md
- Parcel 1015633: 267 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1015633.md
- Parcel 5540344: 147 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5540344.md
- Parcel 5540319: 113 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5540319.md
- Parcel 2943430: 98 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2943430.md
- Parcel 5769620: 77 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5769620.md
- Parcel 1060628: 64 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1060628.md
- Parcel 5540190: 28 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5540190.md
- Parcel 5540196: 25 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5540196.md
- Parcel 5540194: 19 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5540194.md
- Parcel 5540318: 15 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5540318.md
- Parcel 1067073: 13 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1067073.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Straffan Demesne 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.

- 20 Dec 2024, Kildare County Council 2461383: Conditional. Permission. for minor alterations to the existing dwelling, to include: The addition of a new garage structure (31.36 sq. m.) to the front of the dwelling; A ‘privacy wall’ extending from the existing dwelling to the new garage structure; The addition of a new side door to the west-facing elevation; Ground floor rear extension (31.07sq. m.) with expanded first-floor terrace above (33.17sq. m.); All associated engineering works, landscaping, and ancillary development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461383/0
- 12 Dec 2024, Kildare County Council 2461332: N/a. Permission. for minor alterations to the existing dwelling, to include: The addition of a new garage structure (31.36 sq. m.) to the front of the dwelling; A ‘privacy wall’ extending from the existing dwelling to the new garage structure; The addition of a new side door to the west-facing elevation; Ground floor rear extension (31.07sq. m.) with expanded first-floor terrace above (33.17sq. m.); All associated engineering works, landscaping, and ancillary development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461332/0
- 3 Dec 2024, Kildare County Council 2461295: N/a. Permission. for minor alterations to the existing dwelling, to include: The addition of a new garage structure (31.36 sq. m.) to the front of the dwelling; A ‘privacy wall’ extending from the existing dwelling to the new garage structure; The addition of a new side door to the west-facing elevation; Ground floor rear extension (31.07sq. m.) with expanded first-floor terrace above (33.17sq. m.); All associated engineering works, landscaping, and ancillary development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461295/0
- 14 Apr 2022, Kildare County Council 22432: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. for development at 685 and 686, The Garden Courtyard Apartments, The K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare (Eircode W23 WK51 and W23 Y402) part of Straffan Demesne, a Protected Structure Ref: B14-29. The development consists of the retention of a change of use from use as two dwellings, to use as a single dwelling including external and internal alterations. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22432/0
- 17 Jan 2022, Kildare County Council 2232: Conditional. Retention. The development consists of the retention of a change of use from use as two dwellings, to use as a single dwelling including external and internal alterations (part of Straffan Demesne, a Protected Structure Ref: B14-29). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2232/0
- 12 Nov 2020, Kildare County Council 201362: Conditional. Permission. extensions and alterations to East wing of existing Hotel Building to provide a new Function Room, entrance areas and ancillary spaces to include a new build floor area of c. 1,624 sqm and refurbishment/remodelling of part of existing building c. 484 sqm. The development will comprise: (1) removal of existing former single storey swimming pool to the South and outbuildings/service yard to the North; (2) internal alterations to the existing building; (3) lower ground floor level extension and alterations: new single storey Function Room, kitchen area, staff areas, toilets, bar, stores and plant room; (4) upper ground floor level extension and alterations to include: new entrance areas, bar area, glazed circulation link to existing Hotel building, new toilets, stores, meeting room and new stairs and lifts: (5) first floor extension and alterations to include new meeting rooms, circulation and stairs. The development also includes alterations to existing facades along with external works including upgrading existing service road to the North to form an access road to Function Room external entrance and link to existing car park; associated landscaping works; drainage; paths and ancillary works. Straffan House and gates is a Protected Structure. All. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/201362/0
- 12 Feb 2020, Kildare County Council 20118: Conditional. Retention. the retention of minor amendments to the existing dwelling to include an extended balcony at first-floor level to the rear of the dwelling, additional internal floor space at first-floor level, new double doors opening on to the extended balcony, new double doors opening on to the paved garden area to the rear of the dwelling, a new horizontal window at first floor level to the front of the dwelling, a new flat roof and entrance canopy to replace the previously approved flat roof and entrance canopy, and a new glass screen/louvred panel feature to replace the previously approved stone columns at the front of the dwelling. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20118/0
- 13 Dec 2019, Kildare County Council 191378: N/a. Retention. of minor amendments to the existing dwelling to include an extended balcony at first floor level to the rear of the dwelling, additional internal floorspace at first floor level, new double doors opening on to the extended balcony, new double doors opening on to the paved garden area to the rear of the dwelling, a new horizontal window at first floor level to the front of the dwelling, a new flat roof and entrance canopy to replace the previously approved flat roof and entrance canopy, and a new glass screen/louvred panel feature to replace the previously approved stone columns at the front of the dwelling. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/191378/0
- 25 Oct 2019, Kildare County Council 191190: N/a. Permission. for the retention and completion of amendments to the existing dwelling at 18 Churchfields, The K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare. The development consists of minor amendments to the existing dwelling to include an extended balcony at first floor level to the rear of the dwelling, additional internal floor space at first floor level, new double doors opening on to the extended balcony, new double doors opening on to the paved garden area to the rear of the dwelling, a new horizontal window at first floor level to the front of the dwelling, a new flat roof entrance canopy to replace existing entrance canopy, and a new glass screen/louvred panel feature to replace the existing stone columns at the front of the dwelling. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/191190/0
- 17 Jan 2019, Kildare County Council 1927: Conditional. Retention. of: (a) General internal layout alterations; (b) Ground floor level single storey bedroom extension to the side of existing house; (c) Minor modifications to existing ground floor windows on south west elevation; (d) Partial removal of existing first floor level external terrace to side of existing house replaced with dressing room extension accessed off existing master bedroom seating area; (e) The installation of timber entrance gates and piers in front driveway and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/1927/0
- 20 Nov 2018, Kildare County Council 181401: N/a. Retention. (a) General internal layout alterations; (b) Ground floor level single storey bedroom extension to the side of existing house; (c) Minor modifications to existing ground floor windows on south west elevation; (d) Partial removal of existing first floor level external terrace to side of existing house replaced with dressing room extension accessed off existing master bedroom seating area; (d) The installation of timber entrance gates and piers in front driveway and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/181401/0

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## 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 Straffan Demesne.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Straffan Demesne.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Straffan House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1830–1840, Regional interest, registry number 11809009, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD&regno=11809009. Gateway, c.1835, comprising pair of cut-limestone piers with moulded cornices, decorative ball finials, cast-iron double gates and cut-limestone flanking walls having square-headed pedestrian gateways (appearing as segmental-headed from north-west) with decorative cast-iron gates.
- Weir, 1920–1940, Regional interest, registry number 11809022, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD&regno=11809022. Diagonal weir, c.1930, with cast-iron sluice gate/hydraulic dam to south retaining original mechanisms. Sited spanning River Liffey.
- Straffan House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1830–1840, Regional interest, registry number 11809024, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD&regno=11809024. Sections of rubble stone boundary walls, c.1835.
- Straffan House, gate lodge, 1830–1835, Regional interest, registry number 11809025, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD&regno=11809025. Detached four-bay single-storey former gate lodge, c.1835, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey canted bay window to side elevation to south-east and single-bay single-storey lower return to rear to north-east having single-bay single-storey lean-to flanking bay to east. Now in use as offices. Gable-ended roof on a T-shaped plan with slate (polygonal to canted bay window; lean-to to flanking bay). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Overhanging timber eaves on paired brackets. Timber bargeboards to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Painted. Rendered block-and-start detailing to corners. Square-headed openings (including to canted bay window to south-east). Stone sills (continuous to canted bay window). Block-and-start surrounds. 8/6 round-headed timber sash windows. Replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1995. Set back from road in grounds shared with Straffan House (Hotel) adjacent to tarmacadam avenue with side (south-east) elevation fronting on to road.
- Straffan House, country house, 1830–1835, Regional interest, registry number 11809026, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD&regno=11809026. Detached seven-bay two-storey country house with dormer attic, built 1832, retaining some original fenestration with single-bay full-height pedimented breakfront and nine-bay rear elevation to south having three-bay two-storey bowed projecting bay to centre. Extended, c.1850, comprising four-bay two-storey flat-roofed lower wing to east with single-bay four-stage Italianate campanile tower to north on a square plan. Renovated and truncated, c.1937, with entrance bay remodelled and pediment added. Renovated and extended, post 1949, with truncated portion restored and single-bay two-storey recessed end bay added to west having original prostyle tetrastyle Ironic portico inserted to ground floor. Extended, c.1990, comprising ten-bay two-storey wing with dormer attic to west on a cranked plan having pair of single-bay two-storey bowed projecting bays to south and three-bay three-storey split-level linking bay to east on a polygonal plan. Extended, c.2000, comprising eleven-bay two-storey wing with dormer attic to west having single-bay three-stage tower to north on a square plan. Now in use as hotel. Mansard roofs with slate (gabled to dormer attic windows). Rolled lead ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Rainwater goods not visible behind cut-stone blocking course. Flat-roofed to bowed projecting bays. Materials not visible behind cut-stone blocking courses. Rendered walls. Painted. Channelled to ground floor. Rendered dressings including moulded stringcourses, sill courses, quoined piers to corners and rendered band to eaves. Cut-stone blocking course to eaves with cut-stone surround to pediment. Moulded rendered dressings to original campanile tower including consoled string/sill courses and consoled cornice to top stage. Square-headed openings (including Venetian-style tripartite openings). Sills incorporated into plinth to ground floor. Moulded rendered string/sill course to first floor. Moulded rendered surrounds to first floor having pediments over (segmental to some openings). 3/3, 6/6 and 9/9 timber sash windows. Round-headed openings to ground floor breakfront. Moulded rendered surrounds. Glazed timber panelled double doors. Decorative fanlight. Lunette window to pediment. Cut-stone prostyle tetrastyle Ionic portico to additional entrance bay with frieze and moulded cornice. Round-headed openings to campanile tower (some paired) with moulded rendered surrounds and dressings. 1/1 round-headed timber sash windows to bottom stages. Fixed-pane timber casement windows to upper stages. Set back from road in own extensive landscaped grounds. Tarmacadam forecourt/carpark to front (north). Formal Italianate garden to rear (south) with pool and decorative fountain.
- Straffan House, stables, 1830–1835, Regional interest, registry number 11809027, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD&regno=11809027. Detached nine-bay two-storey former stable complex, built 1832, on a quadrangular plan about a courtyard with single-bay full-height pedimented breakfront having round-headed integral carriageway, single-bay two-storey advanced end bays, ten-bay two-storey wings at right angles to east and to west, nine-bay two-storey wing to south completing quadrangle and originally with series of segmental-headed integral carriageways to interior of courtyard including second pedimented integral carriageway to south-east. Renovated, c.1995, to accommodate use as hotel. Hipped roof on a quadrangular plan with slate. Rolled lead ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on brackets. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Cut-limestone breakfront with pediment over having cut-stone surround. Cut-limestone dressings including quoins to corners and stringcourse to first floor end bays. Cut-limestone to ground floor interior of courtyard with cut-limestone piers. Roughcast/pebbledashed to first floor. Square-headed window openings (in round-headed recessed niches to end bays having cut-limestone voussoirs). Stone sills. Cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds. 8/4 and 12/8 timber sash windows (some possibly replacement). Round-headed integral carriageway. Cut-limestone dressings including stringcourse to spring of arch and voussoirs. Some oculus windows to first floor to interior of courtyard. Cut-limestone voussoirs. Timber fittings. Series of segmental-headed integral carriageways to ground floor interior of courtyard remodelled, c.1995, to accommodate square-headed openings having glazed iron continuous canopy over on cast-iron pillars. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1995, on timber panelled plinths with decorative fanlights over. Replacement glazed timber double doors, c.1995, with sidelights and fanlights. Set back from road in grounds shared with Straffan House (Hotel). Tarmacadam drive off main avenue to front (north). Formal garden to courtyard.
- Turbine house, 1920–1940, Regional interest, registry number 11809031, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD&regno=11809031. Detached single-bay single-storey mass-concrete hydro-electric turbine engine house, c.1930, retaining early fenestration. Gable-ended roof with concrete. Mass-concrete walls. Unpainted. Square-headed openings. No sills. Iron swivel windows. Iron double doors approached by flight of concrete steps. Sited on north bank of River Liffey.

## 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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2801, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2801.zip (ZIP).
- 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/kildare/straffan-demesne.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/straffan-demesne.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/straffan-demesne.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Straffan Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare: https://everytownland.com/kildare.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Bawnoges: https://everytownland.com/kildare/bawnoges.md
- Glebe: https://everytownland.com/kildare/glebe-80570.md
- Irishtown Lower: https://everytownland.com/kildare/irishtown-lower.md
- Ladycastle Lower: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ladycastle-lower.md
- Lodgepark: https://everytownland.com/kildare/lodgepark.md
- Straffan: https://everytownland.com/kildare/straffan.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.

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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.

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