Archersgrove

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Archersgrove, from 2 m² to 293,367 m² (29.34 ha, 72.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Amenity / Green links/Biodiversity conservation/ Open Space/Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 12 May 2025Refused

  for (A) Alterations to site boundary, including boundary treatment. (B) Alterations and provision of a vehicular entrance to my residential site including all associated site works related to these changes

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2538

• 12 May 2023Conditional

  for the retention of changes to and/or amendments of a development which was originally permitted by the Council under Reg. 11299 (which was prolonged under Reg 16533) with the present application now seeking to retain (A) two retaining walls (B) the conversion of an integral garage to a bedroom (C) elevation/design alterations (D) a basement home gym (E) a pumphouse/plantroom (F) a downstairs bedroom window (G) all associated site works related to these changes all at De Clare House

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 23118

• 4 Mar 2020Refused

  to construct a detached garage, to residential site, and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20129

• 6 Jul 2017Unconditional

  Ext of Duration: Re Planning Ref: 12/432

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 17449

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Archersgrove 002051

Recorded monuments

• KK019-050 Water mill - vertical-wheeled
  Description

  Indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of ‘The Liberties of the Citty of Kilkenny’ and on the Down Survey parish map of ‘St Patrick’s Parish’ as a water mill on the S bank of the River Nore, in the N portion of the 17th-century townland of 'Archersgrove and the broadfeilds'. The N portion of the 17th-century townland which equates well with the modern townland of Archersgrove (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). The terrier accompanying the parish map mentions that there is, 'in Archersgrove a Thatcht House [KK019-080001-] and two mills in repaire' and lists 'Thomas Archer Ir[ish] P[apist]' as the proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). The Civil Survey (1654-6) describes the mills belonging to Thomas Archer as, 'being 3 in num[ber] [ ] distinct building [ ] wherein stands a corne ye [ ] walls stone ye ruffe p[ar]t Slate and p[ar]t Thatch. A Building joyning thereunto wherin stands a ruinous Tuck Mill) ye walls stone and ye ruffe Thatch. Another building (wherein stands a Corne mill) ye walls stone and ye ruffe thatch' (Simington (ed.) 1942, vol. 6, 549). There is a millrace running along the S side of the mill complex. According to Doyle (1985, 153), 'There is here much evidence of mills in pre-Cromwellian times; the Archers owned all the lands around this area, and their coat of arms is on the wall of the mill, one of the many mills they owned at different periods'. Doyle also notes another Archer coat of arms at Lacken mill (KK019-028----) c. 1.2km to the NW (ibid. 152). The mill complex is currently abandoned and in a ruinous condition. See attached: KK019-050----_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of ‘The Liberties of the Citty of Kilkenny’ (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 14 October 2020

• KK019-080001 House - 17th century
  Description

  Indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of ‘The Liberties of the Citty of Kilkenny’ and on the Down Survey parish map of ‘St Patrick’s Parish’ as a house in the N portion of the 17th-century townland of 'Archersgrove and the broadfeilds', on the S bank of the River Nore. The N portion of the 17th-century townland which equates well with the modern townland of Archersgrove (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). The terrier accompanying the parish map mentions that there is, 'in Archersgrove a Thatcht House' and lists 'Thomas Archer Ir[ish] P[apist]' as the proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). The precise location of the house is unknown, though it may be on or near Archersgrove House which, according to the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, is a, 'Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1900, possibly incorporating fabric of earlier mill owner's house' (www.buildingsofireland.ie, viewed 14 October 2020). See attached: KK019-080001-_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of ‘The Liberties of the Citty of Kilkenny’ (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) KK019-080001-_02 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of ‘St Patrick’s Parish’ (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 14 October 2020

• KK019-113 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. Within Archersgrove demesne, c. 120m of Archersgrove House (KK019-080001-). An aerial photograph (GB89.Q.28, 13 July 1989) shows a cropmark of a large, incomplete curvilinear enclosure (diam. c. 50m) defined by two widely spaced, concentric fosses. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland and Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 20 October 2020

Architectural heritage

• Archersgrove House, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1900, possibly incorporating fabric of earlier mill owner's house, pre-1840, on site with single-bay two-storey gabled projecting end bay to right having two-storey canted bay window, two-storey canted bay window to left, and three-bay single-storey open veranda to ground floor continuing around three-bay two-storey side (north-west) elevation as four-bay single-storey veranda incorporating canted bay window to centre. Part refenestrated. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan (gabled to end bay) with clay ridge tiles, red brick Flemish bond chimney stacks having profiled cornice on consoles, timber bargeboards to gable, slightly swept eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on profiled exposed timber eaves. Pitched (lean-to) slate roof to veranda on an L-shaped plan (forming hip to corner) on cast-iron columns (some paired having foliate detailing, and profiled necking supporting riveted panels extending into spandrels) with glazed sections in iron frame, and cast-iron rainwater goods on profiled exposed timber eaves. Painted rendered walls to ground floor (painted rendered walls to canted bay windows with stringcourses supporting friezes having moulded cornices to each floor), and painted roughcast walls to first floor. Square-headed window openings (including to canted bay windows) with cut-limestone sills (some forming sill courses), and timber casement windows having some replacement uPVC casement windows throughout. Round-headed door opening with three cut-stone steps, and egg-and-dart-detailed timber panelled double doors having overlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with tarmacadam forecourt, and landscaped grounds to site.

• Archersgrove House, water tower, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay three-stage water tower, c.1900, on a square plan comprising single-bay two-stage battered/tapered tower with single-bay single-stage block over supporting collecting tank. Broken coursed cut-limestone walls with rock-faced limestone ashlar quoins to corners, rock-faced limestone stringcourse supporting top stage, broken-coursed rock-faced cut-limestone walls to top stage having rock-faced limestone ashlar quoins to corners, and cut-limestone stringcourse supporting blocking course having iron railings over. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, rock-faced cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds, and no fittings. Round-headed door opening with rock-faced cut-limestone block-and-start surround, and no fittings. Set back from road in grounds shared with Archersgrove House.

• Archersgrove House, farmyard complex, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, c.1900, possibly incorporating fabric of earlier ranges, pre-1840, on site including:(i) Detached five-bay two-storey stable building on a symmetrical plan with three-bay two-storey central recess having camber-headed carriageway to centre ground floor. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, slightly sproketed eaves, and iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having red brick consoles to central bays. Unpainted roughcast walls with camber-headed full-height recesses having roughcast red brick voussoirs. Square-headed window openings in camber-headed recesses with cut-stone sills, concealed red brick voussoirs, and remains of timber fittings. Camber-headed door openings with concealed red brick voussoirs, and tongue-and-groove timber panelled half-doors having overlights. Camber-headed carriageway to centre ground floor with concealed red brick voussoirs, and iron double doors.(ii) Walled garden on a rectangular plan with random rubble limestone boundary wall to perimeter incorporating square-headed door opening with red brick block-and-start surround, and timber panelled door.(iii) Detached two-bay two-storey farm manager's house with two-bay single-storey wing to right. Extensively renovated. Hipped roof to main block and pitched roof to wing with replacement artificial slate, clay ridge tiles, slightly sproketed eaves to main block, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Ivy-clad unpainted roughcast walls with cut-limestone quoins to corners, and rendered band to eaves. Square-headed window openings in camber-headed recesses with concealed sills, rendered surrounds, and replacement uPVC casement windows. Camber-headed door opening with rendered block-and-start surround, and timber panelled door having fanlight.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2193 (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.

No address of the register names Archersgrove with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Archersgrove · Garrán an Áirséaraigh

Area

408,783 m² (40.88 ha, 101.01 acres)

Civil parish

St. Patrick's, and its townlands

Barony

Shillelogher

Electoral division

Kilkenny Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilkenny Rural electoral division: 18,603 people in 6,480 households; 64% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Danville, Gallowshill, Maudlinsland, Purcellsinch, Quarryland, Sionhermitage, Warrington

Placenames

Archersgrove 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.