Ardagh Demesne

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardagh Demesne, from 59 m² to 859,395 m² (85.94 ha, 212.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential (Existing residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Education)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Open space, park)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Community facilities)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 18 Dec 2024Conditional

  (A PROTECTED STRUCTURE, Ref: RPS 58) for proposed installation of PV/solar panels to rear main roof. Retention Permission is also sought for installation of PV/solar panels to roof of rear detached shed

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460307

• 28 Aug 2024Conditional

  works to a Protected Structure ref. 86 (previously ref. 137 as follows: PV/solar panels to existing rear main roof

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460189

• 2 Jan 2024Conditional

  to carefully restore, renovate and extend the property known as The Old Police Station at Ardagh Demesne, Ardagh, Co. Longford. Proposals include erection of a single storey extension to the front and a 1st floor extension to the rear of dwelling house, take down existing outbuilding and replace with a domestic store, and carry out all ancillary siteworks. (This is a recorded protected structure)

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460001

• 12 Apr 2022Conditional

  development consisting of 1) sub-division of former post office to northern end as separate dwelling; 2) construction of single storey extensions 3.8sqm to south-west, internal rearrangements to form two separate units and minor external alterations to the rear of existing part one storey, part storey and a half detached dwelling; 3) partial demolition of shed to provide onsite parking for two spaces; 4) solar panels and roof lights on south-west rear and north-east side roof; 5) stonework repairs; 6) replacement of front windows with original lattice iron windows & timber surround; 7) electrical and plumbing upgrade; 8) new connections to mains water and to public sewerage system and ancillary site works; 9) associated internal and external alterations and refurbishments

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2282

• 20 Jan 2021Conditional

  to carry out works consisting of renovation of the existing cottage including the construction of an extension to the rear, connect to public services and all associated site works. The proposed development relates to a record of protected structures and is within an architectural conservation area

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 218

• 23 Oct 2020Conditional

  of existing external finishes servicing existing dormer type dwelling house and all ancillary works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 20243

• 12 Mar 2020Conditional

  A) remove and replace existing building roof cladding B) proposed changes to internal arrangement of toilet area C) alterations and changes to relevant elevations and all ancillary site works (protected structure) COVID 19

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2060

• 20 Mar 2019Conditional

  proposed construction of an Astro Turf Playing Pitch together with perimeter fencing, erection of lighting poles with lighting, use of existing onsite car park and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1977

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 the townland of Ardagh Demesne.

Recorded monuments

• LF019-045 Designed landscape feature
  Description

  On a low rise in well-drained pasture. Indicated as an irregularly enclosed tree copse on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1911-12 edition as a tree-planted trapezoidal enclosure. The monument has been levelled and is not visible at ground level. As it is situated in demesne lands and was planted with trees it may have been a landscape feature. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 18 January 2012

• LF019-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a knoll in pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded that this knoll, which is circular in plan (diam. c. 45m), was enclosed by a much-denuded, low bank of earth and stone, with an intervening fosse and traces of an outer bank at S. None of these features are visible and it is defined by a scarp (H 0.5m), which rises towards the S (H 1.1-1.3m). An entrance is not recognisable. The monument has been planted with coniferous trees. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• LF019-050001 Church
  Description

  In pasture on the NW side of Ardagh village; within the W half of a graveyard (LF019-050002-). Depicted on an early 17th-century map of Ardagh barony (BL, Cotton MS Augustus I.ii.25) as a roofed church with a possible bell tower, with another smaller ruined church (LF019-051001-) nearby. Now ruined, this ivy-covered church (ext. dims. 18.6m E-W; 8.1m N-S; wall T 0.9-1.07m; int. dims. 16.27m E-W; 6.46m N-S) appears to date to high medieval period and was substantially rebuilt or altered in the late 17th/early 18th-century. The main architectural features include the remains of the doorway in the W gable, a large blocked-up window in the E gable, three rectangular windows in the S wall and two smaller ones in the N wall. A doorway in the E end of the N wall was blocked up in the 19th century when the burial tomb of the Fetherston family was inserted into the NE corner of the interior of the church. An associated wall plaque, dated 1853, has been inserted into the fill of the blocked doorway. The W gable is 0.2m thicker than the N and S side-walls. This suggests that it may have supported a bellcote, as indicated on the early 17th-century map (ibid.), or that it predates the side-walls. The N wall extends to the W of it, suggesting that this angle was formerly buttressed. Alternatively, this section of walling may relate to a domestic range associated with the church. At the W end of the S wall there is evidence of a straight joint that marks a change in the fabric of the wall, suggesting that this wall was either extended or rebuilt. A number of cut and moulded stones from a window or doorway, dating from the late 12th/early 13th century, lie within the W end of the church and in the graveyard immediately surrounding it. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF019-050002 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with a church (LF019-050001-) located in its W half. This roughly D-shaped graveyard (56m E-W; 37m N-S) is enclosed by an 18th- or 19th-century stone wall surmounted by an iron railing in places. Access is via a narrow wrought-iron gate in the W wall, facing onto the public road. It is no longer in use and contains memorials dating from the 18th to the 19th centuries. A number of architectural fragments from the church are visible within it. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF019-051001 Cathedral
  Description

  On level ground close, to the E edge of Ardagh village, and within the SE corner of a graveyard (LF019-051002-). A 19th-century church (C of I) is located c. 30m to the NW. The foundation at Ardagh is traditionally linked with St Patrick; St Mel was its first bishop. Under the 12th-century church reform it became the centre of the diocese and the church was subsequently used as the cathedral, which in 1516 was so ruined that Mass was celebrated only occasionally by one priest at an altar open to the sky (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 61-2). Depicted on an early 17th-century map of Ardagh barony (BL, Cotton MS Augustus I.ii.25) as a small ruined church in the vicinity of a larger roofed church with a possible bell tower (LF019-050001-) and described in the late 17th century as 'a mightie small chapel' (Downing 1932, 23). In the late 19th century Farrell (1891, 174) recorded that the windows were 'of the lancet description common to such buildings in old times'. Excavations in 1967 revealed that the church was constructed upon the site of an earlier timber church (LF019-051003-), which was possibly of 8th-century date (Harbison 1992a, 229). Remains comprise a partially reconstructed early medieval church (ext. dims. 10.35m E-W; 7.7m N-S; wall T 0.9m; int. dims. 8.6m E-W; 5.83m N-S) with projecting antae (D 0.53m) on both gables. The cyclopean walls, which rest upon a projecting plinth (Wth 0.28m; H 0.2m), are constructed of massive blocks interspersed with smaller stones, similar to the churches at Agharra (LF024-007001-) and Cloondara (LF013-018----). This stonework was described in the late 19th century as being 'composed of several immensely large blocks of rock, each fitting one on top of the other, as though chiselled by the stonecutter, although at this time stonecutters were not procurable. Some of these blocks of stone are fully ten feet [c. 3m] long, and could not weigh less than some tons' (Farrell 1891, 173). Apart from the flat-headed lintelled doorway in the W gable, the church is featureless. (ITA Survey 1944; Moore 2007, No. 12) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF019-051002 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with a cathedral (LF019-051001-) within its SE corner, and a roughly centrally located 19th-century church (C of I). This rectangular graveyard (87m E-W; 34m N-S) is enclosed by a stone wall. Access is via the main gate in the W wall or via stone steps and a gate in the S wall. Memorials date from the 19th to the 20th centuries. (ITA Survey 1944; Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF019-051003 Church
  Description

  Excavations in 1967 revealed that the early medieval church (LF019-051001-) was constructed upon the site of an earlier timber church, possibly of 8th-century date (Harbison 1992a, 229). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

Architectural heritage

• Demesne walls/gates/railings, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Demesne wall to the northwest of the Ardagh House estate, erected c. 1847. Composed of random rubble stone masonry, with rounded roughly dressed stone coping over. Rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having cut stone capstones over and wrought-iron flat bar gates at various intervals along length of wall. Located to the north of Ardagh and situated outside the current grounds of the estate.

• Demesne walls/gates/railings, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Demesne wall to west and northwest of the Ardagh House estate, erected c. 1845. Composed of random rubble stone masonry, with rounded roughly dressed stone coping over. Roughly dressed limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having wrought-iron flat bar gates at various intervals along length of wall. Located to the northwest of Ardagh and situated outside the current grounds of the estate.

• Ardagh House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1850–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway serving the west entrance to Ardagh House (13312039), erected c. 1863, comprising a central pair of cut limestone gate piers (on square-plan), having chamfered plinths and carved capstones with roundel detailing, flanked to either side by sections of dressed limestone wall (on quadrant-plan) with triangular-profile coping over and terminated by further cut stone piers with similar detailing to central piers. Former pedestrian entrances to either side (north and south) of central carriage entrance. Decorative wrought-iron gate to pedestrian entrance to the north, pedestrian entrance to the south now blocked with dressed limestone walling. Located to the northwest of Ardagh House (13312039) and to the north of Ardagh. Associated gate lodge, the west lodge (13312004), adjacent to the northeast. Boundary wall (13312009) to the south.

• Ardagh House, gate lodge, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge associated with Ardagh House (13312039), built c. 1863, having advanced gabled porch to the centre of the main façade (south) and a single-storey twentieth-century extension to rear (north). Hipped slate roofs, pitched to gable, with rebuilt central rendered chimneystack. Cast-iron rainwater goods with moulded guttering. Overhanging eaves boxed in with uPVC sheeting, and moulded limestone eaves course. Snecked rusticated/dressed limestone walls over dressed plinth and having dressed limestone quoins to the corners of the main body of building and to the projecting central bay. Unpainted rendered walls to extension to rear. Segmental-headed window openings, in pairs to front elevations (south), having dressed and tooled limestone surrounds, corbelled limestone sills, and replacement windows. Segmental-headed entrance opening having dressed limestone surround and carved limestone fielded keystone. Replacement timber panelled door with limestone threshold. Segmental-headed entrance to extension with render surround and replacement timber panelled door, accessed via concrete steps. Situated at the current west boundary to Ardagh demesne and to the north of Ardagh. Associated entrance gates (13312003) adjacent to the west.

• Ardagh House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Demesne wall to the southeast of the Ardagh House estate, erected c. 1845. Composed of random rubble stone masonry with rounded roughly dressed stone coping over. Double-leaf wrought and cast-iron gates to the centre of section and a dressed limestone gate pier (on square-plan) with moulded capstone over to the east end of wall. Located to the east of Ardagh and situated to the current southeast boundary of the estate.

• Ardagh House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Demesne walls to the west of the Ardagh House estate, erected c. 1845, which run along either side of the main road into the village from the north. Composed of random rubble stone masonry with rounded roughly dressed stone coping over. Wall stepped at various stages along length. Features such as piers and cast-iron gates along the course of the walls. Located to the north and northwest of Ardagh and situated to the current west boundary of the estate.

• Saint Patrick's Church (Ardagh), gates/railings/walls, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding lychgate associated with St. Patrick's Church of Ireland church, erected c. 1863. Composed of a half-hipped terracotta flat tiled roof, with slates to north and south elevations, supported by a painted open timber post construction on red brick bases. Double leaf timber gates with latch mechanism. Situated to the west of, and serving as the main entrance to, St. Patrick's Church of Ireland church (13312032). Set in snecked stone boundary walls. Located to the centre of Ardagh.

• Worker's house, 1830–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay single-storey former estate worker's house, built c. 1830, with single-storey extension to the north elevation. One of a pair with the building adjoining to the south (13312012). Now in use as a private house. Hipped slate roof with central red brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roof to extension. Snecked rock-faced stone walls, with flush dressed limestone quoins to the corner at the north end. Painted roughcast rendered walls to extension. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds, stone sills, and replacement timber frame top hung windows. Central square-headed entrance opening with tooled limestone block-and-start surround and replacement timber battened door. Set back from road to the north of Ardagh village centre with landscaped garden to front (east) and north. Random rubble stone boundary wall with rounded stone coping and wrought-iron gate.

• Worker's house, 1830–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay single-storey former estate worker's house, built c. 1830, with modern entrance porch and a single-storey extension to rear (west). One of a pair with the building adjoining to the north (13312011). Now in use as a private house. Hipped slate roof with central red brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roof to porch. Snecked rock-faced stone walls, with flush dressed limestone quoins to the corner at the south end. Painted roughcast rendered walls to extension. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds, stone sills, and timber frame pivoting pane windows. Central square-headed entrance opening with tooled limestone block-and-start surround and replacement glazed timber panelled door. Painted concrete block walls to porch, with colonnettes. Set back from road to the north of Ardagh village centre with landscaped garden to front (east) and south. Random rubble stone boundary wall with rounded stone coping and wrought-iron gate.

• Ardagh Demesne National School, school, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey parochial school, built 1830, on an L-shaped plan. Extended, 1972, producing present composition to accommodate alternative use. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on wrought iron spandrels on slightly overhanging cut-limestone eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Repointed coursed rubble stone walls with tooled rough cut limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing casement windows having pivot overlights. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing casement windows. Set in landscaped grounds with repointed rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter having cut-limestone "saddleback" coping.

• The Old Post Office, worker's house, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey former estate worker's house on L-shaped plan, built c. 1863, having an advanced two-bay single-storey with attic level gable-fronted section to the north end of the main façade (east) and an advanced single-bay gabled porch offset to the south side of centre. Single-storey addition to the rear (west). Formerly in use as post office, now in use as private house. Pitched natural slate roofs, with rebuilt red brick (central) and rendered chimneystacks (rear pitch), cast-iron rainwater goods, and timber bargeboards to gables. Snecked rock-faced stone walls with dressed limestone quoins to the corners, and brass award plaques to former post office entrance. Square-headed window openings having chamfered dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds with cut stone sills, and replacement uPVC windows. Four centered arch entrance openings with dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds, and replacement timber battened doors. Trifoliated window opening to gable apex of entrance porch, with carved limestone surround. Set back from the road, with landscaped garden to front. Random rubble stone boundary wall to road frontage having chamfered dressed limestone coping, with wrought-iron gates. Located to the north of the centre of Ardagh.

• Melrose, steward's house, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former steward's/agent’s house on L-shaped plan, built c. 1863, with advanced gabled bay with canted bay window to the south end of the main elevation (east), single-storey canted corner porch and gabled half dormer window to attic. Now in use as private house. Pitched natural slate roofs, with two decorative yellow brick chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, and pierced decorative timber bargeboards to gables. Hipped slate roofs to porch and canted bay window. Snecked rock-faced stone walls with dressed limestone quoins to the corners. Carved limestone scrolled panel with heraldic shield and moulded cornice to front elevation, displaying an open hand palm up, and three curled feathers. Pointed segmental-arch window openings to upper floor and attic, square-headed windows to ground floor. Chamfered dressed limestone window surrounds with stone sills and replacement windows. Shouldered entrance opening to porch, with chamfered dressed limestone surround and timber battened door, accessed via stone step. Flanked by shouldered window opening with chamfered dressed limestone surround, and timber frame window. Set back from the road, with landscaped garden to front. Random rubble stone boundary wall to road frontage having chamfered dressed limestone coping, with wrought-iron gates. Complex of single and single-storey with attic level outbuildings to the rear (west). Located to the north of the centre of Ardagh.

• Garda station/constabulary barracks, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, built c. 1863, having an advanced gabled central breakfront and with half dormers to attic. Possibly originally used as an estate worker’s house, now in use as private house. Pitched natural slate roofs with decorative red brick chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, and pierced scalloped timber bargeboards to gables. Snecked rock-faced stone walls over dressed stone plinth with dressed limestone quoins to the corners of main body of building and to breakfront. Square-headed window openings with dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds having carved/chamfered detail to lintels, dressed limestone sills, timber and metal frame windows with quarry glazing. Four centered arch entrance opening, with timber battened door. Square-headed sidelights with dressed limestone surrounds and fixed timber frames flanking entrance, and also to side elevations of advanced bay. Accessed via stone step. Landscaped garden to front, with remains of snecked stone boundary wall, and wrought-iron gate. Located to the centre of Ardagh, adjacent to The Clock Tower (13312017).

• Fetherston Memorial, clock, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding limestone four-stage clock tower, dated 1863, having octagonal stepped base of coursed ashlar limestone with clasping buttresses rising to crocketed pinnacles, second stage on square-plan with four gabled faces and open ‘belfry’ stage on square-plan with a spirelet over (on octagonal-plan) having wrought-iron finial. Stepped plinth to base. Pointed trifoliated wall plaque, with roll moulding having decorative label stop, engaged colonnettes, and date and lettering in low relief commemorating Sir George Ralph Fetherston. Pointed trifoliated window openings with roll mouldings having decorative label stops, and quarry glazing. Pointed arch entrance opening having timber battened door with roll moulding. Quatrefoil decoration to base of square profile gabled clock stage. Clock face to east elevation, multifoil window openings with quarry glazing elsewhere. Carved decoration including colonnettes, inscribed banners, and heraldic shields. Gabled base to spire with paired open trifoliated lancets, colonnettes and crockets. Situated in landscaped surrounds with wrought-iron railings and gate set in gabled ashlar limestone piers and low coursed limestone plinth boundary wall. Located in the centre of Ardagh.

• Worker's house, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey former estate worker's house, built c. 1863, with advanced gabled bay to the west end of the main façade (south) and gabled porch offset to the centre. Now in use as private house. Late-twentieth century lean-to extension to rear (north). Pitched slate roofs with three decorative red brick chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, and scalloped pierced bargeboards to the gables. Snecked rock-faced sandstone walls over limestone plinth with dressed limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds with carved detail to lintels, stone sills, and metal frame windows with pivoting panes. Pointed segmental-arch entrance opening, having dressed limestone block-and-start surround and timber battened door. Accessed via stone step. Landscaped gardens to front and west, with snecked rock faced limestone boundary wall with chamfered dressed limestone coping and wrought-iron gate. Yard to rear, with outbuildings having hipped and pitched slate roofs, cast-iron rainwater goods, snecked stone walls, and square-headed openings. Snecked rock-faced stone boundary wall to rear. Located to the west of the centre of Ardagh.

• Worker's house, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached four-bay single-storey former estate worker's house, built c. 1863, with advanced gabled bay to the west end of the main façade (south) and gabled porch offset to the centre. Now in use as private house. Single-storey return to the rear (north) with hipped slate roof. Pitched slate roofs with decorative red brick chimneystacks and scalloped pierced bargeboards to the gables. Snecked rock-faced limestone walls over limestone plinth with dressed limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds with carved detail to lintels, stone sills, and replacement windows. Square-headed window openings to the rear with brick dressings. Pointed segmental-arch entrance opening, having dressed limestone block-and-start surround and timber battened door. Accessed via stone step. Trefoil to porch gable with dressed limestone surround. Landscaped gardens to front and east, with snecked rock-faced limestone boundary wall with chamfered dressed limestone coping and wrought-iron gate. Yard to rear, with outbuildings having hipped and pitched slate roofs, cast-iron rainwater goods, snecked stone walls, and square- and segmental-headed openings with timber battened doors. Snecked rock-faced stone boundary wall to rear (north) with wrought-iron gate. Located to the west of the centre of Ardagh.

• Worker's house, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay single-storey former estate worker's house on L-shaped plan, built c. 1863, with central advanced gabled porch to main elevation (south) and single-storey return to the rear (north) having hipped slate roof. Now in use as private house. Pitched slate roofs with decorative red brick chimneystacks and scalloped pierced bargeboards to the gables. Snecked rock-faced limestone walls over limestone plinth with dressed limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds with carved detail to lintels, stone sills, and metal frame windows with pivoting panes. Square-headed window openings to the rear with brick dressings. Pointed segmental arch entrance opening, having dressed limestone block-and-start surround and replacement timber door. Trefoil to porch gable with dressed limestone surround. Accessed via stone step. Landscaped gardens to front and west, with snecked rock-faced limestone boundary wall with chamfered dressed limestone coping and wrought-iron gate. Yard to rear, with outbuildings having hipped and pitched slate roofs, cast-iron rainwater goods, snecked stone walls, and square- and segmental-headed openings with timber battened doors. Snecked rock-faced stone boundary wall to rear (north) with wrought-iron gate. Located to the west of the centre of Ardagh.

• Worker's house, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay single-storey former estate worker's house on T-shaped plan, built c. 1863, with advanced gabled bay to the east end of the main façade (south) and return to the rear (north) having pitched slate roof. Now in use as private house. Pitched slate roofs with red brick chimneystacks, one rebuilt. Snecked rock-faced sandstone walls over limestone plinth with dressed limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds with carved detail to lintels, stone sills, and metal frame windows with pivoting panes. Pointed segmental arch entrance opening, having dressed limestone block-and-start surround and replacement glazed timber door. Accessed via stone step. Landscaped gardens to front and east, with snecked rock-faced limestone boundary wall with chamfered dressed limestone coping and wrought-iron gate. Yard to rear, with outbuildings having hipped and pitched slate roofs, cast-iron rainwater goods, snecked stone walls, and square- and segmental-headed openings with timber battened doors. Snecked rock-faced stone boundary wall to rear (north) with wrought-iron gate. Located to the west of the centre of Ardagh.

• Worker's house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay single-storey former estate worker's house on T-shaped plan, built c. 1863, with advanced gabled bay to the west end of the main façade (south) and return to the rear (north) having pitched slate roof. Now in use as private house. Pitched slate roofs with red brick chimneystacks. Snecked rock-faced sandstone walls over limestone plinth with dressed limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds with carved detail to lintels, stone sills, and replacement windows. Pointed segmental-arch entrance opening, having dressed limestone block-and-start surround and replacement timber door. Accessed via stone step. Landscaped gardens to front, with snecked rock-faced limestone boundary wall with chamfered dressed limestone coping and wrought-iron gate. Yard to rear, with outbuildings having pitched corrugated-metal roofs, snecked stone walls, and square- and segmental-headed openings. Random rubble stone boundary wall and gate pier to adjoining house. Rear access. Located to the west of the centre of Ardagh.

• Saint Patrick's Church (Ardagh), church/chapel, 1805–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-cell Church of Ireland church, built or rebuilt c. 1810 (dated), with three-stage tower on square-plan to the west (added c. 1812), which is flanked to either side (north and south) by single-bay vestibules/narthex. Pitched natural slate roof with overhanging eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Cut stone corner pinnacles and crenellated (Irish style) parapet to tower. Parapet to west elevation, with moulded cornices and carved limestone quatrefoil decoration to frieze. Date plaque and inscribed crosses/cross loops to west elevation. Rendered walls over dressed limestone plinth dressed limestone quoins to the corners. Random rubble stone construction to tower at belfry level with cut stone quoins to the corners. Pointed arch window openings to side elevations of nave with dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds, sills and stone tracery with quarry and storm glazing. Pointed arch window openings to side elevations of vestibules with dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds, sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with intersecting tracery to heads. Triple-light pointed arch window opening to east elevation with dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds, sills, timber tracery and with quarry and storm glazing. Blind pointed arch window openings to west elevation, with corbelled dressed limestone surround. Pointed arch timber louvered openings to tower, and to east elevation gable. Square-headed entrance opening with pointed arch dressed limestone surround to plain tympanum. Timber battened double leaf door with elaborate strap hinges, flanked by carved limestone pilasters and moulded cornice. Accessed via stone steps. On an elevated site in landscaped surrounds, with graveyard to south, east and west, and random rubble stone boundary walls. Remains of St. Mel's cathedral (LF019-05101-) to the southeast. Separate record for entrance (13312010). Located to the centre of Ardagh.

• Ardagh House, gate lodge, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge on L-shaped plan, built c. 1863, having open lean-to porch to the angle of the ‘L’ (west elevation) and a twentieth-century extension to rear (east). Hipped slate roofs with rebuilt red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods with moulded guttering. Overhanging eaves boxed in with timber sheeting, and decorative red brick eaves course. Snecked rock-faced limestone walls over dressed limestone plinth with dressed limestone quoins to the corners. Painted roughcast rendered extensions to rear (west). Artificial stone cladding to south elevation of extension. Segmental-headed window openings in pairs to front elevation, with dressed limestone surrounds, corbelled sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings elsewhere, with yellow brick block-and-start surrounds to south elevation, having stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber posts and brackets to porch. Square-headed entrance opening with replacement glazed timber door. Gardens to front (west) and south enclosed by wrought-iron railings set in rendered boundary wall, gate posts, double leaf and pedestrian gates. Situated at the southwest boundary to Ardagh demesne, to the southwest of Ardagh House (13312039), and to the east of Ardagh.

• Ardagh House, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway serving the southeast entrance to Ardagh House (13312039), erected c. 1863, comprising a central pair of cut limestone gate piers (on square-plan) with fielded panels, chamfered plinths and carved capstones with roundel and fielded stud detailing. Elaborate wrought-iron double leaf gates. Central gateway flanked to either side by sections of coursed dressed limestone wall (on quadrant-plan) with triangular-profile coping, cut stone gate piers and elaborate wrought-iron railings over and terminated by gate piers of a similar design to central piers. Former pedestrian entrance to the east side of central carriage entrance with wrought-iron gate. Located to the southeast of Ardagh House (13312039) and to the east of Ardagh. Random rubble stone boundary wall with rounded stone coping to east and west. Associated gate lodge to the northeast (13312034).

• Church/chapel, 1730–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard on irregular D-shaped plan, established c. 1733 and possibly earlier, set within the grounds of a ruinous medieval church (LF019-050---). Now overgrown and disused. Contains collection of carved stone grave markers, both recumbent and upstanding, from the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Fetherston family monuments (or Ardagh House 13312039) to site. Number of monumental graves with decorative features such as urns, pediments and crosses. Iron railings to a number of graves. Surrounded by random rubble stone walls, some with iron railings over. Pair of dressed limestone gate piers (on square-plan) to entrance (west) having capstones and a wrought-iron gate. Located to the north of Ardagh.

• Seat/bench, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-bay pedestrian shelter, erected c. 1863, attached to west wall of St. Patrick's Church of Ireland church (13312032). Coursed and snecked rock-faced limestone walls, with crow-stepped stone parapet and coping. Pointed segmental-arch opening with recessed order. Carved stone seat set into rear wall. Stone flagged paving to ground. Plaques to rear wall commemorating Tidy Town competition wins. Faces directly into village square, to the centre of Ardagh.

• Ardagh House, country house, 1730–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached eight-bay two-storey (originally three-storey) over-basement former country house, originally built c. 1730 and altered c. 1826 and c. 1863. Three-bay two-storey block (formerly a ballroom) attached to the southeast end, having hipped slate roof with overhanging bracketed eaves. Single-bay porch with tetrastyle porch to the centre of the front façade (south), adjoined to the east by a four-bay single-storey addition/conservatory with pilasters and lean-to roof. Now in use as training college by the Sisters of Mercy (from c. 1927) with multiple extensions to the east and the northeast. Hipped slate roof with overhanging bracketed eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roof to porch. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with painted sills and a mixture of replacement, six-over-six, and three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows. Moulded cornices, square profile piers, and pilasters to porch. Wrought-iron cross finial over porch. Square-headed window openings to single-storey addition/conservatory having eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows with moulded sills. Segmental-headed with moulded surround to west elevation of porch having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window with moulded bracketed sill. Square-headed entrance opening to porch (recessed) with moulded surround, decorative console brackets, and timber panelled double leaf door. Accessed via stone steps. Painted rendered boundary wall with piers and wrought-iron railings to basement area of front elevation. Set in landscaped surroundings to the north of Ardagh. Gates and gate lodges to the west and the southeast, complex of outbuildings and stable block to the rear (north) and to the northeast.

• Water pump, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1890 replacing earlier pump c. 1863, comprising banded shaft, spout, domed decorative cap with finial over and a slender curved handle. Set in dressed limestone plinth/kerb enclosure (on square-plan) with bastion style corners. Low step in plinth/kerbed enclosure to the centre of each of the four sides to provide access. Stone flagged paving to interior. Situated within a landscaped area in the centre of Ardagh.

• Ardagh House, bollard, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding group of nine carved stone bollards on crescent-shaped plan, erected c. 1880. Carved limestone hexagonal shafts having conical caps. Located to the southeast of Ardagh House (13312039), within the former demesne.

• Ardagh House, stables, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached complex of single and two-storey outbuildings and stableyard, built c. 1863 and possibly containing earlier fabric. Arranged around a courtyard to the rear of Ardagh House (13312039). Some buildings now in use as classrooms. Comprises clock tower, three ranges, and entrance to walled garden (13312043) from within the stableyard. Pitched, hipped, and half-hipped slate roofs with ridge cresting, cast-iron rainwater goods, and decorative bargeboards. Timber louvered lantern to clock tower with metal weather vane. Half dormers to attic of north range. Snecked rock-faced limestone walls, with moulded string course to clock tower. Clock face with carved limestone surround to east and west elevations of tower. Square-headed openings with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows, and timber battened doors. Tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds with chamfered detail. Segmental-arch opening to stableyard, with roll moulding, tooled limestone block-and-start surround and wrought-iron double leaf gates. Segmental-arch openings to east range with timber battened double leaf doors, and fixed timber frame windows. Random rubble stone wall to south with occuli having carved stone surrounds and wrought-iron guards. Stone cobbles to yard. Brixon plank stone paving, and ceramic tiling to internal floors. Covered circular well to centre of stableyard with half hipped slate roof, decorative bargeboards and random rubble stepped stone walls. Four standing lamps with hexagonal glazed heads to yard. Red brick addition to east range east elevation, having lean-to slate roofs and segmental-headed openings. Shouldered segmental-headed openings to north range north elevation with chamfered detail. Set in working farmyard and farmland, with walled garden to east. Located to the east/northeast of Ardagh House and to the north of Ardagh.

• Ardagh House, walled garden, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden on sub-rectangular plan serving Ardagh House (13312039), established c. 1760. Random rubble stone, snecked stone, and brick walls enclosing a formally laid out garden. Coursed dressed stone gate piers (on square-plan) to west elevation, with wrought-iron double leaf gates. Bell pull mechanism adjacent to main entrance, which consists of a handle to the exterior of the garden that sounds a bell set on the interior of the garden when pulled. Pedestrian wrought-iron gate set in wall to south. Glasshouse built against the enclosing wall to north. Some fruit trees and bushes are still in-situ. Located to the east and northeast of the main house and to the northeast of Ardagh.

• Ardagh House, dairy, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey dairy/outbuilding associated with Ardagh House (13312039), built c. 1830. Hipped natural slate roof with red brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked and random rubble limestone walls, painted and rendered to rear (west). Altered square-headed window openings with yellow brick block-and-start dressings and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Two square-headed door openings to the south end of the main elevation (east), built into former segmental-headed carriage arches, with red and yellow brick block-and-start dressings. Glazed timber panelled door, having overlight, and timber battened doors. Segmental-headed carriage arch to the north end of the main (east) elevation having brick block-and-start dressings and timber double doors. Set in farmyard surrounded by other farm buildings. Located to the rear (north) of Ardagh House and to the north of Ardagh.

• Ardagh House, stables, outbuilding, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Group of three detached and attached farm buildings associated with Ardagh House (13312039), built c. 1840 and c. 1863. Hipped slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked and random rubble stone walls with dressed limestone quoins to the openings. A variety of openings, some altered. Square-headed window and door openings with tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds and lintels having chamfered detail, and yellow brick block-and-start dressings. Replacement, timber fixed frame and hopper windows with stone sills. Timber battened doors, some partially louvered. Segmental-headed and elliptical-arch openings, some with timber battened double leaf doors. Wrought-iron double leaf gates to rear yard. Set in farmyard surrounded by other farm buildings. Located to the rear (north) of Ardagh House and to the north of Ardagh.

• Ardagh House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Sections of wrought-iron boundary railings lining the west and the southeast approaches to Ardagh House (13312039), erected c. 1870. Railings comprised of flat bar and circular profile wrought-iron work. Wrought-iron gates, pedestrian gates, gate posts and stile to site. Separates farmland and domestic areas, as well as providing access. Located to the north and northeast of Ardagh.

• Sign post, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron road/placename sign, erected c. 1940, comprising rectangular sign having rounded edges, with black lettering on white background and having black border. Harp emblem to centre set between Irish and English versions of Ardagh town name. Mounted on metal post. Located to the north of Ardagh, on grass verge adjacent to main approach road into village from the north. Rubble stone boundary wall (surrounding Ardagh House Demesne) adjacent to east.

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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 Ardagh 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.

No address of the register names Ardagh Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Ardagh Demesne · Diméin Ardach

Area

954,541 m² (95.45 ha, 235.87 acres)

Civil parish

Ardagh, and its townlands

Barony

Ardagh

Electoral division

Ardagh East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardagh East electoral division: 730 people in 265 households; 88% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Back Of The Hill, Banghill, Bohermore, Cross, Finnaragh, Lyanmore, Moor, Moyra And Fortmill

Placenames

Ardagh 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.