Pepperstown
Townland in the civil parish of Charlestown, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth; in Irish Baile an Phiobaraigh
Parcel 2686561
- Area
- 3,579 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 281 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Pepperstown
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- LH014-031 Enclosure
Description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown as enclosure on Taylor and Skinner's Map of 1777. The OS Letters refer to 'fort' called 'Lios Baile Hubaraigh' in this townland. No visible surface trace.
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
- 220.5 ha
- 545 acres
- Land parcels
- 94
- registered freehold, median 2,554 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
94 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pepperstown, from 34 m² to 295,826 m² (29.58 ha, 73.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Pepperstown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
25 Jul 2025Refused
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 20203 & 2560129 - Permission for Amendments to previously approved planning application ref. no. 20203 to include the following; - Demolition of existing single storey outbuildings (56 sq.m floor area) - Permission for amendments to previously approved extension to include a proposed single storey extension to the side and rear of an existing single storey dwelling (55.7 sq.m floor area) - Retention of an existing single storey domestic garage (58.5 sq.m floor area). and all associated site development works
Extension of duration · Louth County Council, 25142
9 Mar 2025Conditional
Permission for Amendments to previously approved planning application ref. no. 20203 to include the following; - Demolition of existing single storey outbuildings (56 sq.m floor area) - Permission for amendments to previously approved extension to include a proposed single storey extension to the side and rear of an existing single storey dwelling (55.7 sq.m floor area) - Retention of an existing single storey domestic garage (58.5 sq.m floor area). and all associated site development works.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2560129
21 Mar 2023Conditional
Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, packaged waste water treatment system with polishing filter, provision of new domestic entrance along with any ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 23135
8 Dec 2021Conditional
Permission for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. *Significant Further Information received on 02/09/2022*
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211448
9 Nov 2021Refused
permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, packaged waste water treatment system with polishing filter, provide new domestic entrance along with any ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 211351
8 Jul 2021Conditional
Permission for development that will consist of a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated and ancillary site works incorporating site boundaries and entrance onto public road
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 21842
12 Mar 2021Conditional
Permission for a change of dwelling, domestic garage design and revised site layout to that previously granted planning permission under references 14/439 and 19/968
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21266
8 Dec 2020Conditional
Permission to erect a single storey detached domestic garage to the rear of the existing dwelling as granted under ref 17/165 and all associated site development works and services
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 201063
15 Oct 2020Refused
Permission for development that will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling packaged waste water treatment system with polishing filter, provide new domestic entrance along with any ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20835
19 Mar 2020Conditional
Permission for demolition of existing garage & out building, single storey extension to side/rear of existing single storey dwelling and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20203
10 Feb 2020Conditional
Permission for development consisting of a two story style dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated and ancillary site works incorporating site boundaries and entrance onto public road
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2081
22 Nov 2019Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION: Permission for two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, installation of a waste water treatment system/percolation area and associated site works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19968
30 Jul 2019Conditional
Permission to consist of decommissioning of an existing septic tank system and installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter area.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19611
7 Mar 2018Conditional
PERMISSION to construct a two storey extension to the side of dwelling.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18173
19 May 2017Conditional
Permission for the construction of a storey and a half type dwelling, effluent treatment system, domestic garage and all associated works.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 17375
8 Mar 2017Conditional
Permission for development to consist of the construction of a two storey dwellinghouse, a septic tank, a percolation area and associated siteworks.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17165
14 Feb 2017Conditional
Retention permission for development consisting of retention of the following: existing detached domestic garage, bay window to front elevation (west), single storey extension to rear and conversion of attic to storage area incorporating roof lights to front and rear elevations.
Retention, 4 homes · Louth County Council, 1791
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 Pepperstown.
Recorded monuments
- LH014-020 Souterrain
Description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Marked 'cave' on 1835 ed. of OS 6-inch map. Now inaccessible.
- LH014-031 Enclosure
Description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown as enclosure on Taylor and Skinner's Map of 1777. The OS Letters refer to 'fort' called 'Lios Baile Hubaraigh' in this townland. No visible surface trace.
- LH014-062 Barrow - unclassified
Description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Soilmark during ploughing in field known locally as 'Mount field'. Local tradition of bones being unearthed.
- LH014-083 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.D.20) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse with an entrance facing southwest; a second concentric fosse extends from the inner enclosure and encompasses the western half of the monument with an entrance coinciding with the above. A contiguous oval enclosure extends to the northwest. One of a group of five closely spaced enclosures. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009
- LH014-084 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.D.20) show cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse. One of a group of five closely spaced enclosures. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009
- LH014-085 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.D.20) show cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse. One of a group of five closely spaced enclosures. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009
- LH014-086 Ring-ditch
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.D.21) show cropmark of a ring- ditch (in close proximity to a group of cropmark enclosures). Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009
- LH014-087 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.D.21) shows faint cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure. Adjacent to a group of five closely spaced enclosures. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009
- LH014-088 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.D.20) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse; two fosses extending outwards suggest a larger contiguous enclosure. One of a group of five closely spaced enclosures. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009
Architectural heritage
- Mill (wind), 1740–1760 · Regional interest
Description
Detached circular-plan windmill, built c. 1750, now in ruins. Random rubble stone walling. Narrow loop windows, stone lintels. Four-centred arched door openings to east and west, flat stone voussoirs to arches. Windmill set on elevated site within field.
- Pepperstown House, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820. Single-bay two-storey extension to west of south elevation c. 1860 creating T-plan structure, single-storey porch and dormer window to south elevation c.1860. Hipped and pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, brick chimneystacks, corbelled stone caps, clay pots; moulded cast-iron and uPVC gutters on corbelled eaves course, circular cast-iron downpipes, stone coping to porch and dormer window projection. Painted smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling, projecting plinth, channelled quoins and sill-course to extension, painted smooth rendered walling to main house. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, smooth rendered reveals, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows to ground floor, three-over-six to first floor, two-over-two sliding sash windows with horizontal glazing bars to extension, paired sliding sash windows to east elevation porch, central painted timber pilaster surmounted by console bracket, segmental-headed window opening to dormer, painted timber tripartite window. Square-headed door opening to entrance porch, flanked by painted smooth rendered pilasters, decorative brackets supporting pediment, painted timber door with six flat panels, plain-glazed overlight, stone steps to entrance; painted timber glazed and panelled door to north elevation. Multiple ranges of stone outbuildings to east surrounding gravelled and concrete yard, hipped slate roofs, random rubble walling, red brick dressings, square-headed window and door openings, segmental-headed integral carriage arches. House set in own grounds, drive-way to west accessed through rock-faced stone square-profile gate piers, stone caps surmounted by ball finials, wrought-iron 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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Pepperstown, Ardee10 sales
The townland
- Name
- Pepperstown · Baile an Phiobaraigh
- Area
- 2,204,655 m² (220.47 ha, 544.78 acres)
- Civil parish
- Charlestown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ardee
- Electoral division
- Ardee Rural, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Charlestown, Dowdstown, Greenlane, Lisrenny, Lisrenny, Mullacloe, Streamstown
- Placenames
- Pepperstown 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.