Knockthomas

804 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockthomas, from 0 m² to 94,893 m² (9.49 ha, 23.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 703 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 60 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6Utilities (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation & Amenities (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

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Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockthomas.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockthomas.

Architectural heritage

• The Linen Hall, building misc, 1785–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey linen hall, built 1790; dated 1790; extant 1798, on a symmetrical plan originally detached. In use, 1837. Disused, 1846. "Neglected", 1863. Sold, 1914, to accommodate continued alternative use. "Repaired", 1947-8. Adapted to alternative use, 1986. "Restored", 2002. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone stepped cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed coursed cut-limestone wall to front (south-west) elevation with benchmark-inscribed drag edged tooled cut-limestone quoins to corners centred on flat iron "Portcullis" tie plates; replacement cement rendered surface finish (remainder). Square-headed central door opening with threshold, and dragged cut-limestone surround with three quarter-engaged Doric columns supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" open bed pediment framing timber panelled double doors. Round-headed window opening (first floor) with dragged cut-limestone sill, and dragged cut-limestone surround centred on stop fluted double keystone framing one-over-one timber sash window having overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings (ground floor) with dragged cut-limestone sills, and limestone ashlar voussoirs framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Round-headed window openings (first floor) with dragged cut-limestone sills, and limestone ashlar voussoirs centred on fluted keystones framing one-over-one timber sash windows having overlights. Interior including (ground floor): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled splayed reveals; staircase hall retaining staircase on a dog leg plan with timber "match stick" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in turned timber newels; and (first floor): gallery retaining inlaid cut-black marble Classical-style chimneypiece. Street fronted with cobbled footpath to front.

• Church/chapel, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Façade of attached single-bay double-height pedimented Presbyterian church, built 1863; dated 1863; opened 1863. Disused, 1945. Repointed snecked limestone wall on drag edged tooled cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone quoins to corners supporting thumbnail beaded ogee-detailed pediment on blind frieze framing cut-limestone oval date stone ("1863"). Round-headed central door opening below defaced dragged cut-limestone plaque with tooled cut-limestone threshold, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone doorcase with monolithic pilasters on plinths supporting archivolt centred on keystone framing replacement glazed timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Round-headed flanking window openings with replacement cut-limestone sills, and dragged cut-limestone monolithic surrounds framing replacement fixed-pane timber fittings. Street fronted with wrought iron railings to perimeter centred on wrought iron double gates.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

• Knockthomas, Castlebar9 sales

Name

Knockthomas · Cnoc Thomáis

Area

818,000 m² (81.8 ha, 202.13 acres)

Civil parish

Aglish, and its townlands

Barony

Carra

Electoral division

Castlebar Rural, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Annalecka, Carrowncurry, Corradrish, Garryduff, Gorteendrunagh, Knockacroghery, Springfield

Placenames

Knockthomas 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.