Ballynerrin Lower

1,200 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynerrin Lower, from 1 m² to 38,405 m² (3.84 ha, 9.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 68 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 1,170 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Natural Areas (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M5Local Shops & Services (Other mix of uses)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 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 Ballynerrin Lower.

Recorded monuments

• WI025-065 Burial ground
  Description

  In late October 1990, the remains of two skeletons were discovered during site clearance for a development of 16 new houses on high ground to the west of, and overlooking, Wicklow town. As a result, a number of test trenches were opened in order to delimit the extent of the burials, together with any other archaeological features occurring on the site. Each of the test trenches was 0.7m wide and varied in length from c. 3m-34m. A further five skeletons were uncovered, each one orientated east-west, fully extended with their heads lying to the west. In four of the five cases, the skeletons were dug into a sterile yellow clay and were consequently in a poor state of preservation, with only traces of their lower body bones being visible. No finds were recovered within these deposits. Overlying this yellow clay, a stony gravel deposit was laid, into which a single extended skeleton, in an excellent state of preservation, was uncovered. A number of sherds of Leinster cooking ware were retrieved from this deposit. In one of the trenches, a mortar-bonded stone feature was exposed, set into the clay deposit to the east, and the gravel deposit to the west. About 0.7m wide, it extended north-south for a distance of c. 0.8m, turned to the east, where a clean face could be identified, and extended for a further length of c. 0.5m. It did not extend into any of the adjacent test trenches. A number of sherds of medieval pottery were recovered from the gravel deposit abutting this feature to the west. Further to the north a number of shallow stone features were identified, set into the dense yellow clay, with no evidence for mortar bonding. They consisted of one course of stones and were 0.4m-0.45m wide with a maximum identified length of c. 3.5m. Further to the north and east of the burial area, a number of test trenches, orientated east-west, were dug down to bedrock, which occurred 0.3m-0.7m below present ground surface. A number of north-south cuts were noted in the bedrock. About 0.8m-1.1m in width 0.08m-0.3m in depth and continuing downslope in a northerly direction, their full extent remains undetermined due to the trial trenching being terminated before they were fully exposed. They were filled with dry loam and charcoal, within which a number of sherds of Leinster cooking ware were recovered. In one of these features a partially damaged medieval relief tile was embedded into the loam fill. The design on the tile is quite distinct, albeit incomplete; a horse with rider, bridle piece and reins, two birds, and possibly a deer with antlers can be identified. Traces of a green glaze can also be seen. The site has not yet been fully archaeologically resolved. A full excavation of the burial area may take place some time in the future, or alternatively, an area of open space may be located over the burials, thus leaving them undisturbed. Trial trenching was funded by the developer (Bennett 1990) Date of upload: 24 October 2012

Architectural heritage

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Gothic revival cruciform-plan Roman Catholic church, on a north-south orientation, built c.1840; having four-bay nave with pinnacled pilaster buttresses; square-plan four-stage entrance tower flanked by square-profile two-stage gallery towers, all with square-profile corner buttresses; full-height transepts with corner buttresses and full-height chancel; confessional projections to nave; sacristy to south end having hipped slate roof, built c.1890. Pitched slate roofs with carved granite square-profile and octagonal-profile pinnacles and cross finials, crenellated parapets to towers, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Cut granite walls to entrance front, roughcast rendered walls to other elevations, having cut granite plinth and string courses. Pointed arch window openings having cut granite hood mouldings and surrounds, with sloped sills and sill course, twin lights with timber tracery and mullioned panes to nave, stained glass windows to transepts. Tudor arched door opening to entrance front, having carved granite hood moulding, roll mouldings with colonettes, with timber panelled double doors with tripartite overlight. Pointed arch door openings having cut granite hood moulding and timber panelled vertically divided doors to side elevations of nave and to transepts. Tudor arched door opening set within porch, having decorative half-glazed timber panelled double doors with quadripartite overlight. Interior with shallow fan vaulting with bosses and liernes; gallery over entrance with organ, Victorian altar of caen stone c.1865, mosaic reredos c.1936, tiled floor, stained timber pews and confessionals. Marian shrines to grounds. Set in lawned grounds with granite steps.

• House, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1867, having multiple-bay two-storey return to west end of rear (south) elevation. Now in use as public house. Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks with clay chimney pots and moulded eaves course. Recent rooflights. Painted smooth rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor, replacement window to ground floor. Segmental-headed door opening with replacement glazed timber door with plain fanlight. Carved timber shopfront comprising plate glass windows over timber risers and glazed timber panelled door, all with overlights, flanked by timber pilasters with carved consoles and granite plinths, supporting entablature, with name in raised lettering, and cornice and terminating consoles.

• M.J. Butler, house, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1867, having multiple-bay two-storey return to east end of rear (south) elevation, and recent multiple-bay two-storey extension to rear of this. Now in use as pharmacy with offices overhead. Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks with clay chimney pots and moulded eaves course. Some cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted smooth rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed window openings with replacement windows. Segmental-headed door opening with replacement timber panelled door with fanlight with gold leaf lettering. Carved timber shopfront comprising plate glass windows over timber risers flanking glazed timber panelled double doors, all with overlights, flanked by timber pilasters with carved consoles and granite plinths, supporting entablature with nameplate and cornice and terminating consoles. Granite plinth to shopfront. Matching display window with plate glass window over timber riser flanked by timber pilasters with carved consoles and granite plinths, supporting entablature with name in raised lettering, cornice and terminating consoles. Name in mosaic to entrance step.

• House, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1855, with projecting gabled two-storey entrance bay, annexe to rear, built c.1866, renovated c.1890, with shopfront extension added to ground floor. Now vacant. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge crestings, rendered end chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched slate roof with terracotta finial and decorative timber bargeboards to entrance bay. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed window openings with moulded render surrounds and timber sliding sash windows with one-over-one panes. Square-headed door opening, with carved timber surround and timber panelled door with overlight, and granite steps. Lined-and-ruled rendered boundary wall with dressed granite copings and cast-iron railings. Shopfront extension has flat roof, render cornice, rendered walls, and modern timber shopfront with glazed door. Yard to rear with boundary wall having oeil-de-boeuf window with render label moulding.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Multiple-bay two-storey terrace of three houses, comprising six-bay house to west end, having buttress to west gable, return to rear (south) and integral carriage arch, built c.1850, five-bay house to centre, having dormer attic and return to rear, built c.1850, and four-bay house to east end, built 1874, having dormer attic and return to rear. Formerly in use as hotel and shops, now in use as shops and ofices, with recent shopfronts inserted throughout. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks with corbelled cornice and with some clay chimney pots. Barrel-roofed dormer windows, having fishscale slates to sides and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to pair to east, with timber pilasters flanking window openings. Some cast-iron rainwater goods. Decorative painted render eaves course, comprising shallow cornice with dentils and modillions, with frieze broken by windows and niches. Painted rendered walls to front elevation, lined-and-ruled to west end and centre; render quoins to both ends of house to west. Unpainted lined-and-ruled walls to east gable. Segmental-headed window openings to west house with continuous sill course and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills to east and centre houses, having timber sliding sash windows with one-over-one panes to east house, and replacement windows to centre house, with segmental-headed flat niches above windows. Round-headed door opening to centre house, having timber panelled door and plain overlight, with timber framed lettered sign above.

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballynerrin Lower, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3402 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ballynerrin Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Ballynerrin Lower · Baile an Oiriún Íochtarach

Area

984,097 m² (98.41 ha, 243.18 acres)

Civil parish

Drumkay, and its townlands

Barony

Arklow

Electoral division

Wicklow Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

10,247 people lived in 3,334 households in the Wicklow Rural electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ashtown, Ashtown, Ballyguile Beg, Ballyguile More, Ballynerrin, Ballynerrin Upper, Corporation Lands, Hawkstown Lower, Wicklow

Placenames

Ballynerrin Lower 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.