Saintjohns

211 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Saintjohns, from 31 m² to 30,855 m² (3.09 ha, 7.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 224 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3H1 - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.3TU - Transport and Utilities (Mixed/general water/wastewater uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 7 Feb 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of renovations, alterations, including demolition of single storey extension to rear, replacement with smaller extension to rear and single storey extensions to north, west and east, elevational changes along with amendments to existing garage to accommodate plant, office, and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460083

• 4 Dec 2023Conditional

  a change of use from previous granted doctors rooms (Planning File Ref: P84/592) to residential use incorporating a ground floor extension with a dormer roof extension including an internal remodel of existing layout together with connections to all existing services including all ancillary site development works. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 231099

• 24 Nov 2023N/a

  a change of use from previous granted "doctors rooms" (Planning File Ref: P84/592) to residential use incorporating a ground floor extension with a dormer roof extension including an internal remodel of existing layout together with connections to all existing services including all ancillary site development works. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 231075

• 26 May 2023N/a

  a dormer roof extension and ground floor extension and internal remodel of existing residence with connections to all existing services together with all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23567

• 28 Apr 2023N/a

  a dormer roof extension and ground floor extension and internal remodel of existing residence with connections to all existing services together with all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23466

• 18 Apr 2023Conditional

  the installation of 500m2 (100kW) ground mounted and roof mounted solar photovoltic (PV) panels and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23417

• 22 Jun 2022Conditional

  first floor extension over existing south west mono-pitch projection to front/side of existing dwelling, two storey extension to rear, modifications to existing elevations and internal plan layout. The development also includes the installation of p.v. solar panels on roof to front elevation together with all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22827

• 18 Jun 2021Conditional

  A) replacement of and construction of new bay windows to front at ground floor level. B) replacement of ex dormers with new dormer to front at first floors level. C) enlargement of first floor bedroom window to front. D) new apex roof light. e) 3 new windows to eastern gable at first floor level. F) 2 no new dormer windows to rear. G) replacement of roofs to single storey returns. H) enlarged bathroom window at ground floor level to Western gable. J) replacement roof to garage with new pitched and extended roof to create new garage and playroom above. K) associated site works including new patios etc

  Permission · Meath County Council, 211183

• 2 Oct 2020Conditional

  the construction of 18 no. three bedroom semi-detached houses and 3 no. three bedroom terraced houses along with landscaping and all associated site works. ( previously permitted under TA190775 and is generally consistent with the potential phase 2 layout as outlined in TA190775.). Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 22 homes · Meath County Council, TA201394

• 16 Sept 2019Conditional

  to construct a 2 storey dwelling, garage and to connect into all existing services and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA191214

• 8 Aug 2019N/a

  to construct a 2 Storey Dwelling, garage and to connect into all existing Services and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA191046

• 24 Jul 2019N/a

  to construct a 2 Storey Dwelling, garage and to connect into all existing Services and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA190974

• 24 Jul 2019Conditional

  to construct a 2 storey dwelling, garage and to connect into all existing services and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA190975

• 5 Mar 2019Conditional

  permission to construct a rear single storey kitchen and bedroom extension including roof lights and site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA190236

• 17 Dec 2018Conditional

  the demolition of a granny flat extension to the east gable of dwelling, the construction of a replacement family flat extension on the same gable and to carry out all other necessary ancillary works

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA181510

• 9 Nov 2018Conditional

  a 2 storey extension to the side with a single storey element to the front & side, a first floor extension at the front, reconstruction and minor extension of the front porch to existing dwelling, attached domestic garage, all associated elevational modifications and alterations, all associated service connections and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA181334

• 25 Oct 2018N/a

  a 2 storey extension to the side with a single storey element to the front & side, a first floor extension at the front, reconstruction and minor extension of the front porch to existing dwelling, all associated elevational modifications and alterations, all associated service connections and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA181263

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 Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

• ME036-049011 Religious house - Fratres Cruciferi
  Description

  This church complex is situated on the S bank of the River Boyne, between a WSW-ENE section of the river c. 10-25m to the N and a low ridge c. 120m to the S. The priory of the Crutched Friars, known as St. John the Baptist’s of Newtown Trim, was possibly founded by Bishop Simon de Rochford, who died in 1224. It was certainly extant by 1281, and the names of some of the priors are known (Cogan 1862-70, 1, 319-21; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 215). The priory was suppressed in 1539 when the church and buildings had already been sold and dismantled, but there remained two towers, a hall, a buttery with a kitchen, a brewhouse, two granaries, a dovecote and an empty building with a yard called the Haggard Yard (White 1943, 299). Many of these descriptions can be identified with features on the site. After the Suppression it became the property of the Dillon and later the Ashe families (Conwell 1872-3, 363-7). The demesne consisted of 20 acres on the S bank and 82 on the N bank of the Boyne. Forty eight acres at Saintjohns was leased to Nicholas Lynam, and 48 acres at Little Moieton (Moat Town?) was leased to Nicholas Wafer. Further afield, 140 acres at Clonguffyn were held by four tenants for labour services, there was 100 acres at Longewoode alias Modarvy, 40 acres at Balreren, 20 acres at Huntland in Trym, and 120 acres at the unknown Downekenny. There were many smaller holdings and the total was over 600 acres. They also held the rectories of Tullaghanoge and Fennor. (White 1943, 300-302) The original church, of which only the E wall with three lancet windows survives together with the footings (Wth 0.8-0.9m; H 0.6m) of the S and W walls, was an undivided structure (int. dims 23.2m E-W; 7m N-S), with an entrance (Wth 1.8m) at W. The long walls are aligned ENE-WSW, parallel with the river. The base of an altar (dims 3m x 1.05m) is at the E end. Archaeological excavation in 1984 (E000226) and architectural analysis has elucidated the structural development of the complex, but no evidence of a graveyard or of burial was recovered (Sweetman 1990-1). The N wall of the church was rebuilt in the 15th century with a cross-wall (Wth 0.6m), which separated the chancel (int. dim. 12.2m E-W) from the nave (int. dim. 10.4m E-W). These were now connected by a narrow chancel arch (Wth 0.9m). Attached pillars on the W side of the chancel arch wall, combined with the bases of pilasters placed c. 2m to the W are the only remains of a rood loft. Associated with this secondary phase is a sacristy (int. dims 6.4m E-W; 2.55m N-S) with a groin-vaulted roof in three bays on the N side of the chancel. A doorway (Wth 0.95m) towards the W end of the S wall leads to the church, superseding an earlier one (Wth 1.7m), and a round-headed doorway (Wth 0.63m; H 1.7m) towards the E end of the N wall leads through a porch to the outside and a newel stairs to upper levels that do not survive. There are two lights in the N wall and one double-splay light in the E. A N aisle may have been added to the church with the sacristy, although no physical evidence of one was found. A building (int. dims 13.4m E-W; 5.45m N-S) with a W doorway (Wth 1.3m), represented by wall-footings, was added W of the church in a third phase, but a building E of the sacristy (int. dims 8.15m E-W; 3.95m) pre-dated the construction of the sacristy. The church is at the centre of a confined precinct or bawn (dims c. 60-65m ENE-WSW; c. 45m NNW-SSE) defined by masonry walls that partly survive. There is a circular tower (ext. diam. c. 3.1m) at the SW angle. A lintelled doorway gives access to the ground floor only, while access to the first floor was from the S wall-walk. A newel stairs accesses the second floor which has lights at S and W and a corbelled roof. There are domestic buildings at the W end of the N boundary. Here a rectangular building (ext. dims 18m E-W; 7.9m N-S) has an arcade of two blind arches (Wth 2.55m; D 0.55m) on the outer face of the W wall, reflecting the original round-headed entrance gate (Wth 1.55m; H 2.6m) with a long draw-bar socket in the N jamb that is just S of the W end of the building. There are three vaulted chambers on the ground floor, which may have served as storehouses, and a W-E drain ran under the floors of the W and central chambers. The vaults may be inserted since the dividing walls partly block embrasures on the N external wall. The central chamber has a stairs rising to the refectory or dormitories above that do not survive. A structure or stable (int. dims 11.1m E-W; 4.2m N-S), just to the E and represented by the bases of the walls, has a wide entrance (Wth 2.4m) at the W end of the S wall and two window embrasures in the E wall. These widows became incorporated into the W wall of a tower house (ext. dims 7.5m E-W; 6.35m N-S) that is vaulted over the ground floor and which was built just to the E when the stable was probably defunct. Access to the tower house is through a pointed doorway of rough-cut stone to a newel stair in an attached tower (ext. dims 2.8m N-S; 2.45m E-W) at the N end of the E wall. A lintelled doorway leads to the first floor that has a window on the N wall and a fireplace on the E wall but the S and W walls are entirely missing. Only part of the N wall with a window embrasure survives on the second floor. From the newel stairs between the ground and first floors a doorway led to the wall-walk of the bawn, which does not survive. South of the entrance gateway in the W wall of the bawn is a second tower house of three storeys (ext. dims 8.1m N-S; 7.55m E-W) that is vaulted over the ground floor. It is entered through a pointed doorway in a tower (ext. dims 2.8m E-W; 2.4m N-S) that projects N from the E end of the N wall. At the ground floor (int. dims 5.7m N-S; 5.1m E-W) there are windows in the N and W walls under a N-S barrel vault and inserted doorways in the centre of the E and S walls, probably obliterating earlier lights. A newel stairs in the NE tower leads through a lintelled doorway to the first floor that has windows on every wall except the S, now reduced to blank rectangles, and a fireplace at the N end of the W wall. There is a destroyed garderobe in a tower (ext. dims 2.2m E-W; 0.85m N-S) projecting S from the W end of the S wall, and there are corbels in the N and S walls to support the ceiling. A lintelled doorway from the stairs leads to the second floor that has windows in all walls except the W, which has a fireplace at its S end, and there is a lintelled doorway to the garderobe tower. The stairs continue to the battlements that are destroyed, apart from a rebuilt turret at the SW angle, and the housing over the stairs. Archaeological testing (92E0144) c. 100m to the E produced no related material (Carroll 1992). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 18 February 2015

• ME036-049012 Castle - tower house
  Description

  This is part of the church complex of the Crutched friars, which was dedicated to St John the Baptist. It is situated on the S bank of the River Boyne, between a WSW-ENE section of the river c. 25m to the N and a low ridge c. 120m to the S. This is probably one of the two towers recorded at the site in an extent at the Suppression in 1540 (White 1943, 299). South of the entrance gateway in the W wall of the bawn is a tower house of three storeys (ext. dims 8.1m N-S; 7.55m E-W) that is vaulted over the ground floor. It is entered through a pointed doorway in a tower (ext. dims 2.8m E-W; 2.4m N-S) that projects N from the E end of the N wall. At the ground floor (int. dims 5.7m N-S; 5.1m E-W) there are windows in the N and W walls under a N-S barrel vault and inserted doorways in the centre of the E and S walls, probably obliterating earlier lights. A newel stairs in the NE tower leads through a lintelled doorway to the first floor that has windows on every wall except the S, now reduced to blank rectangles, and a fireplace at the N end of the W wall. There is a destroyed garderobe in a tower (ext. dims 2.2m E-W; 0.85m N-S) projecting S from the W end of the S wall, and there are corbels in the N and S walls to support the ceiling. A lintelled doorway from the stairs leads to the second floor that has windows in all walls except the W, which has a fireplace at its S end, and there is a lintelled doorway to the garderobe tower. The stairs continue to the battlements that are destroyed, apart from a rebuilt turret at the SW angle, and the housing over the stairs. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 18 February 2015

• ME036-049015 Castle - tower house
  Description

  This is part of the church complex of the Crutched friars, which was dedicated to St John the Baptist. It is situated on the S bank of the River Boyne, between a WSW-ENE section of the river c. 20m to the N and a low ridge c. 120m to the S. This is probably one of the two towers recorded at the site in an extent made at the Suppression in 1540 (White 1943, 299). Located about half way along the N wall of the bawn is this tower house, the W wall of which is built partly over the E wall of a building or stable on its W side. Widows from the earlier structure became incorporated into the W wall of the tower house (ext. dims 7.5m E-W; 6.35m N-S) that is vaulted over the ground floor and which was built when the stable was probably defunct. Access to the tower house is through a pointed doorway of rough-cut stone to a newel stair in an attached tower (ext. dims 2.8m N-S; 2.45m E-W) at the N end of the E wall. A lintelled doorway leads to the first floor that has a window on the N wall and a fireplace on the E wall, but the S and W walls are entirely missing. Only part of the N wall with a window embrasure survives on the second floor. From the newel stairs between the ground and first floors a doorway led to the wall-walk of the bawn, which does not survive. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 18 February, 2015

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Saintjohns.

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 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2613 (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 Saintjohns with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Saintjohns · Fearann Eoin Baiste

Area

237,748 m² (23.77 ha, 58.75 acres)

Civil parish

Laracor, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Lower

Electoral division

Trim Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Trim Rural electoral division: 9,201 people in 3,063 households; 74% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Blackfriary (2nd Division), Commons (6th Division), Friarspark (1st Division), Friarspark (2nd Division), Iffernock, Maudlin, Newtown

Placenames

Saintjohns 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.