Mountcorbitt
Mountcorbitt is a townland in the civil parish of Churchtown, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Drom Carbaid.
Parcel 2161201
- Area
- 48,485 m² (4.85 ha, 11.98 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,922 m².
- 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
- Mountcorbitt
Planning applications on this parcel
15 Aug 2012Incompleted application
Permission for retention and up-grade of the existing treatment unit and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5760
28 May 2012Conditional
Permission to construct an indoor horse riding arena.
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5126
16 May 2012Incompleted application
Construction of an indoor horse riding arena. The proposed development is within the curtilage of a protected structure
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5022
26 Apr 2012Incompleted application
Construction of an indoor horse riding arena.
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4865
20 Mar 2012Conditional
Permission for retention of works to stables and horse riding facility as follows: (A)Internal alterations to Maisonette No.1 (B) Alterations and change of use of existing stable and storage rooms to Mainsonette No. 2 (C) Alterations to layout of storage rooms (D) Additional 1st floor over stable tack room consisting of kitchen and dining area (E) Alterations and change of use of exising stables to office, services and electrical room and additional 1st floor over consisting of pool room and storage (F) Additional hay-barn and services room. (G) 2 no. horse walking units (H) Additional generator building (I) Additional 6 no. stables. Permission is also sought for the following: (A) new boiler room building (B) additional 2 no. windows to southern elevation of Maisonette No.2. This development consists of works to a protected structure
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4532
5 Mar 2012Incompleted application
Retention of works as follows: [a] internal alterations to maisonette no. 1, [b] alterations and change of use of existing stable and storage rooms to maisonette no. 2, [c] alterations to layout of storage rooms, [d] additional first floor over stable tack room consisting of kitchen and dining area, [e] alterations and change of use of existing stables to office, services and electrical room and additional first floor over consisting of pool room and storage, [f] additional haybarn and services room, [g] 2 no. horse walking units, [h] additional generator building, and [i] additional 6 no. stables. Permission for: [a] new boiler room building and [b] additional 2 no. windows to southern elevation of maisonette no. 2. The development consists of work to a protected structure
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4384
9 Feb 2012Incompleted application
Retention of: [a] internal alterations to maisonette no. 1, [b] alterations and change of use of existing stable to maisonette no. 2, [c] alterations to layout of storage rooms, [d] additional first floor over stable tack room consisting of kitchen and dining area, [e] alterations and change of use of existing stables to office, [f] additional hay bar and services room, [g] 2 no. horsewalker units, [h] additional generator building and [i] additional 6 no. stables. Permission for the following: [a] new boiler room building and [b] additional 2 no. windows to southern elevation of maisonette no. 2. This development consists of work to a Protected Structure
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4199
2 Feb 2005Conditional
Conservation works, alterations and extensions to existing residence, conservation works and partial change of use of existing stable block for use as stables, offices and 1 no. apartment and construction of new garage and stables as part of training stables.
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/512
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 2 recorded monuments.
- CO016-116 Country house
Description
Two-storey double-gable-ended house. South elevation 3-bays over basement, is 18th-century in appearance, N elevation obscured by addition of 2-storey house of early 19th-century in appearance. South elevation has central rectangular door ope flanked by sidelights; basement-channel bridged by causeway; inserted round-headed stairway windows; gable-ended with attic windows, broad chimney stack atop both gables. One-storey hipped addition onto E gable. Entrance front (N) of 19th century addition is of 3 bays, central segmental-headed door ope with fanlight and sidelights incorporated into frame; sidelights rest on cut-stone panels; gable-ended, chimney stack on both gables. Two-storey farm buildings to SW, set around three sides of yard. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO016-117 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on NE-facing slope, in demesne of Mount Corbitt and in field to NNE of house. Circular area (diam. c. 22m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.3m; ext. H 0.9m) with external fosse (max. D 1m). Bank planted with deciduous trees. Entrance (Wth 0.8m) to E. Interior heavily overgrown with bushes. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
- Mount Corbitt, country house, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
Description
Detached double-pile three-bay two-storey over basement house with attic, built c. 1780, having two-bay single-storey projection to east gable. Currently undergoing restoration. Pitched reslated roof with replacement rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings having render surrounds, tooled limestone sills and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows throughout. Round-headed window opening to rear elevation. Elliptical-headed door opening having render surround with render keystone, timber panelled door flanked by carved timber engaged colonnettes, spoked timber fanlight, paned sidelights and timber panelled risers with limestone plinths. Approached by diminishing limestone steps. Cast-iron railings to basement area at rear. Courtyard of outbuildings to west. Coursed rubble sandstone and limestone curved entrance walls terminating in lightly tooled sandstone and limestone rubble square-plan piers.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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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
- 70.8 ha
- 175 acres
- Land parcels
- 8
- registered freehold, median 30,996 m² (3.1 ha, 7.66 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountcorbitt, from 2,293 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres) to 315,281 m² (31.53 ha, 77.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Mountcorbitt 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
4 Jun 2025Application withdrawn
Permission to construct a two-storey extension onto the south (front) side of an existing dwelling house, the demolition of the ground floor extension at the west (Left) side of the dwelling and replacing it with a new two-storey extension. Alterations to elevations and the raising of the roof of the existing dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5067
25 Mar 2022Conditional
Retention and completion of a two-storey dwelling and permission for an entrance, wastewater treatment and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4645
10 Jul 2015Withdrawn
Construct two storey dwelling house with waste water treatment system and all associated services and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5515
15 Aug 2012Incompleted application
Permission for retention and up-grade of the existing treatment unit and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5760
28 May 2012Conditional
Permission to construct an indoor horse riding arena.
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5126
16 May 2012Incompleted application
Construction of an indoor horse riding arena. The proposed development is within the curtilage of a protected structure
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5022
26 Apr 2012Incompleted application
Construction of an indoor horse riding arena.
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4865
20 Mar 2012Conditional
Permission for retention of works to stables and horse riding facility as follows: (A)Internal alterations to Maisonette No.1 (B) Alterations and change of use of existing stable and storage rooms to Mainsonette No. 2 (C) Alterations to layout of storage rooms (D) Additional 1st floor over stable tack room consisting of kitchen and dining area (E) Alterations and change of use of exising stables to office, services and electrical room and additional 1st floor over consisting of pool room and storage (F) Additional hay-barn and services room. (G) 2 no. horse walking units (H) Additional generator building (I) Additional 6 no. stables. Permission is also sought for the following: (A) new boiler room building (B) additional 2 no. windows to southern elevation of Maisonette No.2. This development consists of works to a protected structure
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4532
5 Mar 2012Incompleted application
Retention of works as follows: [a] internal alterations to maisonette no. 1, [b] alterations and change of use of existing stable and storage rooms to maisonette no. 2, [c] alterations to layout of storage rooms, [d] additional first floor over stable tack room consisting of kitchen and dining area, [e] alterations and change of use of existing stables to office, services and electrical room and additional first floor over consisting of pool room and storage, [f] additional haybarn and services room, [g] 2 no. horse walking units, [h] additional generator building, and [i] additional 6 no. stables. Permission for: [a] new boiler room building and [b] additional 2 no. windows to southern elevation of maisonette no. 2. The development consists of work to a protected structure
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4384
9 Feb 2012Incompleted application
Retention of: [a] internal alterations to maisonette no. 1, [b] alterations and change of use of existing stable to maisonette no. 2, [c] alterations to layout of storage rooms, [d] additional first floor over stable tack room consisting of kitchen and dining area, [e] alterations and change of use of existing stables to office, [f] additional hay bar and services room, [g] 2 no. horsewalker units, [h] additional generator building and [i] additional 6 no. stables. Permission for the following: [a] new boiler room building and [b] additional 2 no. windows to southern elevation of maisonette no. 2. This development consists of work to a Protected Structure
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4199
20 Mar 2008Withdrawn
Two storey dwellinghouse and installation of wastewater treatment plant and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5565
27 Feb 2008Incompleted application
Two storey dwellinghouse and installation of wastewater treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5046
1 Feb 2008Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4488
21 May 2007Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/7977
21 Dec 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9591
2 Mar 2005Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1225
2 Feb 2005Conditional
Conservation works, alterations and extensions to existing residence, conservation works and partial change of use of existing stable block for use as stables, offices and 1 no. apartment and construction of new garage and stables as part of training stables.
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/512
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 Mountcorbitt.
Recorded monuments
- CO016-116 Country house
Description
Two-storey double-gable-ended house. South elevation 3-bays over basement, is 18th-century in appearance, N elevation obscured by addition of 2-storey house of early 19th-century in appearance. South elevation has central rectangular door ope flanked by sidelights; basement-channel bridged by causeway; inserted round-headed stairway windows; gable-ended with attic windows, broad chimney stack atop both gables. One-storey hipped addition onto E gable. Entrance front (N) of 19th century addition is of 3 bays, central segmental-headed door ope with fanlight and sidelights incorporated into frame; sidelights rest on cut-stone panels; gable-ended, chimney stack on both gables. Two-storey farm buildings to SW, set around three sides of yard. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO016-117 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on NE-facing slope, in demesne of Mount Corbitt and in field to NNE of house. Circular area (diam. c. 22m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.3m; ext. H 0.9m) with external fosse (max. D 1m). Bank planted with deciduous trees. Entrance (Wth 0.8m) to E. Interior heavily overgrown with bushes. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
- Mount Corbitt, country house, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
Description
Detached double-pile three-bay two-storey over basement house with attic, built c. 1780, having two-bay single-storey projection to east gable. Currently undergoing restoration. Pitched reslated roof with replacement rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings having render surrounds, tooled limestone sills and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows throughout. Round-headed window opening to rear elevation. Elliptical-headed door opening having render surround with render keystone, timber panelled door flanked by carved timber engaged colonnettes, spoked timber fanlight, paned sidelights and timber panelled risers with limestone plinths. Approached by diminishing limestone steps. Cast-iron railings to basement area at rear. Courtyard of outbuildings to west. Coursed rubble sandstone and limestone curved entrance walls terminating in lightly tooled sandstone and limestone rubble square-plan piers.
- Mount Corbitt, stables, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
U-plan courtyard of two-storey outbuildings to west of Mount Corbitt House, built c. 1850, currently undergoing restoration, and having hipped slate roofs, artificial slate to east range, with coursed rubble chimneystacks, and coursed rubble limestone walls with flat-arch door and window openings, and elliptical-arch vehicular entrances, having lightly tooled voussoirs and sills. Currently undergoing restoration. East range is five-bay, linked to south-bay by angled walling. South range is five-bay, having elliptical oculus window openings to loft storey. West range is nine-bay, currently roofless, with some loop vents to ground floor.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Mountcorbitt, about 1 in 20 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mountcorbitt.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Mountcorbitt with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Mountcorbitt · Drom Carbaid
- Area
- 708,154 m² (70.82 ha, 174.99 acres)
- Civil parish
- Churchtown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Orrery and Kilmore
- Electoral division
- Churchtown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,286 people lived in 427 households in the Churchtown electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballygrace, Ballynamuck, Egmont, Mountbridget
- Placenames
- Mountcorbitt 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.