Sigginstown

70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sigginstown, from 36 m² to 65,833 m² (6.58 ha, 16.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Sigginstown 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.

• 18 Mar 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a domestic garage/store and an agricultural shed with 44 sq.

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20210390

• 1 Feb 2021Refused

  Permission for the erection of an extension (ca. 104m2) to an existing dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20210124

• 6 Nov 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and all

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20201304

• 5 Mar 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for changes to house design to that previously granted under plan

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200265

• 9 Jan 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF A HABITABLE DWELLING AND THE ERECTION OF A NEW

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190016

• 19 Dec 2018N/a

  PERMISSION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF A HABITABLE DWELLING AND THE ERECTION OF A NEW

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181763

• 17 Jan 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE FOLLOWING WHICH IS A RECORDED ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONUMENT RMP REF

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20180037

• 21 Sept 2016Granted (unconditional)

  ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO INC

  Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20120471

• 22 Feb 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF ALTERATIONS TO DWELLING HOUSE DIFFERING FROM WORKS G

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160167

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: Tacumshin Lake SAC 000709
• Special Protection Area: Tacumshin Lake SPA 004092
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Tacumshin Lake 000709

Recorded monuments

• WX053-001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  References to the Siggins family in Co. Wexford date from 1342 when Thomas Siggin is recorded, and Thome Siggen de Siggenston was on the jury of an inquisition into Tintern Abbey (WX045-027001-) in 1543 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 2, 86). In 1596 Sygen of Sigginstowne was listed as one of the gentlemen of Forth barony (Jeffrey 1979, 35 6). According to the Book of Survey and Distribution (1660s) Edward Siggins held 106 acres at Sigginstown in 1640 and 44 acres at Atlistowne and Rochland (Ecclestowm) (Simington 1953, 304-5). Edward Siggin with eight dependents was listed for transplantation in 1653, and assigned 306 acres in Connaught in 1655 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 502-5). The land was granted to William Jacob, a soldier from Cambridgeshire, and 553 acres were confirmed to him in 1667 (Hore 1921, 50). The Jacob family lived at the castle and held the estate into the 19th century (Jeffrey 1979, 36). The castle is situated on a level landscape. It is a rectangular tower house (ext. dims 7.5m E-W; 7.3m N-S) with a base-batter and good quoins, and it survives to the wall-walk (H 13.4m). A pointed entrance doorway of dressed granite (Wth 0.93m; H 1.69m), now blocked, towards the W end of the N wall is protected by a machicolation on the parapet, a portcullis and a small cross loop (H 0.84m; Wth 0.33m) into the lobby from the ground floor chamber. This chamber (int. dims 4.45m E-W; 3.2m N-S) has three embrasures, each with a double-splay loop, and the E and S embrasures have two long loops or spy-holes converging at the angles. These extend from the embrasures (inner opening 0.3m x 0.3m; L 2m plus) and emerge as small openings on the outer faces of the walls close to the angles. The W embrasure has only one spy-loop extending towards the NW angle as the SW angle is occupied by the chute from the garderobe chambers on the floors above. In addition the outer wall of the stairs passage in the N wall has two similar loops. A lintelled antechamber (int. dims 1.54m E-W; 1.18m N-S; H 1.95m) at the NE angle on the ground floor has a light on the E wall and an inserted lintelled doorway (Wth 0.99m; H 1.75m) at N, which provides access to the house attached to the tower house on this side. From the original entrance lobby a short passage with a lintelled doorway (Wth 0.91m; H 1.78m) to the ground floor chamber leads to a mural stairs, which rises in the N wall. From the E end of the stairs a lintelled doorway in granite, now blocked, accesses the first floor under the E-W vault, which has evidence of wicker-centring. This floor was supported on corbels in the N and S walls, and it has slit windows in the E and W walls. An antechamber controlling the portcullis is at the W end of the N wall. Outside the first floor doorway at the NE angle a newel stairs rises to the second floor over the vault, which is accessed by a lintelled doorway, but the stairs tower protrudes into the second floor area (int. dims 4.18m N-S; 4.15m E-W). There is a segmental-arched embrasure with a slit-window and sometimes evidence of wicker-centring on each wall. The N embrasure is adapted into a doorway to the attic level of the attached house, and the W window has hinge-stones for an internal shutter. There is a fireplace (Wth 1.68m; H 1.2m; D 0.58m) of dressed granite with an overhanging mantel on the S wall, and a garderobe chamber at the SW angle has a cross-loop matching that on the newel stairs at the NE angle. The ceilings of this and the third floor are supported on corbels in the N and S walls. The newel stairs continue to the third floor, which has a window in in an embrasure on each wall, a fireplace on the S wall, a garderobe chamber at the SW angle. There is an antechamber with a cross-loop and spy-hole at the SE angle, which is entered from the embrasure of the E wall window. The newel stairs continue to the fourth floor, which has four windows in arched embrasures, and the stairs continue to the destroyed parapet with a lookout platform over the stairs housing. All the windows are simple rectangular lights. Attached to the N of tower house is a rectangular two-storey and attic house (int. dims 13.95m N-S; 6.04m E-W). It has a seven-bay E-facing front constructed entirely of brick, which has a central doorway (Wth 1.33m) and three windows (Wth 0.8-1.02m) on either side. The W wall is masonry, with brick confined to the surrounds of the four window or doorways (Wth 1.3-1.7m). The original doorway of the tower house together with the inserted doorway at ground level and the doorway inserted into the window embrasure of the N wall at the second floor all communicate with the house, which could date to the 17th or 18th century. The crease of the roof is visible on the outside of the N wall of the tower house, but there is no evidence of fireplaces in the house. Archaeological testing (16E0519) by C. McLoughlin found evidence of archaeological deposits inside and outside the tower house and the later house (excavations.ie 2016: 695). Further excavation (19E0037) by P. D. Sweetman removed the deposits at the ground floor of the tower house which proved largely to be sterile boulder clay. At the second floor he uncovered a beaten clay floor at the entrance to the garderobe that melded into a clay surface with stones which seems to have been the floor level, but the upper surface of the vault was not uncovered. The wall-walk was also cleaned back by hand and the slabs sloping downwards externally did not extend to the inner edge of the wall. Two corbels at the top of the N and S walls were in place to support a hip-roof. Work in the attached house uncovered internal walls with two redbrick corner fireplaces, and red-tiled floors from the nineteenth century occupation but no earlier material. Externally, the topsoil reduced to an undisturbed boulder clay everywhere but there was a cobbled surface E of the house. (Sweetman 2019) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 25 March, 2014 Amended: 2 February 2021

• WX053-001001 House - 17th century
  Description

  The Siggins family built the tower house (WX053-001----) probably in the 15th century, but from 1667 it became the property of the Jacob family who lived here into the 19th century (Jeffery 1979, 36-7). Attached to the N of the tower house is a rectangular two-storey and attic house (int. dims 13.95m N-S; 6.04m E-W). It has a seven-bay E-facing front constructed entirely of brick, which has a central doorway (Wth 1.33m) and three windows (Wth 0.8-1.02m) on either side. The W wall is masonry, with brick confined to the surrounds of the four windows or doorways (Wth 1.3-1.7m). The original doorway of the tower house together with the inserted doorway at ground level and the doorway inserted into the window embrasure of the N wall at the second floor all communicate with the house, which could date to the 17th or 18th century. The crease of the roof is visible on the outside of the N tower house wall, but there is no evidence of fireplaces in the house. Archaeological testing (16E0519) by C. McLoughlin identified deposits inside and outside the house as well as internal walls with two redbrick corner fireplaces (excavations.ie 2016:695) and further work by P. D. Sweetman (19E0037) revealed red-tiled floors from the nineteenth century occupation but no earlier material. Externally, the topsoil reduced to an undisturbed boulder clay everywhere but there was a cobbled surface E of the house. (Sweetman 2019) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 April, 2014 Amended: 2 February 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Sigginstown, 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Sigginstown.

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 Sigginstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Sigginstown · Baile an tSigínigh

Area

889,122 m² (88.91 ha, 219.71 acres)

Civil parish

Tacumshin, and its townlands

Barony

Forth

Electoral division

Tacumshin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

507 people lived in 204 households in the Tacumshin electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Churchtown, Knockhowlin, Millknock, Ring, Walshestown

Placenames

Sigginstown 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.