Hydepark

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hydepark, from 2,668 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres) to 48,335 m² (4.83 ha, 11.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Hydepark 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 Jun 2019Refused

  PERMISSION TO ERECT EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, CARRY OUT

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190845

• 15 May 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO ERECT AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DORMER BUNGALOW WHICH WILL CONSIST

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20170591

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 the townland of Hydepark.

Recorded monuments

• WX003-031 Mound
  Description

  Marked as a mound or small enclosure (diam. c. 15m) only on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the S bank of a W-E stream in a level landscape. No feature is visible at ground level. 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 upload/revision: 14 July 2012

Architectural heritage

• Hydepark House, country house, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey over basement country house, designed 1803; built 1807, on a square plan centred on (single-storey) prostyle tetrastyle Doric portico to ground floor; six-bay full-height rear (north) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1937. Resold, 1989. Resold, 2003. Resold, 2006. Vacant, 2009. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan centred on bitumen felt-covered flat roof (north), pressed or rolled lead ridges, paired red brick Running bond central chimney stacks having cut-granite stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging timber boarded eaves having timber consoles retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered walls on "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cushion course on cut-granite plinth. Square-headed central door opening behind (single-storey) prostyle tetrastyle Doric portico approached by flight of four cut-granite steps with cut-granite fluted columns having responsive pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on blind frieze on entablature below parapet, and cut-granite monolithic surround framing timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement in elliptical-headed recesses with cut-granite sills, panelled pilaster mullions supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornices on blind friezes on fluted consoles, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights without horns. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing three-over-three timber sash windows without horns. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-three (first floor) timber sash windows without horns. Interior including (ground floor): central hall on a square plan retaining tessellated flagged floor, carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers with carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors centred on round-headed niches, and dentilated plasterwork cornice to coved ceiling; square-headed door opening into staircase hall with carved timber surround framing glazed timber panelled double doors; top-lit double-height staircase hall (north) on a rectangular plan retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, "Greek Key"-detailed cantilevered staircase on a dog leg plan with fluted balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and picture railing below dentilated plasterwork cornice to ovoid domed ceiling centred on lantern in rosette-detailed plasterwork frame; reception room (south-west) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors centred on cut-veined grey marble Classical-style chimneypiece with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and egg-and-dart-detailed plasterwork cornice to compartmentalised ceiling; reception room (south-east) retaining carved timber Classical-style surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors centred on cut-white marble Classical-style chimneypiece with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and picture railing below egg-and-dart-detailed plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on decorative plasterwork ceiling rose; and (first floor): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Hydepark House, farmyard complex, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, extant 1840, on a U-shaped plan about a courtyard including (north): Attached five-bay single-storey coach house-cum-stable outbuilding with half-attic on a symmetrical plan. Hipped slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on limewashed eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Limewashed roughcast walls on cut-granite plinth; coursed rubble stone construction to rear (north) elevation. Series of four square-headed carriageways in segmental-headed recesses centred on square-headed integral carriageway in segmental-headed recess with concealed dressings framing timber boarded double doors having overlights centred on wrought iron double gates. Square-headed window openings (half-attic) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing three-over-three timber sash windows without horns. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Hydepark House.

• Hydepark House, walled garden, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden, extant 1840, on a square plan with creeper- or ivy-covered boundary wall to perimeter having slate-covered coping; red brick Flemish bond surface finish to courtyard elevations. Now disused. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Hydepark House.

• Hydepark House, gates/railings/walls, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1840, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of part ivy-covered granite ashlar cylindrical piers having stringcourses below shallow domed capping supporting wrought iron double gates with granite ashlar panelled outer piers having corbelled stepped stringcourses below shallow pyramidal capping supporting arrow head-detailed wrought iron railings. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Hydepark House.

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 Hydepark, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Hydepark · Páirc an Ídigh

Area

733,026 m² (73.3 ha, 181.13 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgorman, and its townlands

Barony

Gorey

Electoral division

Ballylarkin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

938 people lived in 311 households in the Ballylarkin electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barroge, Castletown, Cullenoge, Killybegs, Macoyle Lower, Macoyle Upper, Monagarrow Upper

Placenames

Hydepark 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.