Churchquarter
Churchquarter is a townland in the civil parish of Kilwatermoy, barony of Coshmore and Coshbride, Co. Waterford. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú an Teampaill.
Parcel 4300550
- Area
- 23,500 m² (2.35 ha, 5.81 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Churchquarter
Planning applications on this parcel
11 Feb 2026Conditional
the construction of a new single storey house, a garage, a waste water treatment system, a bored well and an entrance along with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2660083
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 4 recorded monuments.
- WA033-004001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
Description
Situated on a broad NE-facing shoulder of a S-N spur of Kilwatermoy Mountain. The parish church of Kilwatermoy (WA033-004003-) is within a small rectangular graveyard (WA033-004002-). Both are within the bounds of a larger oval ecclesiastical enclosure (dims. c. 90m N-S; c. 60m E-W) defined by a field bank and townland boundary with Churchquater SSW-N-SE, and a road wall elsewhere. (Power 1898a, 213-14) Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 September 2011
- WA033-004002 Graveyard
Description
Situated on a broad NE-facing shoulder of a S-N spur of Kilwatermoy Mountain. The parish church of Kilwatermoy (WA033-004003-) is within a small rectangular graveyard (WA033-004002-) (dims. c. 50m N-S; c. 50m E-W) defined by masonry walls at N and E, a road wall at S and a field bank at W. A souterrain site (WA033-004004-) is N of the present graveyard, but probably within the bounds of a larger oval ecclesiastical enclosure (WA033-004001-) defined by a field bank and townland boundary with Churchquater. (Power 1898a, 213-14) Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 September 2011
- WA033-004003 Church
Description
Situated on a broad NE-facing shoulder of a S-N spur of Kilwatermoy Mountain. The parish church of Kilwatermoy is within a small rectangular graveyard (WA033-004002-) (dims. c. 50m N-S; c. 50m E-W), and is possibly of early origin. The church is described by O’Donovan c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1929, 71-2) as measuring ‘47ft by 20ft’ (c. 14.3m x 6m) with the W wall and window, and part of the N and S walls remaining. It is now adapted as a mortuary enclosure (ext. dims. 14.7m E-W; 7.35m N-S) with reconstructed walls (T 0.7m; H 1.2m). Only the W wall (L 7.33m) is original, but there is no evidence of the window. The well of the Holy Cross (WA033-005----), c. 450m to E, is still venerated. A souterrain site (WA033-004004-) is N of the present graveyard, but probably within the bounds of a larger oval ecclesiastical enclosure (WA033-004001-) (dims. c. 100m N-S; c. 60m E-W) defined by a field bank and townland boundary with Churchquater SSW-N-SE and the graveyard wall at S. (Power 1898a, 213-14) Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 September 2011
- WA033-004004 Souterrain
Description
Situated on a broad NE-facing shoulder of a S-N spur of Kilwatermoy Mountain. There is a record of a souterrain N of Kilwatermoy church (WA033-004003-) which was open at the end of the 19th century and is located within the ecclesiastical enclosure (WA033-004001-) of the church (Power 1898a, 214). It is not visible at ground level. Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 September 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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 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 low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1596 (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.
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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
- 51.9 ha
- 128 acres
- Land parcels
- 10
- registered freehold, median 19,567 m² (1.96 ha, 4.84 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Churchquarter, from 2,454 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres) to 307,598 m² (30.76 ha, 76.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Churchquarter 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
11 Feb 2026Conditional
the construction of a new single storey house, a garage, a waste water treatment system, a bored well and an entrance along with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2660083
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- WA033-005 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Situated towards the bottom of a steep E-facing slope of Kilwatermoy Mountain, with the N-S stream in Moorhill Glen c. 250m to the E. The well is on the NW side of a SW-NE road. It is a rectangular drystone built hollow covered by two lintels and with a small opening (Wth 0.53m; H c. 0.2m) at E. It is still venerated and a penitential cairn (WA033-005001-) (dims. 1.6m x 1.3m; H 0.4m) of quartz stones covers the lintels and supports a metal cross. A pattern was held on the 14th of September in honour of the Holy Cross in the early 19th century, according to John O'Donovan (O'Flanagan, 1929, 72). O’Flanagan, M. (Compiler) (1929) Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Waterford collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841. Typescript. Bray. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 September 2011
- WA033-005001 Penitential station
Description
Situated towards the bottom of a steep E-facing slope of Kilwatermoy Mountain, with the N-S stream in Moorhill Glen c. 250m to the E. The well is on the NW side of a SW-NE road. The holy well (WA033-005----) is covered by a penitential cairn (dims. 1.6m x 1.3m; H 0.4m) of quartz stones, which supports a metal cross. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 September 2011
- WA033-006 Mill - unclassified
Description
A mill is marked on a Bateman map of 1716, on the W bank of the N-S stream in Moorhill Glen, and a building is marked on the 1840 ed. of the map but it is no longer extant. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 September 2011
Architectural heritage
- Catholic Church of the Holy Cross, church/chapel, 1915–1925 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, rebuilt 1920, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey sacristy (east); single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (west) front. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roofs; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, lichen-spotted coping to gables with Cross finials to apexes including lichen-spotted coping to gable to entrance (west) front with Cross finial-topped bellcote to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on moulded rendered cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Lancet window openings between rendered stepped buttresses with concrete sills, and rendered block-and-start surrounds centred on keystones framing (west) sixteen-over-sixteen timber sash windows having interlocking Y-tracery glazing bars or (east) fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenges". Paired pointed-arch window openings (east) with concrete sills, and rendered block-and-start surrounds centred on keystones framing eight-over-eight timber sash windows having interlocking Y-tracery glazing bars. Lancet window opening (porch) with concrete sill, and rendered block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing fixed-pane timber fitting having Y-tracery glazing bar. Interior including vestibule (west); full-height interior carpeted central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, paired Gothic-style timber stations, carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, ----, with replacement altar table below Classical-style reredos, and timber boarded polygonal vaulted ceiling in timber frame on carved timber cornice. Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site with rendered piers to perimeter having gabled capping supporting arrow head-detailed wrought iron double gates.
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 Churchquarter, 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1596 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Churchquarter with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Churchquarter · Ceathrú an Teampaill
- Area
- 519,280 m² (51.93 ha, 128.32 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilwatermoy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coshmore and Coshbride
- Electoral division
- Kilwatermoy West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 241 people lived in 78 households in the Kilwatermoy West electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhamlet, Ballymoat Upper, Dunmoon North, Kilwatermoy, Knocknaraha
- Placenames
- Churchquarter 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.