Whitestown Lower or Hermitage

1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Whitestown Lower or Hermitage, from 140,394 m² (14.04 ha, 34.69 acres) to 140,394 m² (14.04 ha, 34.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 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 Whitestown Lower or Hermitage 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.

• 7 Jan 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention for a) a domestic garage ancillary main dwelling house

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260015

• 5 Dec 2025N/a

  Permission for retention for a) a domestic garage ancillary to main dwelling

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251602

• 21 Nov 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of alterations to the following items

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241443

• 15 Nov 2024N/a

  Permission for retention of alterations to the following items as approved

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241413

• 6 Sept 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for new 2 bed (100sq/m) self contained dwelling unit/extension to

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231059

• 10 Apr 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A 2 STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190469

• 22 Oct 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DETACHED BUNGALOW, OPEN

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181452

• 12 Oct 2018N/a

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DETACHED BUNGALOW, OPEN

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181405

• 21 Dec 2017Refused

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DETACHED BUNGALOW WITH ALL ASSOC

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171695

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 Whitestown Lower or Hermitage.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Whitestown Lower or Hermitage.

Architectural heritage

• Hermitage, farm house, 1700–1767 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over part raised basement farmhouse, extant 1767, on a rectangular plan; four-bay full-height rear (east) elevation. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1944. Extended, 1945, producing present composition. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan with lichen-covered terracotta ridge tiles extending into clay ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks on axis with ridge having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Roughcast wall to front (west) elevation; slate hung surface finish (remainder). Segmental-headed central door opening approached by "perron" of five cut-granite steps, doorcase with engaged Composite columns supporting "Cavetto" cornice on rosette-detailed fluted frieze, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows without horns. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; staircase hall (north-west) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber "spindle" balusters supporting carved timber banister, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors; reception room (south-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with timber panelled shutters to window opening; reception room (north-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with timber panelled shutters to window openings, chimneypiece, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; reception room (south-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with timber panelled shutters to window openings, chimneypiece, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds.

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 Whitestown Lower or Hermitage, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3058 (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.

No address of the register names Whitestown Lower or Hermitage with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Whitestown Lower or Hermitage · Baile an Fhaoitigh Íochtarach nó Eirmeatáiste

Area

152,080 m² (15.21 ha, 37.58 acres)

Civil parish

Drinagh, and its townlands

Barony

Forth

Electoral division

Drinagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,114 people lived in 404 households in the Drinagh electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Blackhorse, Bogganstown Lower, Jacketstown, Rowestown, Whitestown Upper

Placenames

Whitestown Lower or Hermitage 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.