Rathdrum

341 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathdrum, from 2 m² to 77,853 m² (7.79 ha, 19.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Rathdrum Town Plan, Wicklow · 256 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Rathdrum Town Plan, Wicklow · 51 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Rathdrum Town Plan, Wicklow · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Passive Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Rathdrum Town Plan, Wicklow · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Rathdrum Town Plan, Wicklow · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Rathdrum Town Plan, Wicklow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Rathdrum Town Plan, Wicklow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
  Rathdrum Town Plan, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Rathdrum Town Plan, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Rathdrum Town Plan, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 6 Aug 2026Conditional

  section 254 licence - scaffolding

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 26155

• 29 Jul 2026N/a

  development at this site; Centra, Main Street, Rathdrum, Wicklow, A67 CH58. The development will consist of a proposed side access external staircase and raised walkway for access to and fire exit from the first floor level above the supermarket, all together with associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660662

• 12 May 2026Conditional

  changes to the housing development previously approved under planning no. 2560549 to include the following; a) changes to units 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18 (changed from 2 bedroom terraced dwellings to 3 bedroom terraced dwellings), b) a minor change to the location of units 9 and 10, c) the construction of an additional 3 bedroom dwelling to the side of unit 9 and d) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2660403

• 17 Apr 2026Conditional

  1) modification of dwelling during construction (modifications to plans approved under PL Ref: 22/1302, 2) store and all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2660317

• 5 Mar 2026Conditional

  installation of an air-to-water heat pump system, including external heat pump unit(s) and enclosure, all related underground pipework and associated site works, at St Saviours National School, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow. This application is made in accordance with the provisions of the EU (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2023 (RED III)

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660158

• 25 Feb 2026N/a

  installation of an air-to-water heat pump system, including external heat pump unit(s) and enclosure, all related underground pipework and associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660136

• 23 Jan 2026Conditional

  section 254 licence - scaffolding

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2618

• 19 Nov 2025Unconditional

  part 8 - submissions should be made to the relevant department as specified on the site notice (not to the Planning Department) - implement a one-way system in Rathdrum on a phased basis. The aim of the scheme is to improve road safety and provide improved pedestrian facilities

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25330

• 23 Oct 2025Refused

  construction of 4 no. dwellings, together with associated site works on lands recently zoned RN under objective RT, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560857

• 8 Aug 2025Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing school building together with all associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560615

• 18 Jul 2025Conditional

  1. Construction of a housing development of 29 no. dwellings consisting of 13 no. two storey terraced (5 no. two bed and 8 no. three bed) houses, 10 no. (ground and first floor) duplex apartments (in 2 no. two storey blocks of 6 no. one bed and 4 no. two bed units), 4 no. two storey (three bed) semi-detached houses, and 2 no. single storey (two bed) semi-detached houses; 2. Site access including vehicular access from Back Lane and pedestrian access from Back Lane, Brewery Lane (2 no.), and to the adjoining Primary Care Centre car park; 3. Associated development and works including site clearance / preparation, hard and soft landscaping, internal roads / footpaths / shared spaces, cycle and car parking, public and private amenity and open spaces, boundary treatments, public lighting and all other ancillary works above and below ground including connections to water supply, surface water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and utilities

  Permission, 29 homes · Wicklow County Council, 2560549

• 27 May 2025Conditional

  redevelopment of disused building for residential use including a two storey extension to the rear with front and partial side walls of existing structure retained to incorporate 6 no. apartments comprising of 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 2 no. 1 bedroom apartments along with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25139

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  of 15 dwellings as constructed under PRR 18/966 utilising the development entrance as constructed on site as permitted in accordance with PRR 17/822, all together with associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24503

• 8 Nov 2024Conditional

  a single-storey extension with storage in roof space to rear of house

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24451

• 8 Nov 2024Conditional

  changes to outbuilding roof granted planning permission reference 21/1308: renovation and extension to existing single-storey coach house outbuilding and associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24452

• 7 Oct 2024Conditional

  change of use of attic storage to two bedrooms

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24394

• 6 Jun 2024Conditional

  the change of use of the existing retail unit into a youth services office

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24255

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  a scaffold

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 24160

• 4 Dec 2023Conditional

  change of use from retail use approved under PRR 13/8633 to use as a launderette at existing ground floor unit

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360472

• 29 Nov 2023N/a

  construction of new dwelling, connection to mains water, effluent disposal system to EPA standards, accessed via new entrance off existing public road, revised and relocated effluent disposal system to EPA standards to serve existing dwelling, alterations to red line boundary of planning approval 95/2815, and associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360458

• 29 Nov 2023N/a

  construction of 4 No. dwellings together with associated site works on lands recently zoned RN under objective RT1

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23874

• 20 Nov 2023Refused

  proposed development comprising of: (1) 3 no. two-storey, four-bedroom, terraced dwellings with west facing balconies; (2) Landscaping & boundary treatments incl. retention of boundary wall between Killian's Glen & the subject site; (3) 6 parking spaces; (4) Retention permission & permission to complete, to DMURS standards, established connection to the existing estate road; (5) Electric gates to northern boundary to serve Right of Way & to the northeastern boundary to connect to adjoining property (last p.p. reg. ref. 141478); (6) Ancillary connections to all roads, footpaths, open spaces, & services previously granted at St. Killian's Glen Estate under PRR 18/966 (or reg. refs. 07/900, 09/315, 11/4869, 15/889, 17/331 & 17/882); & (7) All associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360429

• 5 Oct 2023Refused

  (1) the demolition of 1no. existing 2-storey building (2) erection of 3 storey single block containing 2no. 1 bed units and 2no. 3 bed units and connection to existing site services and all ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360324

• 26 Sept 2023Conditional

  1) to reconstruct and extend the existing partially collapsed dwelling to include new walls, floors, roofs and new rear extension, 2) to reconstruct the existing partially collapsed outbuildings to include new roofs and replacement doors and windows etc. and 3) all associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23733

• 13 Sept 2023N/a

  (1) the demolition of 1no. existing 2-storey building, (2) erection of 3 storey single block containing 2no. 1 bed units and 2no. 3 bed units. connection to existing site services and all ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360283

The 25 most recent of 99 applications.

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: Vale of Clara (Rathdrum Wood) SAC 000733
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Vale Of Clara (Rathdrum Wood) 000733

Recorded monuments

• WI030-036 Graveslab
  Description

  Price (1980, 13-14) mentions a church (WI030-037----) in this townland, first mentioned in 1280. A late medieval graveslab with an incised wheel cross and a serpent at the base of an inscription, now in the NMI (where it is designated DU018-257----), may have come from this site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 October 2010 Revised by: Gearóid Conroy.

Architectural heritage

• Hotel, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey hotel, built c.1840, but with the façade remodelled c.1910. The façade is finished in painted rusticated render to the ground floor level and pebbledash to the first floor level, with decorative mouldings to the windows and wall edges. The hipped roof is covered in artificial slate and has rendered chimneystacks. To the south elevation there is a pubfront with partly glazed timber door and two large plate glass windows all encased by moulded panelled pilasters and aprons, and a painted signboard over. There is a decorative open porch around this pubfront constructed in cast-iron with a glazed roof. To the west side of the pubfront is a small timber shopfront (belonging to the café) with partly glazed door, large plate glass window timber pilaster jams and signboard. To the east of the pubfront is a more ‘informal’ pubfront with widely spaced door and window and long signboard over. To the east elevation there is another pub entrance with three widely spaced windows and a long signboard. The windows themselves are largely flat-headed and filled with a variety of frames. The pub / shop windows are either filled with plate glass or replacement timber frames with top-hung openings, whilst the uniform first floor windows are filled with one over one and six over six timber sash frames. The hotel has a street frontage, the south front facing onto a small market place.

• House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1790, extended by two bays c.1860. The house is finished in plain render with moulded quoins, with the front façade painted. The slated pitched roof is gable-ended to the north and hipped to the south and has rendered chimneystacks. The house entrance consists of a panelled timber door and semi-circular fanlight with ‘petal’ tracery, all encased in a Gibbsian surround with stone steps to the door itself. To the south side of the house entrance is a late 19th / early 20th-century pubfront in two sections; that further south consisting of a panelled timber double door flanked by three pane windows, that to the north simply two windows (though one may once have been a doorway). The pubfront openings are encased by panelled timber pilaster jambs with decorative brackets, and over is a long signboard with raised lettering. The house and upper floor windows are flat-headed and have one over one timber sash frames. All of the ground floor windows have roller shutters over. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The house faces directly onto a market place.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey public house with apartment, built c.1830. The building is finished in painted render with moulded quoins. The hipped roof is slated and has a rendered chimneystack. The main pubfront is to the north elevation and consists of a panelled timber double door with flanking multiple-pane timber windows, with a further window to the east side, all encased with panelled pilaster jambs with a painted timber signboard over. There are further pub windows with similar jambs and a signboard to the north-east elevation. The house entrance (to the west side of the north elevation) consists of a panelled and glazed timber door and the flat-headed house windows have two over two timber sash frames and four pane replacement timber frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

• Hudsons, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1830, converted to a shop, c.1910, and now in use as office. The façade is finished in painted render with moulded quoins and dressings. The pitched roof is slated and has rendered chimneystacks. The original house entrance which now serves the shop to the north side and the apartment, consists of a panelled timber double door and rectangular fanlight encased with slender pilaster jambs. To the north is a shop window with pilasters and replacement timber frames. To south is a similar ‘shop’ window, with smaller window next to it and a mainly glazed door next to this, all with jambs as before. A long timber signboard with cornice stretches over all the ground floor openings. The first floor windows are flat-headed and have one over one timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

• Saint Saviour's Church (Rathdrum), church/chapel, 1795–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey gable-fronted Board of First Fruits Gothic style Church of Ireland church with integral three-stage tower, built 1796, but part rebuilt 1837-38 and chancel added c.1870. The church is roughly rectangular with the tower to the west front flanked by side porches, and a relatively shallow gabled chancel to east and vestry projection to the south-east. The walls are finished in unpainted render with granite quoins and dressings. The pitched roof is covered in slate and has stone parapets. The lean-to roofs of the side porches are also slated and have stepped parapets with pinnacles, with a crenellated parapet with similar pinnacles to the tower. The main entrance is to the west face of the tower and consists of a timber double door with decorative strap hinges and a pointed arch fanlight with Gothick tracery, all set in a moulded granite reveal. The windows are mainly pointed arch and filled with timber frames with lattice glazing; the east window has stained glass and the windows to the uppermost stage of the tower have ogee heads. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The church is prominently sited at the side of a sloping road with its small forecourt enclosed by a curving rubble wall topped with cast-iron railings.

• Bryn Avon, house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800. To the rear there is a full-height flat-roofed return which took its present form in the mid 1900s. The façade is finished in painted render with moulded voussoirs to the front ground floor openings. The gable-ended pitched roof is slated and has rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door with semi-circular fanlight with spider’s-web like tracery. The windows are flat-headed with those to the front filled with plain tripartite timber sash frames and those to the rear filled with one over one timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The property has a street frontage but has small areas at either side of the entrance enclosed by low rendered walls and cast-iron railings.

• Glebe House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey former rectory of c.1820, now a private dwelling. The façade is finished in painted lined render with moulded quoins and eaves course. The roof is hipped and slated and has a rendered chimneystack. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door and semi-circular fanlight with ‘petal’ tracery, all encased by Tuscan pilasters and a moulded archivolt. The entrance is reached via a flight of stone steps. The windows are flat-headed and have two over two timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building faces onto a street but is separated from it by a garden enclosed by a rendered wall with cast-iron railings with matching pedestrian gates with pyramidal-capped piers.

• Windgrove, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey gable-fronted house, built c.1830. The façade is finished in painted lined render whilst the pitched roof is slated and has a shared rendered chimneystack. The entrance is now to the south side of the front elevation but appears to have been originally to the north, and consists of a replacement timber and glazed door. The windows are flat-headed and have two over two timber sash frames. The ground floor window to front occupies the space which used to be taken up with the original entrance. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building faces onto a street but is separated from it by a garden enclosed by a rendered wall with cast-iron railings with matching pedestrian gate.

• House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800. The façade is finished in painted rendered with moulded quoins. The part-hipped pitched roof is slated and has rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a timber tongue and groove door and segmental fanlight with ‘petal’ tracery and moulded keystone. The windows are flat-headed and have replacement top-hung timber frames (made to simulate six over six sash frames). Cast-iron rainwater goods. The property has a street frontage but is separated from the street by a small garden enclosed by low rendered walls and cast-iron railings, with a matching pedestrian gate.

• House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, built c.1800. The façade is finished in painted render. The gable-ended pitched roof is slated and has rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door and segmental fanlight with ‘petal’ tracery. The windows are flat-headed and have three over six and six over six sash timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The property has a street frontage but is separated from the street by a small garden enclosed by a low rendered wall and cast-iron railings, with a matching pedestrian gate.

• Parnell Monument, monument, 1990–1995 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding bronze statue of politician Charles Stewart Parnell erected in 1991 to commemorate the centenary of his death. The statue is set on a block-like granite plinth with scabbled finish and ‘Parnell’ inscribed on the front (south) face. The statue is the work of sculptor Fred Conlen and is set within a small paved area overlooking a public park. A small plaque set into the retaining wall behind the monument states that it was unveiled by President Mary Robinson in September 1991.

• Bank of Ireland, house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of terraced three-bay two-storey houses, built c.1810. The façades are finished in painted roughcast with a plain rendered moulded plinth, quoins and string course. The pitched roofs are slated. The entrances consist of panelled timber doors and segmental fanlights, all encased in a moulded surrounds. The flat-headed windows have one over one timber sash frames. Replacement metal rainwater goods. The houses have a street frontage.

• House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c.1860. The façade is finished in unpainted lined render with moulded quoins, whilst the gable-ended pitched roof is slated and has brick chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a timber and glazed door and the flat-headed windows have two over two timber sash frames. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods. The property has a street frontage.

• House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1860. The façade (which is skewed at the west end in line with the line of the street) is finished in unpainted lined render, whilst the pitched roof is covered in artificial slate and has rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a replacement panelled door and plain rectangular fanlight and the flat-headed windows have two over two timber sash frames. To the west end of the façade there is a large, flat-headed carriage doorway, with metal sheeted double door. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The property has a street frontage.

• House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1860. The façade is finished in unpainted lined render, whilst the pitched roof is slated and has rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a recessed replacement timber and glazed door and the flat-headed windows have two over two timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The property has a street frontage.

• House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1790. The façade is finished in painted lined render whilst the pitched roof is slated. The entrance consists of a partly glazed timber door and the flat-headed windows have one over one and two over two timber sash frames, whilst one enlarged window has a uPVC frame. To the south end of the façade there is a flat-headed carriage entrance with timber double door. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

• House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1800. The façade is finished in painted lined render with moulded quoins and surrounds to openings, whilst the pitched roof is slated and has a shared rendered chimneystack. The entrance consists of partly glazed timber door and the flat-headed windows have replacement uPVC frames. To the north end of the façade there is a flat-headed carriage entrance with timber double door. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

• The Corner House, house, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey public house, built c.1840, but with pubfronts of c.2000. The façade is finished in painted lined render with moulded quoins, whilst the hipped roof is covered in artificial slate with plain red clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks, and, (to the south side), a Velux window. To the east-facing front elevation there are two period style timber pubfronts, both added c.2000, with similar pubfront detailing to the south elevation. The windows to the upper floor are flat-headed and have tripartite timber sash frames. The rainwater goods are a mixture of cast-iron and replacement metal. The property has a street frontage.

• House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house with single-bay addition, built c.1800, and now in use as a shop. The façade is finished in painted render whilst the pitched roof is slated and has a rendered chimneystack. The single-bay addition to the north has a lower roof level. The house entrance consists of a replacement timber and glazed door accessed via reducing stone steps. To the north and south of the entrance are timber shopfronts of c.1995 with period detailing such as reeded pilasters topped with roundels, panelled aprons etc. To the single-bay addition is a large flat-headed carriage entrance. The first floor windows are flat-headed and have tripartite timber sash frames, with a two over two timber sash frame to the smaller window to the north end. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The house has a street frontage.

• The Old Barracks, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1820 and at one point used as a constabulary barrack. The façade is finished in painted lined render with moulded quoins, whilst the pitched roof is slated and has rendered and replacement brick chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door with plain rectangular fanlight and the windows are flat-headed and have three over three timber sash frames. Painted stone sills. To the south end of the façade there is a carriage entrance with a flat-head with curved corners, and timber double door. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The house has a street frontage.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1810, and partly adapted to commercial use. The façade is finished in painted lined render with moulded quoins, whilst the pitched roof is covered in artificial slate and has replacement brick chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door with four-pane rectangular fanlight all encased by slender engaged Tuscan-like columns and entablature with cornice. To the south of this there is a shopfront of c.1885, but with replacement signage. To the north end of the façade there is a flat-headed carriage entrance with timber double door. The house windows are flat-headed and have tripartite timber sash frames. Painted stone sills. Replacement metal rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace four-bay two-storey house, built c.1860. The façade is finished in painted lined render whilst the pitched roof is slated and has a rendered chimneystack. The house entrance consists of a timber door whilst the small timber shopfront (of c.1890) has a replacement partly glazed timber door, relatively small fixed-light window, slender pilaster jambs with decorative brackets and signboard with cornice. The house windows are flat-headed and have two over two timber sash frames and painted stone sills. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The house has a street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840. The façade is finished in painted lined render whilst the pitched roof is slated and has a rendered chimneystack. The entrance consists of a replacement panelled timber door with plain rectangular fanlight. To the south of the entrance is a large open flat-headed carriage entrance. The windows are flat-headed and have replacement top-hung timber frames. Replacement metal rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840. The façade is finished in painted lined render whilst the pitched roof is slated and has a rendered chimneystack. The entrance consists of a replacement panelled timber door with plain rectangular fanlight. The windows are flat-headed and have one over one and two over two timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840. The façade is finished in painted lined render whilst the pitched roof is covered in artificial slate and has a rendered chimneystack. The entrance consists of a replacement uPVC door with plain rectangular fanlight. The windows are flat-headed and have replacement frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1840 but possibly including a shop at some point. The façade is finished in painted lined render whilst the pitched roof is slated and has a rendered chimneystack. The entrance consists of a replacement panelled timber door. To the south side of the entrance there is a large opening filled with a glazed door and window which may once have been a shopfront. To the south of this is a large flat-headed carriage entrance with replacement panelled garage type door. The windows are flat-headed and have replacement top-hung timber frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840. The façade is finished in painted lined render whilst the pitched roof is slated and has a rendered chimneystack. The entrance consists of a replacement panelled timber door with plain rectangular fanlight. The windows are flat-headed and have replacement uPVC frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey former house, built c.1840 and now in use as an office. The façade is finished in painted lined render whilst the pitched roof is slated and has rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a replacement panelled timber door with plain rectangular fanlight. To the south side of the façade is a large flat-arched carriage entrance with timber double doors. The windows are flat-headed and have replacement uPVC frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840. The façade is finished in painted lined render whilst the pitched roof is slated and has a rendered chimneystack. The entrance consists of a replacement panelled timber door with plain rectangular fanlight. The windows are flat-headed and have replacement top-hung uPVC frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house of c.1830 with slightly lower single-bay addition to the north set on the skew. The façade is finished in painted render whilst the part-hipped pitched roof is slated and has a brick chimneystack. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door with plain rectangular fanlight. The windows are flat-headed and mainly have one over one or two over two timber sash frames, with a two-pane timber replacement frame to one window. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• Outbuilding, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay two-storey gable-ended former outbuilding, built c.1860 with full-length lean-to extension of c.1910. The property is now in use as a shop. The original section is constructed in semi-course rubble with dressed granite quoins and brick dressings to the openings. The pitched roof is slated. The lean-to extension is partly constructed in brick, partly in timber and partly finished in roughcast, with a roof of corrugated-iron. To the front (north-facing) gable-end of the original section there is a timber shopfront of perhaps c.1910, but with much later roller shutters over. The window openings (mainly to the first floor) are flat-headed and have two over two timber sash frames. To the east side of the building there is a tall carriage gateway with dressed granite pier and metal double door. The property has a street frontage.

• Rathdrum Railway Station, station master's house, 1865–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay two-storey railway station master’s house, built c.1875. The building is roughly L-shaped in plan, with a porch roof on brackets set within the intersection. The façade is finished in unpainted render whilst the slated half-hipped roof has an overhang on brackets and tall rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a replacement partly glazed timber door and the flat-headed windows have two over two timber sash frames. The ground floor windows to the south elevation are set within segmental-headed niches with that to the first floor partly set within a gabled half dormer. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

• Bridge, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arched road bridge over a railway line, built in 1863. The bridge is constructed in squared granite rubble with the parapets and voussoirs in coursed rock-faced granite. The arch has a segmental head and above it is a dressed granite string course. The parapets have rounded granite coping.

• Avon Park, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850. The building is roughly square in plan with a projecting porch to the front. The façade is finished in unpainted roughcast with painted render surrounds to openings and base course, and moulded quoins. The slated hipped roof has an overhang supported on paired brackets, and brick chimneystacks. The roof of the porch is hidden behind a rendered parapet. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door encased with engaged columns and entablature with cornice, with an elliptical fanlight (with ‘wing’ tracery) over. The entrance is reached via a splayed flight of stone steps. The windows are flat-headed and have one over one timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building is surrounded by a large garden.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c.1910, possibly around the fabric of what was a originally a warehouse. The façade is finished in painted render with moulded quoins and surrounds to openings whilst the part hipped roof is slated. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door with plain rectangular fanlight and the flat-headed windows have two over two timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• Post box, 1875–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, dating from c.1885. The box has the moulded royal monogram ‘V R’ with crown in between, and is now painted green.

• House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terrace consisting of three two and three-bay single-storey with attic houses, built c.1820, but raised in height c.1990. The houses are constructed in limestone rubble with the upper portions of the walls in a generally darker mixed rubble. The pitched roofs are slated and have rendered chimneystacks and Velux windows. The entrances each consist of a replacement timber door, and the small flat-headed windows have replacement timber frames. Metal rainwater goods. The group has a street frontage.

• Bridge, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Five-arch rubble stone railway viaduct over river, opened 1863. Irregular coursed squared rubble stone piers and parapets having wrought iron railing over. Series of five round arches with squared rubble stone voussoirs and soffits having render over. The structure spans Avonmore River.

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 Rathdrum, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Rathdrum with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Rathdrum · Ráth Droma

Area

1,194,382 m² (119.44 ha, 295.14 acres)

Civil parish

Rathdrum, and its townlands

Barony

Ballinacor North

Electoral division

Rathdrum, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,173 people lived in 1,108 households in the Rathdrum electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygannon, Copse, Corballis Lower, Corballis Upper, Glasnarget North, Glasnarget South, Knockadosan, Stump of The Castle

Placenames

Rathdrum 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.