Foxhall

Area

84,518 m² (8.45 ha, 20.88 acres)

Buildings

5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 948 m².

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

Foxhall

Planning applications on this parcel

No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 3 recorded monuments.

• LF024-003001 Church
  Description

  In pasture on demesne land, in the S half of a graveyard (LF024-003003-). In 1397 Donatus Ofrarguil was appointed to the vicarage of ‘Rathriebach’ (Cal. papal letters 1904, vol. 5, 105). In 1594 it was granted to John Lye of Rathbride, county Kildare (Nicholls 1994, vol. 3, 240) and in 1607 it was granted to Patrick Fox of Dublin (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 115). The church is depicted on an early 17th-century map of Ardagh barony (BL, Cotton MS Augustus I.ii.25) and on the Down Survey map (1655-6) of Reathreagh parish (NLI, MS 713). This late-medieval church (ext. dims. 14.9m E-W; 7.4m N-S; wall T 0.9m) is constructed of roughly coursed limestone. It was extended to the W and extensively refurbished in the late 18th century. A plaque, dated 1772, over the elaborate Classical doorway and surround in the W gable commemorates this work. The outline of the original W gable is still identifiable. There is a three-light window in the E gable; its internal stonework possibly dates to the 17th century but the external stonework is of 18th-century date. There are two narrower twin-light windows in the S wall. The effigial tomb (LF024-003002-) of Nathaniel Fox, dated 1634, lies within the interior, against the N wall. (ITA Survey 1944; (Craig and O'Connell 1980, 136-41; Casey and Rowan 1993, 352-3, Pl. 58) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF024-003002 Wall monument - effigial
  Description

  Within the interior of a church (LF024-030001-), set against the blank N wall is the limestone Fox wall monument. The reclining effigy of Sir Nathaniel Fox dressed in full armour, of which only the torso and thighs survive, rests on an altar-type base. Rising, from either side of the base, are paired Ionic columns surmounted by entablatures, the dentillated cornices of which form the imposts of a round arch enclosing a heraldic achievement above a Latin inscription, surmounted on either side by a shield. There is a Greek sphinx flanking either side of the round-headed arch, with a cherub in each spandrel. The whole is surmounted by strapwork forming a type of pediment, flanked by obelisks, resting on a moulded dentillated cornice. The inscription, translated by Du Noyer (Anon. 1895, 107), reads: 'Here lies Nathaniel Fox of Rathreagh, Esquire, the founder of this church, son and heir of PATRICK FOX, soldier, of Moynor, in the county of Westmeath, and very like him. He married ELIZABETH, daughter of WALTER HUSSY, Esqre., of Moyl-Hussy, by whom he had eight sons and five daughters, of whom eight sons and three daughters still survive. PATRICK, son and heir of the above-named NATHANIEL, married BARBARA, daughter of the most noble lord PATRICK PLUNKET, Baron of Dunsany. The said NATHANIEL and ELIZABETH lived twenty-five years in the state of holy matrimony, and he died at Rathreagh on the 2nd of February, 1634, in the 46th year of his age'. (ITA Survey 1944; Casey and Rowan 1993, 352-3, Pl. 58; Moore 2007, No. 17) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF024-003003 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with a late-medieval church (LF024-003001-). This irregularly shaped graveyard (50m N-S; 45m E-W) is enclosed by concrete posts with an intervening iron mesh. Access is via a wrought-iron gate and adjacent concrete stile. Memorials date from the 18th to the 21st centuries. Within the church is a wall monument (LF024-003002-) commemorating Sir Nathaniel Fox who died in 1634. (ITA Survey 1944; Casey and Rowan 1993, 352-3, Pl. 58; Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

Architectural heritage

• Fox Hall, outbuilding, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of outbuildings originally associated with Fox Hall, built c. 1815, comprising single and two-storey ranges arranged around a courtyard. Five-bay two-storey range to the north with pitched slate roof and brick chimneystack. Roughcast render over coursed rubble limestone walls. Square-headed openings with brick voussoirs having remains of one-over-one and two-over-two timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door openings with brick voussoirs and timber panelled doors. Four-bay two-storey range to the east having hipped slate roof. Roughcast render over coursed rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings at first floor with brick voussoirs and timber fittings. Four elliptical-headed carriage arches having rendered surrounds with Doric style pilasters and corrugated-metal doors. South range comprising coursed rubble limestone walls with corrugated-metal roof. Two-bay single-storey outbuilding to north range, north elevation. Pitched corrugated-metal roof. Roughly dressed coursed limestone masonry walls. Square-headed openings. Pair of carriage arches leading to courtyard, with brick voussoirs and piers with rendered keystones. Roughly dressed limestone pier to west with roughly dressed limestone masonry boundary walls. Walled gardens (13315011) to the south. Located to the northeast of site of Fox Hall (demolished 1946).

• Fox Hall, walled garden, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Remains of walled garden associated with Fox Hall, built c. 1760, in former Fox Hall demesne. Coursed rubble limestone masonry walls. Square-headed entrance with ashlar limestone block-and-start surround with cast-iron gate having quatrefoil motifs. Outbuildings (13315010) to north. Located to the southeast of the site of Fox Hall (demolished 1946) and to the northeast of Legan.

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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.

Flooding

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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.