Butlerstown

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Butlerstown, from 111 m² to 118,343 m² (11.83 ha, 29.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Butlerstown 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Butlerstown 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 the townland of Butlerstown.

Recorded monuments

• WX047-054 Castle - tower house
  Description

  The earliest references to the Butlers of Butlerstown date from 1540 when James Butler is recorded as a juror (Hore 1900-11, vol. 5, 144). Pat Butler was a juror in 1576 (ibid. vol. 6, 387) and James Butler is described as a free tenant in 1611 (ibid. vol. 6, 548) but there is no reference to the castle although one is depicted on the Down Survey barony map (1656-8). The Bulters may have severed their connection with Butlerstown before the 1640s as according to the Book of Survey and Distribution (c. 1660) Rowland Scurlocke and Richard Wadding had c. 60 acres at Butlerstown in Shartmond (Ishartmon) parish in 1640 (Simington 1953, 303), and Scurlocke owned 788 acres in Ballymore parish just to the N (ibid. 302). After the Cromwellian period the castle was occupied by John Herron, and it later passed to the Boxwell family (Jeffrey 1979, 11 13). The castle is situated on a level landscape. This is a rectangular tower (ext. dims 9.7m NE-SW; 8.6m NW-SE) of five storeys with good quoins, a base-batter and plinth, and it survives complete to the stepped crenellations. All the window openings are small rectangular slits. A round-arched doorway (Wth 0.89m; H 1.6m) with jambs of dressed granite is protected by machicolation on the parapet and a portcullis, and is situated towards the W end of the NW wall. The lobby, which has no murder-hole, leads through a round-arched doorway (Wth 0.86m; H 1.59m) to the ground floor (int. dims. 5.3m NE-SW; 3.75m NW-SE) which has an arched embrasure on every wall except the SW, but only one surviving double-splayed loop on the NE wall. The stairs rise in the NW wall, with a murder-hole over the lower steps operated from a first floor antechamber. A lintelled doorway (Wth 0.75m; H 1.79m) leads to the first floor under the NE-SW vault. This floor is supported on corbels in the NW wall and a ledge on the other walls, and there are slit windows in the NE and SW walls, with a similar window in the SW wall of the antechamber over the entrance lobby. The stairs continue in the NW wall and turn onto the NE wall where a lintelled doorway (Wth 0.86m; H 1.67m) opens onto the second floor (int. dims 6.02m NE-SW; 5.46m NW-SE), over the vault. The NE wall has an antechamber at the E angle which is entered by a lintelled doorway (Wth 0.57m; H 1.51m) on the NE wall. The SE wall has a slit window at the centre in an arched embrasure with seats. The SW wall has a garderobe with its own light at the S end and a window with seats at the N end. The NW wall has a lintelled and chamfered fireplace (Wth 1.61m; H 1.4m; D 0.78m) of granite at the centre, the flue of which is projecting on the outer face of the wall, and a window with seats at its W end. The ceiling of this floor was supported on corbels in the NW and SE walls. The stairs rise in the NE wall to the third floor lintelled doorway (Wth 0.83m; H 1.74m), now blocked, at the S end of the wall. This floor has a fireplace of dressed granite in the NW wall, a garderobe at the S angle with a light on the SE wall, and a chamber in the N angle over the stairs with a light on the NE wall. This floor also has rectangular windows with seats in the SE, SW and NW walls, and the ceiling was supported by corbels on the NW and SE walls and a ledge on every wall, that on the NE side being wide (Wth 0.85) as it is over the stairs housing. Outside the doorway to the third floor a newel stairs rises at the E angle to the fourth floor which is entered through a round-headed doorway (Wth 0.62mm; H 1.7m). This floor has a simple rectangular window of dressed stone in a lintelled embrasure on each wall. The newel stairs continue at the E angle to the wall-walk of the SE wall, accessed through a lintelled doorway (Wth 0.88m; H 1.86m). The battlements are complete with stepped crenellations. A merlon on the SE parapet wall has a simple slit-loop and one at the N end of the NE wall has a cross-loop. The only look-out is over the stairs housing approached by steps on the inner face of the battlements on the NE wall. It is entered through a lintelled doorway (Wth 0.59m; H 1.93m) and had been roofed as there are ogee-headed lights on three walls. The original roof form of the castle is not known as modern gable walls on the NE and SW walls support a pitched slate roof. There are buildings abutting the SE, SW and NW walls, but there is no evidence that there was ever a bawn. 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 October, 2013 Earliest references to the Butlers and the castle date from mid-sixteenth century. It was confiscated from the Butlers in 1654 (Jeffrey 1979, 11-13). Rectangular tower (dims. 9.7m E-W; 8.6m N-S) of four storeys and loft with good quoins, base-batter and plinth, survives complete to stepped crenellations. All opes are small rectangular slits. Round-arched doorway with jambs of dressed granite, protected by machicolation and portcullis, towards W end of N wall. Lobby leads to ground floor (int. dims. 5.3m E-W; 3.75m N-S) which has three arched embrasures but only one surviving double-splayed loop. Stairs rise in N wall, with murder-hole over lower steps operated from loft antechamber, and lead through lintelled doorway to loft under E-W vault which has two windows and antechamber over ground-floor entrance. Stairs continue to first floor which has fireplace in N wall and rectangular windows with seats in N, W and S walls. Garderobe at SW angle and antechamber at SE. Stairs rise in E wall to second floor which has fireplace in N wall, rectangular windows with seats in N, W and S walls, garderobe at SW angle and antechamber at NE. Spiral stairs at SE angle led to third floor which had simple rectangular windows in each wall. Spiral stairs continue to wall-walk with rebuilt gables at E and W. Merlon in S parapet wall has simple loop and one in E has cross loop. Lookout platform, originally roofed in timber and with three ogee-headed windows, over stairs housing at SE angle.

Architectural heritage

• Butlerstown Castle, country house, 1815–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement country house with dormer attic, dated 1820, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay full-height gabled projecting breakfront with single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height flat-roofed central return (south). Reroofed, 1902. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1963. Pitched and hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof; flat roof (south), trefoil-perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, decorative timber bargeboards to gable on timber purlins with timber finial to apex, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of three cut-granite steps, timber mullions supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Pointed-arch window opening (first floor) with cut-granite sill, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash window having overlight with interlocking V-tracery glazing bars. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings over on engaged octagonal label stops framing eight-over-eight timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing four-over-eight timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Butlerstown Castle, gate lodge, 1842–1859 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1903, on a rectangular plan. Renovated, ----. Hipped slate roof with roll moulded clay ridge tiles centred on rendered chimney stack on rendered chamfered cushion course on rendered base having stepped capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Square-headed central door opening with poured concrete threshold, and concealed dressings with hood moulding over framing replacement timber boarded door. Square-headed flanking window openings with shallow sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings over framing replacement timber casement windows. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Butlerstown Castle.

• Butlerstown Castle, gates/railings/walls, 1842–1859 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1903, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of repointed piers having finial-topped pyramidal capping with red brick Flemish bond outer piers having pyramidal capping. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Butlerstown Castle.

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 Butlerstown, 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 Butlerstown.

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

Name

Butlerstown · Baile an Bhuitléaraigh

Area

594,812 m² (59.48 ha, 146.98 acres)

Civil parish

Ishartmon, and its townlands

Barony

Forth

Electoral division

Tomhaggard, the unit of the census

Census 2022

550 people lived in 205 households in the Tomhaggard electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygullick, Churchtown, Grange, Linziestown, Littlebridge

Placenames

Butlerstown 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.