Churchtown

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Churchtown, from 229 m² to 41,990 m² (4.2 ha, 10.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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 Churchtown 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.

• 15 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of the erection of an existing storage building on

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221510

• 24 Feb 2022Refused

  Permission for retention of the erection of an existing storage building on site

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20220232

• 13 Jun 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170753

• 2 May 2017N/a

  PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170537

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 Churchtown.

Recorded monuments

• WX047-119001 Church
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape. This is the site of the parish church of Mulrankin within a rectangular graveyard (dims 57m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by masonry walls at E and around an entrance from a public road at S, and by earthen banks with trees elsewhere. According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 Nicholas Rochford was the rector and Jacob Synnott the vicar, and the church and chancel were in repair (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 268). The old church is described by Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 413) as a small plain building beyond repair, on whose site the Ecclesiastic Commissioners were to build a new church. The Church of Ireland church of St. David is on the site but there are no visible remains of an older structure. 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

• WX047-119002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape. The site of the parish church of Mulrankin w(WX047-119001-) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims 57m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by masonry walls at E and around an entrance from a public road at S, and by earthen banks with trees elsewhere. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 October, 2013

Architectural heritage

• Saint David's Church (Mulrankin), church/chapel, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Church of Ireland church, begun 1841; consecrated 1843, on a rectangular plan. Pitched slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, cut-granite "saddleback" coping to gables on cut-granite battlemented ogee corbel kneelers including cut-granite "saddleback" coping to gable to entrance (west) front on cut-granite battlemented ogee corbel kneelers with cut-granite gabled bellcote to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed coursed or snecked "Old Red Sandstone" walls on benchmark-inscribed cut-granite chamfered plinth with lichen-covered flush quoins to corners. Lancet window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch window opening (east), cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on engaged octagonal label stops framing iron mesh storm panel over fixed-pane fitting having leaded stained glass panel. Tudor-headed door opening to entrance (west) front with two cut-granite steps, cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on engaged octagonal label stops framing timber boarded double doors having overpanel. Lancet "Trinity Window" (gable) with cut-granite "slated" sill course, central timber Y-mullion, and cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Full-height interior with encaustic tiled central aisle between timber pews, cut-white marble wall monuments (1832; 1956), timber panelled pulpit (1937) on an octagonal plan with timber clerk's desk (1938), cut-veined red marble stepped dais to chancel (east) with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber communion railing centred on Gothic-style timber altar below stained glass memorial "East Window" (1938), and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on moulded plasterwork ventilation roses. Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site with cut-"Old Red Sandstone" piers to perimeter having cut-granite shallow pyramidal capping supporting cast-iron double gates.

• Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1800–1805 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland glebe house, built 1802; dated 1802, on a square plan with four-bay two-storey side elevations; three-bay full-height rear (east) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Renovated, 1985. Replacement hipped artificial slate roofs on an E-shaped plan with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on gabled bases having cut-granite capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, slightly sproketed eaves, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered slate flagged eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered replacement cement rendered, ruled and lined walls bellcast over rendered plinth with rendered quoined piers to corners; fine roughcast surface finish (north). Elliptical-headed central door opening approached by flight of three cut-granite steps, timber doorcase with pilasters supporting shallow cornice on blind frieze, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having two-over-two timber sash sidelights below margined fanlight. Square-headed window openings including square-headed window openings to rear (east) elevation centred on square-headed window opening (half-landing), cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing eight-over-eight timber sash windows having overlights (ground floor) or eight-over-eight timber sash windows (first floor). Interior including (ground floor): central 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 with rendered piers to perimeter having "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed shallow pyramidal capping supporting cast-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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Churchtown, 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 low.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Churchtown · Baile an Teampaill

Area

230,736 m² (23.07 ha, 57.02 acres)

Civil parish

Mulrankin, and its townlands

Barony

Bargy

Electoral division

Bridgetown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

963 people lived in 323 households in the Bridgetown electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bridgetown North, Mulrankin, Rathronan, Shouks

Placenames

Churchtown 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.