Lavistown

89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lavistown, from 7 m² to 127,882 m² (12.79 ha, 31.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Lavistown 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.

• 11 Feb 2026Conditional

  on the grant of outline planning permission Ref No: 22416 to construct a dwelling, garage, access driveway, wastewater system, borehole, soakpits and all other associated site works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2660078

• 2 Jul 2025Conditional

  for (1) demolition of an existing single storey domestic garage (2) construct a new single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house and a new single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling house to include provision of a single storey family flat (3) upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system (4) internal and external alterations (5) alterations to existing driveway and (6) all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560404

• 18 Oct 2024Conditional

  to construct a 70 sq/m two story extension to their dwelling comprising of accommodating the relocated kitchen, two bedrooms and WC, and associated site works, also, to add 3 No. velux rooflights to the extensions roof

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460497

• 29 Mar 2023Conditional

  for renovation and alterations of an existing dwelling house and outbuildings to include the construction of an entrance porch, link corridor from main dwelling house to the proposed living accommodation and alterations to existing dwelling house, part demolish of existing barn, change of use of the barn to living accommodation and renovation and alterations to this barn to create living accommodation, change of use of second barn to home office / hobby space, renovation and alterations of the second barn to create home office / hobby space and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360129

• 28 Jun 2022Conditional

  for a dwelling, garage, access driveway, wastewater system, borehole, soakpits and all other associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22416

• 28 Jun 2022Conditional

  to construct a 2 storey dwelling with attached garage, access driveway, wastewater system, borehole, soakpits and all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22417

• 9 Jul 2021N/a

  for the construction of a new replacement foul water treatment system and for Retention of the change of use of an existing office to a standalone 2 bedroom apartment and for Retention of the conversion of an existing standalone games room building to a 1 bedroon apartment both of which are ancillary and associated with the main residence

  Permission, 2 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 21594

• 9 Apr 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a domestic garage along with retention planning permission for an existing slab to the rear of the existing dwelling house along with all associated site and development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21278

• 3 Feb 2021Conditional

  for internal alterations to the existing dwelling including new windows and external cladding, a new single storey link to a new two storey extension to the side and rear comprising a garage, with a home office, workshop, bathroom and living room; the demolition of the existing garden shed and external toilet and pump house; removal of oil fired boiler and installation of an ASHP; demolition of part of the front boundary wall and gate pillars and build up part boundary wall to close the existing site entrance and raising the adjacent site levels; form a new vehicular site entrance with drive and onsite parking and retention of the existing agricultural entrance; decommissioning of the existing septic tank and percolation system; installation of a new waste water treatment system with polishing filter and the installation of a rainwater harvesting system; new landscape works as indicated on the application drawings

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2155

• 21 Dec 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house, domestic garage, site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20901

• 3 Oct 2018Conditional

  for amendments to previously approved planning application No. 15330 of (a) the kitchen and service store increased in size and an additional bedroom added at first floor over the kitchen increasing the gross floor area from 184sqm to 237 sqm (b) addition of two first floor dormer windows to the rear (c) changes to living room windows at rear and (d) the house has been relocated on site to accommodate the amendments

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 18652

• 27 Jun 2018Conditional

  for an extension, all associated elevational changes, internal reconfigurations and all site and ancillary works to existing dwelling at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18436

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: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233

Recorded monuments

• KK019-036 Enclosure
  Description

  A straight-sided enclosure identified as a cropmark of a fosse on an aerial photograph (CUCAP BDI007, 14 July 1970). Only the S portion of the enclosure (dims. c. 40m) is visible, the S side aligned NW-SE and the S length of the E and W sides. The N portion has been truncated by the Kilkenny to Waterford railway line. See attached aerial photograph CUCAP BDI007, 14 July 1970 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 October 2020

• KK019-114 Enclosure
  Description

  On a ridge overlooking the River Nore which flows c. 160m to the SW, in pasture. An aerial photograph (GB89.V.12, 13 July 1989) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a fosse. A rectilinear enclosure (KK019-115----) is located immediately to the NW. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland and Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 20 October 2020

• KK019-115 Enclosure
  Description

  On a ridge overlooking the River Nore which flows c. 200m to the SW, in pasture. An aerial photograph (GB89.V.12, 13 July 1989) shows cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure (dims. c. 25m N-S and E-W) defined by a fosse. A curvilinear enclosure (KK019-114----) is located immediately to the SE. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland and Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 20 October 2020

• KK020-033 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Gowran in ‘Lavistown’ ((Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) and on the Down Survey parish map of Blackrath and St Martins (NLI MS720). The terrier accompanying the parish map describes, ‘on Lavistowne a Castle in repaire’ and lists ‘Thomas Denn’ as the proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 367), ‘A small fragment of Lavistown castle still remains, being incorporated with the walls of one of Mr. Edward Langton’s out-offices’. See attached: KK020-033----_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Gowran (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin KK020-033----_02 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of Blackrath and St Martins (NLI MS720) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 7 December 2020

Architectural heritage

• Lavistown House, house, 1805–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1810, on a symmetrical plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting glazed porch to centre ground floor, single-bay two-storey lower recessed flanking bays terminating in single-bay two-storey gabled advanced end bays, and single-bay single-storey return to east. Hipped slate roof (pitched to flanking bays; gabled to end bays; pitched to return) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses, rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Pitched (gabled) glazed roof to porch in timber frame with finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls over random rubble limestone construction (exposed random rubble limestone construction to return). Square-headed window openings (in tripartite arrangement to ground floor) with cut-limestone sills, six-over-six timber sash windows to ground floor (having two-over-two sidelights to tripartite openings), eight-over-eight timber sash windows to first floor (all having louvered timber panelled false external shutters), and two-over-two timber sash windows to first floor end bays. Square-headed openings to porch with timber panelled pilaster mullions, glazed timber panelled door on cut-limestone threshold, fixed-pane timber windows on rendered sill, and fixed-pane overlight to gable. Segmental-headed door opening to house with carved cut-limestone doorcase, timber panelled door having sidelights, and decorative fanlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with landscaped grounds to site.

• Lavistown House, farmyard complex, 1805–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, established 1810, including:(i) Attached three-bay two-storey outbuilding. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Ivy-clad random rubble limestone walls with dressed limestone quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with carved cut-limestone shallow sills forming sill course, lintels, and timber casement windows. Square-headed door openings with lintels, and glazed tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors having overlights. Set back from road in grounds shared with Lavistown House (Riverview House).(ii) Attached five-bay single-storey outbuilding with attic with pair of square-headed carriageways to left. Extensively renovated to accommodate use as offices. Pitched slate roof with section of replacement artificial slate, clay ridge tiles, rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Random rubble limestone walls with section of ivy-clad unpainted render over. Square-headed window openings with shallow sills, and replacement timber casement windows. Pair of square-headed carriageways to left with replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors, and one with glazed tongue-and-groove timber panelled door having sidelight on tongue-and-groove timber panelled riser.(iii) Detached three-bay double-height outbuilding. Reroofed. Pitched roof with replacement corrugated-iron over timber construction having iron ridges, and iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Random rubble limestone walls with dressed limestone quoins to corners, and painted corrugated-iron to gables. Square-headed (full-height) openings forming open front with cast-iron banded pillars, and no fittings.

• Lavistown House, gates/railings/walls, 1805–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, built 1810, comprising pair of rusticated limestone ashlar piers with stringcourses, and carved cut-limestone cornice capping. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Lavistown House (Riverview House).

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 Lavistown, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2208 (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 Lavistown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Lavistown · Baile Lobhaoise

Area

1,027,937 m² (102.79 ha, 254.01 acres)

Civil parish

St. Martins, and its townlands

Barony

Gowran

Electoral division

Clara, the unit of the census

Census 2022

756 people lived in 205 households in the Clara electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Highrath, Lyrath, Rathbourn or Raheenmore, Templemartin, Warrington

Placenames

Lavistown 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.