Cloonshannagh or Coolamber Manor Demesne

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonshannagh or Coolamber Manor Demesne, from 122 m² to 674,868 m² (67.49 ha, 166.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cloonshannagh or Coolamber Manor Demesne 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.

• 29 Oct 2020Conditional

  proposed construction of an extension to existing single storey type dwelling house and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 20251

• 25 Jun 2020Conditional

  1) demolition of existing derelict dwelling & outbuildings 2) proposed shed including milking parlour, cow cubicle area with slatted tanks 3) general purpose shed for storage/bedded area 4) provision and upgrade to entrance from access road and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 20136

• 17 May 2017Conditional

  Changes to existing dwelling to include extension to side and rear, relevant changes to elevations, amendments to also include upgrade and installation of waste water treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 17144

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: Ardagullion Bog SAC 002341
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ardagullion Bog 002069

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cloonshannagh or Coolamber Manor Demesne.

Architectural heritage

• Coolamber Manor, country house, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c. 1830, having full-height three-bay segmental bowed projection to the centre of five-bay east elevation. Multiple-bay three-storey extensions to the southwest, added c. 1880. Later used as rehabilitation clinic, now in disuse. Later single-, two- and three-storey extensions to rear (south). Later single-bay open porch to the centre of the main elevation (north). Hipped natural slate roof , hidden behind raised parapet with eaves cornice and blocking course, having rendered chimneystacks with terracotta chimney pots. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls to front (north) and east elevations over moulded plinth course; snecked limestone masonry walls to rear and west elevations. Giant order pilasters to front façade, between bays and to the corners, and to east elevation, to corners and flanking bowed projection. Square-headed window openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with painted limestone sills. Sill course to first floor openings (excluding bowed projection). Round-headed window opening to west elevation, lighting stair hall, having tripartite multi-pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear blocks having stone sills and timber sash or replacement windows. Square-headed door opening, behind recent porch, having overlight, timber panelled door, timber pilasters, and with flanking six-over-six timber sliding sash windows. Open porch comprises a pair of round-profile Doric-like columns supporting flat roof over having moulded cornice. Flight of limestone steps to entrance with cast-and-wrought-iron railings. Set back from road, on an elevated site, to the northeast of Edgeworthstown. Complex of outbuildings (13401521), walled garden (13401525) and ancillary structures to the northwest. Main entrance gateway to the southeast, at start of long approach avenue to house, comprising a pair of lined-and-ruled rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having garland devices on raised square panels to front faces (southeast), and with carved pineapple finals over. Gates now missing. Gateway flanked to either side by sweeping sections of rendered plinth boundary wall having cast-and wrought-iron railings and terminated in a second pair of piers.

• Coolamber Manor, stables, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of single- and two-storey stables and outbuildings associated with Coolamber Manor (13401520), built c. 1830 and extended c. 1880, comprising two adjoining courtyards of outbuildings/stable blocks, forming rectangle, with central carriages. Later in use as a rehabilitation clinic, with modern alterations. Now out of use. Complex to the east comprises two-bay single-storey range to east with hipped and pitched natural slate roof, pediment with cut stone detailing to west face. Coursed roughly dressed limestone masonry walls with roughly dressed flush quoins to the corners; painted plinth course. Square-headed window opening with limestone sill and replacement fittings. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber battened door having concrete ramp to entrance (west face). Section of roughly dressed limestone wall to the north end of outbuilding, having cut stone coping and an integral segmental-headed pedestrian entrance with dressed limestone voussoirs. Four-bay two-storey range to north having central pedimented bay with adjoining section of dressed limestone walling having integral segmental-headed carriage arch with double leaf spear headed cast-iron gates. Hipped natural slate roof. Snecked limestone masonry walls with painted plinth course. Brick blank roundel to pediment having dressed limestone surrounds. Square-headed openings with replacement windows having limestone sills. Segmental-headed carriage arch to pedimented bay with dressed limestone voussoirs and timber battened double doors. Five-bay two-storey range to south having hipped roof and central pedimented bay. Snecked limestone masonry walls with painted plinth course. Brick blank roundel to pediment having round-headed dressed limestone open work bellcote to rear. Square-headed window openings with replacement fittings having limestone sills. Round-headed door opening with replacement timber door. Segmental-headed carriage arches with dressed limestone voussoirs, now blocked up with window openings. Five-bay two-storey range to west with central pedimented bay having blank roundel with dressed limestone surround and hipped natural slate roof. Snecked limestone masonry walls with painted plinth course. Square-headed window openings with timber fittings and limestone sills. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door. Segmental-headed carriage arch with dressed limestone voussoirs leading to west complex of outbuildings. South range to west stables having five-bay two-storey elevation. Pitched natural slate roof with brick chimneystack, rubble limestone chimneystack and rendered chimneystack. Snecked limestone masonry walls with painted plinth course. Roundel openings with dressed limestone surrounds to first floor. Square-headed window opening with timber fittings and limestone sills. Square-headed opening with timber replacement door to first floor having flight of concrete steps to entrance. Triple arcade of segmental-headed carriage arches having dressed limestone voussoirs and timber replacement doors. Carriage arches to end bays now blocked up with inserted door and window openings. Square-headed entrance with cut limestone lintel having carved keystone and with timber battened door. Seven-bay two-storey range to north with pitched natural slate roof. Snecked limestone masonry walls with painted plinth course. Square-headed openings with replacement windows and having limestone sills. Roundel openings with dressed limestone surrounds to first floor. Square-headed openings with timber glazed replacement doorways having dressed limestone surrounds with carved keystones. Segmental-headed carriage arch with dressed limestone voussoirs having timber battened doors. Five-bay two-storey end range with dovecote to pedimented central bay. Hipped slate roof. Snecked limestone masonry walls with painted plinth course. Square-headed openings with replacement windows having cut limestone surrounds and sills. Square-headed opening to first floor with timber battened door having a flight of concrete steps with rendered parapet walls to entrance. Roundel opening to central pedimented bay with dressed limestone surround over segmental-headed carriage arch with dressed limestone voussoirs. Various ancillary buildings to site. Extensions to rear of end range. Located to the west of Coolamber Manor (13401520), in extensive mature grounds, to located to the northeast of Edgeworthstown.

• Coolamber Manor, outbuilding, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey single-bay former outbuilding or house associated with Coolamber Manor (13401520), built c. 1830, now in disuse. Hipped natural slate roof with central rendered chimneystack and projecting cut stone eaves course. Coursed roughly dressed limestone masonry walls with flush dressed limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with cut limestone sills, flush dressed limestone surrounds and remains of timber sliding sash fittings. Square-headed door opening to northwest elevation with dressed limestone surround having timber panelled door. Located to the northwest of Coolamber Manor (13401520) and adjacent to former walled garden and curvilinear glasshouse (13401528).

• Coolamber Manor, outbuilding, worker's house, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding and worker’s accommodation associated with Coolamber Manor (13401520), built c. 1830, on split-level site having two-storey elevation to rear (northwest). Now disused. Hipped natural slate roof with cut stone eaves course, remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods, and a rendered chimneystack. Roughly dressed and squared limestone rubble masonry walls with flush dressed limestone quoins to the corners. Two segmental-headed carriage arches to the centre of the rear elevation (northeast) having roughly dressed limestone voussoirs. Square-headed window openings to front elevation (southeast) having dressed limestone surrounds and cut limestone sills. Fittings now gone. Square-headed openings with dressed limestone surrounds and remains of timber battened doors. Located to the northwest of Coolamber Manor (13401520) and adjacent to former walled garden and curvilinear glasshouse (13401528).

• Coolamber Manor, glass/green house, walled garden, 1830–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-storey curvilinear green house associated with Coolamber Manor (13401520), built c. 1850. Constructed of small glass panes set in wrought-iron superstructure. Rendered brick plinth wall to front (southeast) having wrought-iron window openings over. Render walls on quadrant profile to either end (southwest and northeast). Coursed squared rubble limestone wall to rear (formerly part of walled garden) having red brick section over with segmental-headed window openings having remains of timber fittings; number of openings now blocked. Square-headed door opening to the rendered wall to the southwest end of green house having replacement glazed timber door. Cut stone coping over rear wall. Set in walled garden (on irregular-plan) associated with Coolamber Manor, laid out c. 1830, having coursed rubble stone walls, brick lined to the interior faces, having cut stone coping over a number of sections. Located to the west of Coolamber Manor (13401520) and to the south/southwest of complex of outbuildings (13401521).

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 Cloonshannagh or Coolamber Manor Demesne, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloonshannagh or Coolamber Manor Demesne.

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 Cloonshannagh or Coolamber Manor Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Cloonshannagh or Coolamber Manor Demesne · Cluain Seannach nó Mainéar Chúil Amra

Area

2,723,665 m² (272.37 ha, 673.03 acres)

Civil parish

Street, and its townlands

Barony

Ardagh

Electoral division

Coolamber, the unit of the census

Census 2022

397 people lived in 131 households in the Coolamber electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardagullion, Asnagh, Ballaghgowla and Froghan, Clonca, Lechurragh, Moatavally, Ringowny

Placenames

Cloonshannagh or Coolamber Manor Demesne 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.