Pennefatherslot
Townland in the civil parish of St. John's, barony of Gowran, Co. Kilkenny; in Irish Lota Pennefather
Parcel 848076
- Area
- 354 m²
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it, 221 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027) The objective
- Townland
- Pennefatherslot
Planning applications on this parcel
22 Mar 2023Conditional
to retain the existing side extension/annex to original dwelling, which is a protected structure
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2360115
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
- Noreville, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1850. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1925, comprising two-bay two-storey return to north-east. Pitched slate roof (hipped to return) with clay ridge tiles (terracotta ridge tiles to return), rendered chimney stacks, rendered coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls with painted rendered plinth, and painted rendered quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and replacement one-over-one timber sash windows, c.1925, having wrought iron bars to rear (north-east) elevation. Square-headed door opening with two steps, and replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1925. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Road fronted with painted rendered boundary wall to perimeter of site.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2184 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
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.
- Area
- 35.2 ha
- 87 acres
- Land parcels
- 324
- registered freehold, median 183 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 59
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
324 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pennefatherslot, from 0 m² to 48,029 m² (4.8 ha, 11.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 311 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2General Business (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 28 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3Neighbourhood Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Amenity / Green links/Biodiversity conservation/ Open Space/Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Sept 2026N/a
for the continued use, as granted by An Bord Pleanála under Ref. No. ABP/301062/18, for the change of use of the vacant ground-floor retail unit to a recreational, sport and amusement arcade, including ancillary signage
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2673
30 Apr 2026Refused
of 21/746
Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 2641
7 Apr 2026Refused
on P21/427
Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 2634
23 Jan 2026N/a
is sought for the following works previously carried out: the demolition of 1 No. single-storey toilet extension, 1 No. single-storey outhouse structure, and 1 No. external staircase; the construction of 1 No. single-storey toilet extension; the reroofing and conversion of 1 No. existing outhouse to a bar structure; new external covered seating areas; and the removal and replacement of the boundary timber gates along the eastern boundary involving works to a Protected Structure (RPS No. B12); and associated hard landscaping works. Retention Permission and Planning Permission is sought for an increase in intensification of use and ongoing use of the existing backyard area of Lenehans Public House. Planning Permission is also sought for the construction of a timber noise barrier atop the existing wall at the western side of the backyard area to an overall height of c.4m; the installation of a noise limiter device within the backyard area; and all other associated works.
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660044
24 Oct 2025N/a
for the proposed change of use from a beer garden to the rear of the existing property to an outdoor dining and function space to the rear of Lenehan’s Public House (Protected Structure RPS B14, NIAH Ref: 12004012)
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560685
16 Oct 2025Conditional
for the construction of a single storey extension Circa 61.0 M2 to the rear of our house, for the partial demolition of existing rear shed together with all associated site works to our property located
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560665
1 Aug 2025Conditional
to consist of 24 apartments, private open space amenity, car parking etc. The proposed works to comprise; - 1) Demolition of existing warehouse, shed and yard slabs, certain boundary walls and alterations to walls retained; 2) the construction of 3 floors of residential accommodation, (each floor will contain 4 no. 1 bed apartments and 4 no. 2 bed apartments, the total units proposed is 24 units) over a ground floor entrance hall/ stair & lift well, waste management room, services accommodation and car park; 3) Bicycle Parking, 4) Open Space/Amenity 5) Site Services comprising surface water disposal and attenuation system (SUDS), foul drainage disposal system to existing mains, water services from existing Irish Water mains, fire hydrants, street lighting etc. underground cables and ducts and all associated site works; 6) upgrading of existing access to O’Loughlin Road for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicular use; 7) boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, etc.. Site area c.0.24ha. Note: existing buildings on the frontage of O’Loughlin Road are unaffected
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560486
25 Jul 2025N/a
for proposed residential development to consist of 24 apartments, private open space amenity, car parking etc. The proposed works to comprise; - 1) Demolition of existing warehouse, shed and yard slabs, certain boundary walls and alterations to walls retained; 2) the construction of 3 floors of residential accommodation, (each floor will contain 4 no. 1 bed apartments and 4 no. 2 bed apartments, the total units proposed is 24 units) over a ground floor entrance hall/ stair & lift well, waste management room, services accommodation and car park; 3) Bicycle Parking, 4) Open Space/Amenity 5) Site Services comprising surface water disposal and attenuation system (SUDS), foul drainage disposal system to existing mains, water services from existing Irish Water mains, fire hydrants, street lighting etc. underground cables and ducts and all associated site works; 6) upgrading of existing access to O’Loughlin Road for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicular use; 7) boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, etc.. Site area c.0.24ha. Note; existing buildings on the frontage of O’Loughlin Road are unaffected
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560459
10 Jul 2025Conditional
for development at this site. The proposed development consists of the following: • 1no c19.5m2 Single Storey Extension for storage uses to southern face of existing single storey office and storage building. Plus internal alterations to increase existing office area from c29m2 to c78.6m2 and external alterations to existing building’s façades. • Removal and replacement of existing Main ID sign with 1no new c5.0m Main ID signage structure. • Demolition and replacement of the following: a. Existing c28m2 gantry structure removed and replaced with new forecourt canopy and PV panels, b. 4no overground tanks and part of existing bund walling and stairways removed and replaced with 2no new overground tanks and revised bund walling layout/stairways, c. 3no existing fuel dispensers removed and replaced with 2no new dispensers under new canopy, d. Existing road facing boundary fencing removed and replaced with new c2.4m high palisade fence, separate pedestrian/vehicular entrance and exit gates, and c2.1m high masonry infill wall between existing office and adjacent dwelling. • New service area with 1no car parking spaces and air/water unit. • Existing 8am-8pm Monday to Sunday trading hours changed to 7am-10pm Monday to Sunday. • All other associated underground/overground infrastructure, decommissioning, drainage, lighting, line marking, landscaping, and site development works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560419
22 Apr 2025Conditional
for the replacement of portion of the existing masonry boundary wall of Nowlan Park premises. The wall forms the property boundary onto O'Loughlin Road and the proposed new concrete wall will be set back to provide for widening the public footpath on O' Loughlin Road. The associated works also include the modification of the existing toilet facilities at Nowlan Park, demolitions and siteworks
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2527
19 Dec 2024Conditional
for storage / laundry shed and all associated site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460652
9 Dec 2024Refused
Permission to retain indefinitely (1) an extension to the rear of the existing public house comprising of an outdoor bar/servery area and seating areas with covered canopy over (2) a detached timber structure with pitched roof forming covered outdoor fixed booth seating and sheltered areas in the existing beer garden and (3) all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2460615
29 Nov 2024Conditional
to externally wrap our house with an NSAI certified external wall insulation system. Works to include alterations to existing window arrangement at the front of the house and construct a 21m2 extension to the rear
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460593
29 Apr 2024Conditional
for the change of use from existing therapy clinic to a walk in clinic and all associated site development works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460196
13 Mar 2024Conditional
to construct a new 32.40m2 extension to the Newpark Pharmacy
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460126
20 Nov 2023Conditional
for the construction of a car access with provision of double gates and single pedestrian gates
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 23251
18 Jul 2023Refused
for the construction of a car access with double gates and new side boundary wall
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 23176
14 Jul 2023Conditional
for the Proposed renovations to existing dwelling, proposed two storey rear extension, proposed stormwater soakaways, landscaping and all associated site works. Existing rear extension to be partially demolished. This dwelling is in an architectural conservation area
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360313
22 Mar 2023Conditional
to retain the existing side extension/annex to original dwelling, which is a protected structure
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2360115
2 Nov 2022Refused
for a change of use from office to retail plus permission is also sought for external signage. River View House, Dublin Road is located within the John Street Architectural Conservation Area
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22710
3 Aug 2022Conditional
for (i) the demolition of existing gantry, fuel dispensers and above ground tanks no 6 and 7. (ii) revision to the internal site layout to include new vehicular movement arrangements, relocated existing tank farm bund walls, access stairs/walkways, offset fill points, top and bottom loading pump systems. (iii) Construction of a new forecourt fuel area with 2no. pump dispensers, a new 5,000lt above ground Ad-Blue tank, 3no. car parking spaces, 2no. HGV/tanker parking spaces. (iv) Proposed reconfiguration of the existing office/storage building internal layout, with a new single storey building extension and external seating area to the southern side. (v) All other associated underground and overground infrastructure, drainage, lighting, landscaping and site development works.
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22507
10 May 2022Refused
for (1) retention permission for the demolition of a single-storey toilet extension, a single-storey outhouse structure, and an external staircase, in addition to construction of a single-storey toilet extension, the reconfiguration of an existing single-storey outhouse to include reroofing and conversion to a bar structure, new external covered seating, replacement of boundary timber gates, and all associated site and development works to the rear of Lenehans Public House (Protected Structure RPS B14, NIAH Ref: 12004012), 2. Planning permission for hand-painted signage on upper portion of timber boundary gates (9.5m2). All works to take place
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 22300
3 Mar 2022Conditional
for (1) Demolition of existing public house/restaurant and residential building, all existing out-offices, warehouse and other buildings, yard slabs, certain boundary walls and alterations to walls retained. (2) Four-level apartment building comprising entrance hall/lift shaft/stairwell, 11 no. 1-bedroom apartments & balconies, 7 no. 2-bedroom apartments & balconies, 3 no 3-bedroom apartments & balconies, waste management room, electrical and building services accommodation, rooftop plant room, 1 no. 'own-door' office unit on the ground floor and associated private open space/cycle park, boundary walls, etc. (3) Terrace of 3 no. 3-storey, three-bedroom dwelling houses with private open spaces, boundary walls, etc. (4) 'Own door' three-level apartment building with 2 no. 2-bedroom ground-floor apartments, boundary walls and open space, 6 no. 1-bedroom apartments in total on the first & second floors, all with balconies. External covered stairs and galleries, waste management bay. (5) Roads and paths including widening of the 'car road' at the rear (east side) of the site southwards as far as Assumption Place, shared space, hard and soft landscaping paving, connections to adjoining open spaces, site services comprising surface water disposal and attenuation system (SUDS), foul drainage disposal system to existing mains, water services from existing Irish Water mains, fire hydrants, street lighting etc. underground cables and ducts and all associated site works. Location of proposed development: (Former) McGuinness Public House, restaurant, dwelling, out offices and yard at 11/12 O'Loughlin Road, Kilkenny R95N25X and adjacent Eircode addresses each side and to the rear)
Permission, 3 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 22131
24 Jan 2022Conditional
for the installation of new flood-lighting to playing pitch consisting of 6 no. 18m high columns with LED floodlights
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2241
15 Dec 2021Refused
for development, to include the following: 1) The material change of use of part (Area: 155m2) of the ground floor general medical practice use (previously granted under planning permission 18/59); to a new pharmacy retail unit, which will now operate as a separate unit. 2) Reconfiguration of the existing internal layout & all associated site development works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 211020
The 25 most recent of 59 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Pennefatherslot.
Recorded monuments
- KK019-026216 Burial ground
Description
Mass burial pits associated with the former Kilkenny Union Workhouse (established 1843) excavated (05E0435) in 2006 by Brenda O'Meara following its discovery by Cóilín Ó Drisceoil during archaeological monitoring (05E0435) of groundworks for the construction of the MacDonagh Junction shopping centre (O'Meara 2006, 154-62; 2009, 272; Geber 2011; 2015). The burial ground was sited in the SE of the workhouse precinct, in an area of open space outside the women's yard of the complex. A total of 63 complete or partial (truncated) subrectangular pits were excavated and human skeletal remains, totalling 970 individuals, were found in all but one. The burial ground was in use between 1847-50 and resulted from high mortality within the overcrowded workhouse as a result of typhus, scurvy and other diseases. All burials, bar four, were positioned with the head to the SW and the feet to the NE. Within each burial pit the number of interments varied from nine to 25 individuals, laid out in rows of three or four and buried four to six deep. All the individuals had been interred in coffins and in some cases fragments of coffin wood and nails survived. The pits were backfilled with a mixture of topsoil, silty subsoil and underlying gravel. Inclusions of lime and sulphur (brimstone) were recorded in the soil. Finds associated with the burials included a number of textile pouches containing rosaries, copper finger rings and religious medals. An isolated cremation burial deposit (KK019-026217-) of probable Bronze Age date was also found within the site, truncated by one of the 19th century burial pits. Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil Date of upload: 30 March 2022
- KK019-026217 Burial
Description
A burial ground (KK019-026216-) consisting of mass burial pits associated with the former Kilkenny Union Workhouse (established 1843) was excavated (05E0435) in 2006 by Brenda O'Meara following its discovery by Cóilín Ó Drisceoil during archaeological monitoring (05E0435) of groundworks for the construction of the MacDonagh Junction shopping centre (O'Meara 2006, 154-62; 2009, 272). The burial ground was sited in the SE of the workhouse precinct, in an area of open space outside the women's yard of the complex. An isolated cremation burial deposit of probable Bronze Age date was also found within the site, truncated by one of the 19th-century burial pits. The burial consisted on a shallow pit (truncated L 0.66m; Wth 0.72m; D 0.06m) filled with charcoal, ash and burnt bone (O'Meara 2006, 156). Beneath the burnt remains several pieces of Bronze Age coarse ware were recovered (ibid.). Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil and Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 30 March 2022
Architectural heritage
- Lenehan, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Attached four-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1900, on a corner site with pubfront to right ground floor, and three-bay two-storey side (north) elevation. Reroofed. Hipped roof with replacement artificial slate, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, sproketed eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered quoins to corners, and panel to side (north) elevation having moulded surround. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, moulded rendered surrounds, and one-over-one timber sash windows having iron sill guards to ground floor. Rendered pubfront to right ground floor with pilasters, fixed-pane timber window on panelled riser, glazed timber panelled double doors having overlight, fascia having consoles, and moulded cornice. Square-headed door opening to side (north) elevation with cut-limestone step, moulded rendered surround, and timber panelled door having overlight. Interior with tongue-and-groove timber panelled counter having carved course supporting counter top, glazed timber panelled partition screens, timber display shelving, timber posts supporting beams to compartmentalised ceiling, diagonal tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling, and timber panelled shutters to window openings to upper floors. Road fronted on a corner site with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, c.1900. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having saw tooth-profiled courses, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted pebbledashed walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, moulded rendered surrounds, and one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with step, moulded rendered surround, and timber panelled door having overlight. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1865–1885 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house, c.1875. Reroofed. Pitched roof with replacement artificial slate, clay ridge tiles, rendered and red brick Running bond (shared) chimney stacks, rendered coping, and iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door having overlight. Interior with timber panelled reveals/shutters to window openings. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1900, possibly incorporating fabric of earlier range, pre-1840, on site. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rendered coping, and iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled door. Interior with timber panelled reveals/shutters to window openings. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Kilkenny Union Workhouse, workhouse, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Remains of Union Workhouse complex, built 1840-1, on a symmetrical plan comprising:(i) Freestanding two-bay three-storey double gable-fronted block originally attached possibly forming terminating 'tower'. Refenestrated, post-1926. Remainder of range demolished, 1994. Now disused. Pitched double gable-fronted (M-profile) slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, cut-stone coping to gables, and iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves having timber fascias. Irregular coursed cut-limestone walls with tooled limestone ashlar quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, limestone ashlar voussoirs (forming camber relieving arches to top floor), and replacement timber casement windows, post-1926. Round-headed openings to gables with cut-stone surrounds having chamfered reveals, and timber fittings. Square-headed door openings with limestone ashlar voussoirs, and tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors.(ii) Detached seven-bay single- and two-storey workhouse range originally attached on a symmetrical plan comprising seven-bay single-storey spinal range with single-bay single-storey projecting bay to centre having elliptical-headed carriageway, and eight-bay two-storey perpendicular range to south having four-bay two-storey lower flanking ranges continuing into five-bay two-storey lower flanking range to east. Subsequently in use as county hospital, post-1926. Closed, 1942. Now in use as depot. Pitched slate roofs (hipped slate roof to spinal range) with clay ridge tiles, cut-limestone, rendered and red brick Running bond chimney stacks on limestone ashlar bases, vents to apexes (comprising square-profiled stages supporting lattice panels on cut-limestone sills with shallow pyramidal slate roofs over having lead ridges, and exposed timber eaves), gabled limestone ashlar bellcote to apex (comprising round-headed aperture on tooled limestone ashlar base having carved course supporting piers with stringcourses, voussoirs, cut-limestone coping, and bell now missing), and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber eaves. Irregular coursed squared rubble limestone walls with limestone ashlar dressings including quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, some having red brick block-and-start surrounds, some having limestone ashlar voussoirs, one-over-one and two-over-two timber sash windows (most now boarded-up). Some elliptical-headed openings including carriageways with tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs (most now boarded-up with some retaining timber boarded double doors).
- Bridge, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch limestone ashlar railway bridge over road, opened 1848. Limestone ashlar walls (including to abutment walls) with limestone ashlar dressings including advanced flanking piers, cut-limestone stringcourse, and cut-limestone course to parapet having cut-limestone coping supporting replacement steel railings. Single round arch on rusticated limestone ashlar risers having cut-limestone stringcourse to spring of arch, channelled voussoirs having keystone, and limestone ashlar soffits. Sited spanning road.
- Windgap Cottage, house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-bay two-storey double-pile house, c.1800, incorporating fabric of earlier house, c.1725, with single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting bay to left ground floor. Extended, c.1825, comprising three-bay single-storey recessed lateral wing to right forming L-shaped plan having single-bay single-storey projecting porch to corner. Mostly refenestrated. Hipped and pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof (lean-to to projecting bay; hipped gabled and pitched roof to wing) with clay ridge tiles, roughcast chimney stacks, and iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted roughcast walls with segmental-headed recess to projecting bay (possibly originally opening), and rendered stringcourse supporting battlemented parapet to porch. Square-headed window openings (elliptical-headed window openings to projecting bay; pointed-arch window openings to porch) with cut-stone sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows retaining some six-over-six timber sash windows throughout (fixed-pane timber windows to projecting bay; three-over-six timber sash window to porch having traceried overlight). Square-headed door opening with replacement glazed timber door. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in own grounds with painted roughcast boundary wall having coping supporting iron railings, and projecting bay fronting on to road.
- Mount Lacken, house, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1915, with single-bay two-storey gabled entrance breakfront, and two-bay single-storey gabled projecting perpendicular wing to left having four-bay single-storey side (west) elevation. Hipped gabled slate roof to main block (gabled to breakfront) with pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof to wing having clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, timber bargeboards to gables having king posts to apexes supporting cross finials, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber eaves. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Pointed-arch window openings (paired to ground floor main block) with concrete sills, inscribed 'keystones', hood moulding to first floor breakfront, and one-over-one timber sash windows. Pointed-arch door opening approached by seven steps with moulded reveals, hood moulding over, replacement timber panelled door having sidelights, and overlight. Set back from line of road in own grounds with unpainted rendered boundary wall having coping, painted rendered piers, and iron gate.
- Noreville, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1850. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1925, comprising two-bay two-storey return to north-east. Pitched slate roof (hipped to return) with clay ridge tiles (terracotta ridge tiles to return), rendered chimney stacks, rendered coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls with painted rendered plinth, and painted rendered quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and replacement one-over-one timber sash windows, c.1925, having wrought iron bars to rear (north-east) elevation. Square-headed door opening with two steps, and replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1925. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Road fronted with painted rendered boundary wall to perimeter of site.
- Glen Even, house, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-bay two-storey house, built 1907, with single-bay single-storey advanced glazed porch continuing into box bay window to right ground floor, and single-bay two-storey advanced end bay to left having canted bay window to ground floor. Part refenestrated. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan (hipped to end bay; pitched and hipped to porch/bay window) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, rendered coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Part ivy-clad unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings (including to bay windows; in tripartite arrangement to first floor) with cut-stone sills, one-over-one timber sash windows having timber casement windows to canted bay window (incorporating overlight to central opening), replacement fixed-pane (two-light) fitting to box bay window on panelled riser having casement sidelights, and overlights. Square-headed openings to porch with two cut-stone steps, glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights, and overlight. Set back from road in own grounds with gravel forecourt.
- House, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built 1888. Part refenestrated. One of a group of four. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered (shared) chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows having replacement uPVC casement windows to first floor. Square-headed door opening with replacement glazed uPVC panelled door. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built 1888. Part refenestrated. One of a group of four. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered and red brick Running bond (shared) chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows having replacement uPVC casement windows, to first floor. Square-headed door opening with replacement glazed timber panelled door. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built 1888. One of a group of four. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered (shared) chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with replacement glazed timber panelled door. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built 1888. One of a group of four. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered (shared) chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door having overlight. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Garnagreene, house, 1815–1835 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1825, possibly over basement with two-bay two-storey side elevations. Renovated, c.1925, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch added to centre ground floor. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, slightly sproketed eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging eaves having iron brackets. Flat roof to porch not visible behind parapet. Unpainted fine roughcast walls with rendered coping to parapet to porch. Square-headed window openings (in bipartite arrangement to outer bays to ground floor) with cut-stone sills, and six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with cut-limestone step, and glazed timber panelled double doors. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with gravel forecourt, landscaped grounds to site having random rubble stone boundary wall with cut-limestone piers, and iron double gates.(ii) Attached single-bay single-storey gable-fronted outbuilding with half-attic, c.1825, to north-east with single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting bay to ground floor. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof (lean-to to projecting bay) with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Remains of unpainted roughcast lime rendered walls over random rubble stone construction (limewashed lime rendered walls to projecting bay). Square-headed window openings with no sills, timber lintels, and remains of timber fittings.
- Post box, 1881–1922 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, between 1881-1922, with royal cipher removed. Set in random rubble stone boundary wall.
- Lisheen, house, 1915–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built 1917, with box bay window to left ground floor, and single-bay two-storey advanced bay to side (south-east) elevation. One of a pair. Hipped (shared) slate roof (pitched to advanced bay) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, zinc-lined coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings (including to box bay window in tripartite arrangement having moulded cornice, and zinc-lined blocking course) with concrete sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door having overlight. Set back from road in own grounds with hedge boundary to site having rendered piers, and timber gate.
- Green Acres, house, 1915–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built 1917, with box bay window to right ground floor, and single-bay two-storey advanced bay to side (north-west) elevation. Refenestrated. One of a pair. Hipped (shared) slate roof (pitched to advanced bay) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, zinc-lined coping, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings (including to box bay window originally in tripartite arrangement having moulded cornice, and zinc-lined blocking course) with concrete sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door having overlight. Set back from road in own grounds with sections of iron railings to forecourt on rendered plinth having rendered piers, and iron gate.
- Kincora, house, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built 1901, with two-storey gabled box bay window to left, and single-bay single-storey gabled projecting glazed porch to side (south-east) elevation. One of a pair. Pitched (shared) slate roof (gabled to box bay window; gabled to porch) with terracotta ridge tiles having finial to apex, rendered chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having consoles. Painted rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (south-west) elevation with moulded rendered course to first floor box bay window, and unpainted roughcast walls to remainder. Square-headed window openings (including to box bay window in quasi-Venetian arrangement having round-headed central opening) with cut-stone sills, hood moulding over to right ground floor, one-over-one timber sash windows (having camber-headed upper light to right ground floor with fixed-pane overlight), and fixed-pane timber windows to box bay window with casement overlights having margins. Square-headed openings to porch with glazed timber panelled door having fixed-pane sidelights, and overlight. Set back from road in own grounds with painted rendered boundary wall having iron railings over, and painted rendered piers having iron gate.
- Castle View, house, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built 1901, with two-storey gabled box bay window to right, and single-bay single-storey gabled projecting glazed porch to side (north-west) elevation. One of a pair. Pitched (shared) slate roof (gabled to box bay window; gabled to porch) with terracotta ridge tiles having finial to apex, rendered chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having consoles. Painted rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (south-west) elevation with unpainted roughcast walls to remainder. Square-headed window openings (including to box bay window in quasi-Venetian arrangement having round-headed central opening) with cut-stone sills, hood moulding over to left ground floor, one-over-one timber sash windows (having camber-headed upper light to left ground floor with fixed-pane overlight), and fixed-pane timber windows to box bay window with casement overlights having margins. Square-headed openings to porch with glazed timber panelled door having fixed-pane sidelights, and overlight. Set back from road in own grounds with painted rendered boundary wall having iron railings over, and painted rendered piers having iron gate.
- Saint Hilda's, house, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1903, with single-bay two-storey projecting end bay to left having box bay window. Extensively renovated with replacement single-bay single-storey advanced glazed porch added. One of a pair. Hipped (shared) slate roof (behind parapet to end bay) with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted replacement cement rendered, ruled and lined walls retaining unpainted rendered, ruled and lined section to end bay having raised band to parapet with lined coping. Square-headed window openings (originally in bipartite arrangement to first floor end bay; in quasi-Venetian arrangement to box bay window having round-headed central opening) with stone sills, and replacement timber casement windows having fixed-pane fittings to box bay window with casement overlights. Square-headed openings to porch with timber panelled door having fixed-pane sidelights on panelled riser. Set back from road in own grounds.
- Glencar, house, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1903, with single-bay single-storey advanced glazed porch, and single-bay two-storey projecting end bay to right having box bay window. One of a pair. Hipped (shared) slate roof (behind parapet to end bay) with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with raised band to parapet having lined coping. Square-headed window openings (in bipartite arrangement to first floor end bay; in quasi-Venetian arrangement to box bay window having round-headed central opening) with cut-stone sills, one-over-one timber sash windows (having camber-headed upper light to left ground floor with fixed-pane overlight), and fixed-pane timber windows to box bay window having casement overlights. Square-headed openings to porch with timber panelled door having fixed-pane sidelights, and overlight. Set back from road in own grounds.
- Inniscarra, house, 1950–1955 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1951, with two-storey box bay windows to outer bays. Hipped roof with clay tile, terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, slightly sproketed eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings (in tripartite arrangement to box bay windows) with concrete sills, and timber casement windows. Door opening not visible. Set back from road in own grounds with random rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter of site.
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Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2183 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Pennefatherslot with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Pennefatherslot · Lota Pennefather
- Area
- 352,313 m² (35.23 ha, 87.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. John's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Gowran
- Electoral division
- Kilkenny No. 2 Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilkenny No. 2 Urban electoral division: 4,118 people in 1,675 households; 51% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Gardens, Highhays, Lacken, Leggetsrath West, Newpark Lower, Newpark Upper, Roachpond
- Placenames
- Pennefatherslot 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.