Townplots East

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Townplots East, from 53 m² to 1,618 m². The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 5 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.

• M4Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 15 Feb 2022Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC SHED (P17/73 ALSO REFERS)

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 22104

• 15 Nov 2021Conditional

  REPLACEMENT OF AN EXISTING 20 METRE HIGH MONOPOLE COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPEMNT WITH A 24 METRE HIGH MONOPOLE COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND A DEDICATED PALISADE FENCED COMPOUND

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 211193

• 4 Oct 2021N/a

  REPLACEMENT OF AN EXISTING 20 METRE HIGH MONOPOLE COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT WITH A 24 METRE HIGH MONOPOLE COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND A DEDICATED PALISADE FENCED COMPOUND

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 211058

• 30 Aug 2017Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH THE EXISTING SINGLE STOREY PORCH TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. IT IS PROPOSED TO CONSTRUCT A REPLACEMENT DORMER EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND INCORPORATE PROPOSED VELUX WINDOWS TO THE ROOF OF THE EXISTING HOUSE

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17700

• 14 Feb 2017Conditional

  DEMOLISH EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECT TO PUBLIC SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 1773

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: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SAC 000458
• Special Protection Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SPA 004036
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary 000458

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Townplots East.

Architectural heritage

• Killala Railway Station, station master's house, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey railway station master's house, opened 1893; occupied 1901, on a U-shaped plan with single-bay full-height projecting end bays centred on three-bay single-storey lean-to veranda; four-bay two-storey rear (south) elevation. Closed, 1934. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on box eaves retaining some cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls with red brick flush quoins to corners supporting red brick Running bond band to eaves. Square-headed central door opening behind veranda with red brick block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds. Photography by James Fraher

• Killala Railway Station, store/warehouse, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height goods store, commissioned 1893, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch. Decommissioned, 1934. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch) with pressed iron-covered roll moulded clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered cut-limestone coping to gables including lichen-covered cut-limestone coping to gable (porch) on drag edged rock faced cut-limestone "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" kneelers, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls with drag edged rock faced cut- or hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with red brick block-and-start surround framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door having overlight. Segmental-headed flanking openings with drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing concrete block infill. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Killala Railway Station.

• Killala Railway Station, locomotive shed, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay (four-bay deep) double-height gable-fronted engine shed, commissioned 1893, on a rectangular plan. Decommissioned, 1934. Reroofed, ----. Now disused. Replacement pitched (gable-fronted) corrugated-iron roof with pressed iron ridge, moss-covered cut-limestone coping to gables, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining octagonal hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone walls with red brick flush quoins to corners. Pair of round-headed openings with red brick voussoirs framing mass-concrete infill. Roundel (gable) with red brick voussoir surround framing mass-concrete infill. Round-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing concrete block infill. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Killala Railway Station.

• Killala Railway Station, building misc, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay single-stage water tower, commissioned 1893, on a square plan. Decommissioned, 1934. Now disused. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls with red brick flush quoins to corners supporting roundel-detailed cast-iron water tank on red brick Common or English Garden Wall bond corbelled stepped "cornice". Round-headed window opening with cut-limestone sill, and red brick block-and-start surround framing mass-concrete infill. Roundel with red brick voussoir surround framing remains of louvered timber fitting. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Killala Railway Station.

• The Lodge, house, 1700–1798 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over part raised basement house, extant 1798, on a shallow T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height breakfront. "Improved", pre-1896, producing present composition. "Restored", 1974-5. Sold, 1996. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on hipped slate roof (breakfront) with clay ridge tiles centred on paired rendered, ruled and lined chimney stacks having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered replacement cement rendered walls on rendered plinth with rendered strips to corners supporting rendered band to eaves; fine roughcast surface finish to rear (west) elevation. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by platform of three cut-limestone steps, timber doorcase with engaged colonette mullions on padstones supporting shallow cornice on fluted frieze, and rendered "bas-relief" surround framing timber panelled door having sidelights on risers below fanlight. Square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (first floor) with cut-limestone sill, engaged colonette mullions, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash window having two-over-two sidelights. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (west) elevation centred on round-headed window opening (half-landing) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows centred on six-over-six timber sash window having interlocking Y-tracery glazing bars (half-landing). 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.

• Brookview House, farm house, 1840–1868 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, extant 1868, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch. Refenestrated, ----. For sale, 2013. Pitched slate roof centred on gablet to window opening to half-dormer attic with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, paired rendered chimney stacks having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, dragged cut-limestone coping to gables on "Cavetto"-detailed "Bowtell" kneelers with "Fleur-de-Lys" finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on dragged cut-limestone "Bowtell" cornice retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth with rendered quoins to corners. Central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window opening (half-dormer attic) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings with rendered block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing replacement two-over-two sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors. Set in landscaped grounds perpendicular to road with rendered piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping supporting flat 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 Townplots East, 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

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

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 Townplots East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Townplots East · Plotaí an Bhaile Thoir

Area

117,069 m² (11.71 ha, 28.93 acres)

Civil parish

Killala, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Killala, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,325 people lived in 512 households in the Killala electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Killala, Kilroe

Placenames

Townplots East 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.