Newport
Townland in the civil parish of Burrishoole, barony of Burrishoole, Co. Mayo; in Irish Baile Uí Fhiacháin
Parcel 950189
- Area
- 348 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 121 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- M4 Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning (Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
- Townland
- Newport
Planning applications on this parcel
24 Aug 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT A PORCH AT THE FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20587
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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_212 (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
- 28.7 ha
- 71 acres
- Land parcels
- 210
- registered freehold, median 277 m²
- Zoning
- M4
- Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
210 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newport, from 5 m² to 43,806 m² (4.38 ha, 10.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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
- M4Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 227 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 May 2026Conditional
Planning permission for development comprising; (1) Retention of single storey extension at the rear of existing house and retention of single storey garage, (2) together with all associated and ancillary site development works and services above and below ground
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660345
17 Sept 2025N/a
Section 5 Declaration: new window to south west elevation (between No. 4 and No. 5) and window amendment (wider & lower) to replace original design at kitchen on rear elevation, both for the purpose of gaining more/ sufficient daylight
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25386
11 Jun 2025N/a
Section 5 Declaration: removal of the existing external lighting fixtures and replacement with a new Dark Skies Friendly lighting arrangement incorporating under-lighting of the arches, side elevation spotlight, ground evel lighting and standard lights with projectors along the viaduct deck, utilizing the existing ducting to minimize any impact
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25228
31 Mar 2025Conditional
The development will consist of, 1) Demolition of existing shed. 2) Construction of a housing development consisting of 7 no. detached dwelling units and 2 no. semi-detached dwelling units together with connection to public services and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 9 homes · Mayo County Council, 2560179
19 Mar 2025Conditional
construct a two storey extension to the rear of property
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25106
20 Dec 2024N/a
Section 5 Declaration: proposed conversion of former institutional type building and former convent known as St Lucy's into short term residential space
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24535
22 Nov 2024N/a
Section 5 Declaration: two storey extension to rear of property and garden shed
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24489
8 May 2024Conditional
erection of ball stop nets 15m high x 35m wide to the rear of each goalmouth together with all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24156
12 Apr 2024Conditional
retention of existing extension to dwelling house, together with all ancillary site works and services
Retention · Mayo County Council, 24112
23 Aug 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMEMORATIVE PRINCESS GRACE KELLY STATUE AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21909
1 Apr 2021Conditional
Retain and complete the derelict/incomplete, mixed use development, originally permitted on foot of planning permission ref. no. P 02/1998 comprising (1) 4 no. 1 bed duplex apartments at first floor and second floor; (2) 2 no. ground floor commercial units for potential uses as shop, office, financial services, professional services, other services including betting office, medical or health services, museum, gallery and exhibition space (3) provision of shop fronts and signage (4) all ancillary siteworks, services and landscaping
Retention · Mayo County Council, 21300
4 Feb 2021Conditional
DEMOLISH SUBSTANDARD REAR EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCT NEW LARGER REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DORMER DWELLING; CONVERT EXISTING ATTIC TO HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION; CONSTRUCT NEW DORMER STYLE PITCHED ROOF OVER COMPLETE FOOTPRINT WITH INCREASED RIDGE HEIGHT OVER NEW 1ST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING FRENCH DOORS, BALCONIES AND VELUX ROOFLIGHTS; CONSTRUCT NEW ENTRANCE PORCH TO SIDE ELEVATION
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2175
24 Aug 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT A PORCH AT THE FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20587
22 Nov 2019Conditional
SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING, COMPRISING CLASSROOMS AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION, TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING BUILDING AND SITE WORKS.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19932
18 Aug 2017N/a
DEMOLISH EXISTING CHALET AND TO CONSTRUCT A NEW HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17665
1 Jun 2017Conditional
CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE TO LIGHT MANUFACTURING/SEWING STUDIO
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 17423
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Clew Bay Complex SAC 001482
- Special Area of Conservation: Newport River SAC 002144
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Clew Bay Complex 001482
Recorded monuments
- MA068-013 Enclosure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
- Quay House, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1880, on a square plan. Reroofed. Now disused. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in cement rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered eaves. Creeper- or ivy-covered gritdashed roughcast walls with rendered strips to corners. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance 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. Road fronted in unkempt grounds with piers to perimeter having overgrown capping supporting wrought iron gate.
- Harbour House, house, 1840–1897 · Regional interest
Description
Attached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1897, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor. Now in occasional use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stack having stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, slightly sproketed eaves, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on roughcast eaves. Roughcast walls to front (south) elevation on rendered plinth with rendered strips to corners; cement rendered surface finish (remainder). Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance 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. Road fronted with rendered chamfered piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron gate.
- Convent of Our Mother of the Church, house, 1840–1897 · Regional interest
Description
Attached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1897, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor. In alternative use, 2010. Vacated, 2011. For sale, 2012. Pitched slate roof with pressed iron-covered clay ridge tiles, rendered off-central chimney stack having chevron- or saw tooth-detailed corbelled stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron hopper and downpipes. Rendered walls with rendered quoins to ends. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Interior retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Road fronted with rendered boundary wall to perimeter having concrete coping.
- Newport House, country house, 1785–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay two-storey double-pile country house, extant 1810, on a U-shaped plan with single-bay full-height bows to end bays on segmental plans. Extended, pre-1838, producing present composition. Occupied, 1911. Vacant, 1942. Sold, 1945. Resold, 1985. Pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof behind parapet including half-octagonal slate roofs (end bays), roll moulded clay ridge tiles, cut-limestone coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes centred on rendered chimney stacks having cut-limestone stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Creeper-covered "sparrow pecked" rendered walls with cut-limestone coping to parapets. Square-headed central door opening in tripartite arrangement approached by flight of four drag edged tooled cut-limestone steps, drag edged rusticated cut-limestone block-and-start surround supporting creeper-covered "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed pediment on fluted consoles framing timber panelled double doors having overlight with four-over-four timber sash sidelights without horns. Square-headed window openings with drag edged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing four-over-timber sash windows without horns having part exposed sash boxes (ground floor) or timber casement windows (first floor). Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled reveals or shutters on panelled risers with carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; drawing room (west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-white marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and picture railing below plasterwork cornice to ceiling; dining room (east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, Classical-style chimneypiece, and picture railing below plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds with boundary wall to perimeter having overgrown coping.
- Newport House, gate lodge, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built 1843, on a shallow L-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey pedimented "bas-relief" advanced end bay. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on a shallow L-shaped plan with pitched (gabled) slate roof (end bay), clay or terracotta ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks on rendered chamfered bases on axis with ridge having stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, lichen-covered cut-limestone coping to gable (end bay), and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered gritdashed roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered strips to corners. Square-headed off-central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber panelled door. Square-headed flanking window opening with cut-granite sill, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash window. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. Set back from line of street at entrance to grounds of Newport House.
- Newport House, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Gateway, built 1843, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of repointed drag edged tooled limestone ashlar piers on chamfered plinths having creeper- or ivy-covered shallow pyramidal capping. Street fronted at entrance to grounds of Newport House.
- Saint Catherine's Church (Burrishoole), church/chapel, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay double-height Board of First Fruits[?] Church of Ireland church, built 1805[?]; extant 1838, comprising four-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height apse (east) on an engaged half-octagonal plan with single-bay full-height "bas-relief" breakfront to entrance (west) front. "Improved", 1859, producing present composition[?]. In use, 1942. Closed, 1990. Extensively renovated, 2006, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched slate roof on collared timber construction with half-octagonal slate roof (east), ridge tiles, rooflights, and uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on rendered cut-limestone eaves. Rendered wall to entrance (west) front with rendered monolithic pilasters (breakfront); coursed rubble stone construction (remainder) originally rendered on rendered chamfered plinth with hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Pointed-arch door opening with drag edged tooled cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Roundel to gable with cut-limestone surround framing replacement fitting. Pointed-arch window openings remodelled with drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing replacement fittings. Lancet window openings (west) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing replacement fittings. Pointed-arch window opening to apse (east) with interlocking Y-mullions, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over on engaged octagonal label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Interior remodelled, 2006, with stained glass "East Window" (1842). Set in unkempt grounds.
- McGreal, house, 1840–1897 · Regional interest
Description
Attached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1897, on a symmetrical plan with shopfront to ground floor. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, moss-covered coping to gable with rendered chimney stack to apex having stringcourse below capping, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron rainwater goods to rear (west) elevation. Rendered walls. Rendered shopfront to ground floor on a symmetrical plan. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with rendered sill course, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Street front with concrete footpath to front.
- De Bille House, house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Attached five-bay three-storey townhouse, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan with shopfront to right ground floor. In alternative use, 1976. Renovated. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles terminating in cement rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on cut-limestone eaves[?]. Repointed coursed rubble stone wall to front (west) elevation originally rendered; cement rendered surface finish (remainder). Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-limestone step threshold, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on fluted keystone framing replacement timber panelled door having overlight. Drag edged dragged cut-limestone shopfront to right ground floor on a symmetrical plan. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and repointed voussoirs framing replacement timber casement windows replacing six-over-six (first floor) or three-over-six (top floor) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall; (upper floors): timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled reveals or shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.
- Post box, 1901–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron "pillar box" post box, between 1901-10; extant 1916[?], with "ER [Edwardus Rex] VII" royal cipher. Street fronted on concrete brick cobbled footpath.
- Newport Railway Station, railway station, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey railway station, opened 1894; extant 1897, on a rectangular plan with five-bay single-storey rear (west) elevation. Closed, 1934. Reopened, 1936. Closed, 1937. In alternative use, 1968. In alternative use, 2001. Extensively renovated, -----, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched slate roof with roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles, coping removed retaining cut-limestone "Cavetto"-detailed beaded kneelers, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber boxed eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Rock faced cut-limestone-banded tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls on rock faced cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged rock faced cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Paired camber-headed window openings with camber-headed window openings to rear (west) elevation, cut-limestone sills, and drag edged rock faced cut-limestone surrounds supporting cut-limestone archivolts framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in relandscaped grounds.
- Newport Railway Station, store/warehouse, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three- or four-bay double-height goods store, commissioned 1894[?]; extant 1897. Decommissioned, 1934. Renovated, 1953[?], with interior remodelled to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched slate roof on collared timber construction with clay ridge tiles terminating in reclaimed cut-limestone Celtic Cross finial to apex (north), and uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards. Repointed tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls with red brick flush quoins to corners. Round-headed openings with repointed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Roundel to gable (south) with repointed red brick header bond voussoirs framing fixed-pane fitting having cast-iron radiating glazing bars. Segmental-headed window opening (north) with repointed red brick block-and-start surround framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having leaded stained glass panels. Full-height interior remodelled, 1953[?], with carpeted central aisle between timber pews, paired timber stations between frosted glass windows, and stepped dais to sanctuary (north) with communion railings centred on altar below stained glass "North Window" (1953). Set in grounds shared with Newport Railway Station.
- Bridge, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Two-span road bridge over railway line, opened 1894; extant 1897. Sited spanning uprooted railway line with unkempt embankments to railway line.
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1910–1920 · National interest
Description
Detached eight-bay double-height Catholic church, designed 1914; built 1914-8; opened 1918, on a rectangular plan comprising eight-bay double-height nave opening into eight-bay double-height flat-roofed side aisles; single-bay four-stage engaged tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan. Renovated, 1971, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof abutting flat roofs behind parapets (side aisles), clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered cut-granite coping to gables including lichen-covered cut-granite coping to gable (east) with dragged cut-limestone Celtic Cross finial to apex, and concealed rainwater goods retaining rosette-embossed cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Part repointed tuck pointed snecked rock faced sandstone battered walls with margined rock faced sandstone battered piers including margined rock faced sandstone battered piers to corners supporting parapets on tooled cut-sandstone dentil consoles having lichen-spotted cut-granite chamfered coping; part repointed tuck pointed snecked rock faced sandstone battered walls (tower) with "arrow loop"-detailed margined rock faced sandstone parapet having cut-granite chamfered coping. Round-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement in square-headed recesses with dragged cut-limestone engaged colonette mullions, and margined rock faced sandstone ashlar voussoirs with "Cavetto" hood mouldings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Round-headed "Trinity Window" (east) with margined rock faced hammered sandstone block-and-start surrounds including margined rock faced sandstone ashlar voussoirs framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Round-headed door opening (tower) with flights of five poured concrete bowed steps, cut-sandstone block-and-start surround having engaged colonette-detailed rebated reveals with hood moulding framing timber boarded double doors. Round-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement (second stage) with cut-sandstone engaged colonette mullions, and hammered sandstone block-and-start surround with hood moulding framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Square-headed "arrow loop" openings (third stage) with margined rock faced hammered sandstone block-and-start surrounds. Grouped round-headed openings (bell stage) with cut-sandstone engaged colonette mullions, and sandstone ashlar voussoirs framing louvered fittings. Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below overlights; full-height interior with timber panelled organ gallery on a half-octagonal plan supporting timber panelled pipe organ (1916), herring bone-pattern timber parquet central aisle between roll topped timber pews, round-headed arcades on dragged limestone ashlar pillars, barrel vaulted ceiling with moulded ribs on corbels, "basket weave" timber parquet stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1971, with carpeted stepped "predella" supporting cut-veined white marble Gothic-style reredos below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (1930), statue-topped side altars below stained glass memorial windows (1971), Gothic-style timber stations (side aisles), and groin vaulted ceilings. Set in landscaped grounds on an elevated site.
- Saint Joseph's Convent of Mercy, convent/nunnery, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached nine-bay two-storey convent, begun 1884; opened 1887; extant 1897, on an E-shaped plan with two-bay (five- or six-bay deep) two-storey advanced end bays centred on single-bay full-height pedimented breakfront with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor. Occupied, 1911. Vacated, 1977. Leased, 1978. Vacated, 2000. Renovated, 2004, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement hipped slate roof on an E-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof with ridge tiles, rendered buttressed chimney stacks centred on paired rendered buttresses chimney stacks having stringcourses below "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, uPVC-covered "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" coping to gable with Celtic Cross finial to apex, and uPVC rainwater goods on uPVC-covered "Cavetto" cornice retaining some cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered "Cavetto" stringcourse (first floor). Camber-headed central window opening (ground floor) with cut-limestone sill, and moulded rendered surround framing two-over-two timber sash window. Square-headed window openings centred on square-headed window opening (first floor) between round-headed niches with drag edged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings having chamfered reveals framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds on an elevated site.
- Newport Parochial Hall, church hall/parish hall, 1935–1945 · Regional interest
Description
Detached single-bay (three-bay deep) double-height gable-fronted parochial hall, dated 1940; extant 1942, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced porch to entrance (south) front. Now disused[?]. Pitched (gable-fronted) corrugated-iron roof behind parapet with cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered wall to front (south) elevation on rendered plinth with rendered "bas-relief" strips to corners supporting parapet having concrete coping centred on rendered date stone ("1940"); cement rendered surface (remainder) bellcast over rendered plinth with roughcast surface finish to rear (north) elevation. Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of three concrete steps with step threshold, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled double doors. Square-headed flanking window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings having stepped reveals framing timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Newport Presbyterian Church, church/chapel, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay double-height single-cell Presbyterian church, begun 1856; dated 1856; opened 1857; extant 1886. In occasional use, 1942. In alternative use, 1956-69. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered cut-limestone coping to gables including lichen-covered cut-limestone coping to gable to chancel (north) on tooled cut-limestone "Cavetto" kneelers, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber boxed eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed coursed or snecked limestone wall to entrance (south) front with lichen-covered tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; part ivy-covered coursed or snecked rubble stone walls (remainder) with tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (south) front below cut-limestone shield date stone ("1856") with tooled cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals framing replacement timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door having overpanel. Lancet window openings including paired lancet window openings to chancel (north) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone voussoirs framing four-over-six timber sash windows having Y-tracery glazing bars. Set back from street in landscaped grounds on an elevated 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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_212 (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 Newport with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Newport · Baile Uí Fhiacháin
- Area
- 286,651 m² (28.67 ha, 70.83 acres)
- Civil parish
- Burrishoole, and its townlands
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Electoral division
- Newport East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Newport East electoral division: 1,318 people in 516 households; 68% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barrackhill, Caulicaun, Derryloughan Beg, Knocknageeha
- Placenames
- Newport 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.