Grange Upper
Townland in the civil parish of St. John's Without, Co. Waterford; in Irish An Ghráinseach Uachtarach
- Area
- 70 ha
- 173 acres
- Land parcels
- 812
- registered freehold, median 324 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS
- Planning
- 97
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
812 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grange Upper, from 1 m² to 15,233 m² (1.52 ha, 3.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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
- R2RS (Existing residential)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 784 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS (Open space, park)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M5GB (Other mix of uses)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI (Community facilities)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 0 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
1 Sept 2026N/a
, a) the construction of a new two-storey extension to the rear of the existing house, b) a single storey entrance porch to the front elevation, c) a single storey shed to the rear, d) widening of existing vehicular entrance/driveway, together with all associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660668
30 Jun 2026N/a
a proposed first floor (Dormer) extension and a single storey rear extension to the existing bungalow and all ancillary site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660484
13 May 2026Conditional
to replace the existing vehicular entrance on the North Western boundary (accessing front entrance to the house), with a pedestrian entrance and provide a new vehicular entrance on the South Western boundary (accessing rear /side entrance to the house), together with all associated site development works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660317
14 Apr 2026Conditional
the provision of a first floor ensuite rooflight to the front elevation of an existing dwelling
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660231
13 Mar 2026Conditional
A front, side and rear extension and associated renovation works to an existing bungalow and the conversion of an existing shed to incorporate a home gym together with all associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2660158
20 Jan 2026Conditional
the construction of a new two storey detached dwelling in the side garden of the existing dwelling, a new shared driveway for the new property and existing property on Grange Park Avenue, with new boundary wall and entrance pillars to the new property and the creation of a new driveway entrance to the existing property and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2660028
22 Dec 2025N/a
We, Andrew & Heather Reynolds are applying to Waterford City & County Council for Full Planning Permission for the construction of a new two storey detached dwelling in the side garden of the existing dwelling, a new shared driveway for the new property and existing property on Grange Park Avenue, with new boundary wall and entrance pillars to the new property and the creation of a new driveway entrance to the existing property and all associated site works at Old Grange, John’s Hill, Waterford City, X91YK5D.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560951
17 Sept 2025Conditional
of a first-floor dormer roof extension, 2no single storey rear extensions and a detached garage to the side of the dwelling
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560662
16 Sept 2025Conditional
a new first floor (dormer) and single-storey rear extension to existing bungalow, including façade alterations and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560650
12 Sept 2025N/a
of a first-floor dormer roof extension, 2no single storey rear extensions and a detached garage to the side of the dwelling
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2560640
8 Sept 2025Conditional
3 no. 2 storey, 3 bed houses, alterations to existing stone boundary wall, new vehicular entrance, carparking and all associated drainage, site works, landscaping and associated works. The proposed site sits within the boundary of the protected structure, Summerville House, RPS No. WA731042.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560627
6 Sept 2025N/a
a new first floor (dormer) and single-storey rear extension to existing bungalow, including façade alterations and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560620
18 Aug 2025Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION of pl. file 19/895 for the sub-division of site and construction of a two-storey dwelling house in the garden area of Summerville House (Protected Structure RPS No. WA731042) and the construction of a new vehicular access off this protected structure off The Vinery Road to access Summerville House, all the above works being undertaken with all associated site works on lands
Extension of duration · Waterford City and County Council, 25113
29 May 2025Conditional
the construction of a proposed single-storey extension to existing 2-storey dwelling house to include all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560379
25 Apr 2025Conditional
Construction of an extension to the existing single storey domestic garage comprising gym area and home office, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560267
7 Mar 2025Conditional
the construction of a single storey extension with mezzanine level to the side of the existing dwelling house and modifications to the existing dwelling elevations. Permission is also sought for the construction of a single storey granny flat contained within the new extension to the side of the existing dwelling house and a new vehicular entrance gate and piers along Gortmore Drive and all associated drainage and site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560150
25 Feb 2025N/a
3 no. 2 storey, 3 bed houses, alterations to existing stone boundary wall, new vehicular entrance, carparking and all associated drainage, site works, landscaping and associated works.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560115
25 Nov 2024Refused
for the change of use of existing garage/playroom to an independent single storey living unit with rear extension to said unit, roof overhang amendments, the creation of a new boundary wall between existing house and new proposed dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460710
19 Nov 2024Conditional
For the construction of a 2-storey extension to the northwest of our existing house. Works proposed will include the demolition of the existing bathroom at ground floor level, alteration to the existing entrance, alteration to the existing ground floor window on the northeast (front) side of the existing dwelling house, and all associated ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460692
15 Oct 2024N/a
for the construction of a 2 storey extension to the northwest of existing house. Works proposed will include the demolition of the existing bathroom at ground floor level, the alteration of the existing entrance, and all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460607
17 Sept 2024N/a
for the change of use of existing garage/playroom to an independent single storey living unit with rear extension to said unit, roof overhang amendments and all associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460535
4 May 2024Conditional
to construct a single storey extension of total area 6m2 to the rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460237
17 Apr 2024N/a
to construct a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460194
5 Mar 2024Conditional
to alter the size and configuration of extensions and amend proposed elevations as previously granted under P/Reg 21/543 to existing bungalow.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2450
21 Feb 2024Conditional
permission for the indefinite retention of the roadside boundary fence as constructed (deletion of Condition 3(a) of 18/777) and PERMISSION for the construction of an additional gated vehicle entrance together with all associated site works and
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2460081
The 25 most recent of 97 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 Grange Upper.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Grange Upper.
Architectural heritage
- Fairy Hill, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay three-storey house, c.1860, possibly over basement retaining original aspect. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls with moulded course to first floor. Shallow segmental-headed window openings (paired to ground floor) with stone sills, rendered surrounds, and 1/1 timber sash windows. Elliptical-headed door opening with seven cut-limestone steps having wrought iron railings, timber panelled door with sidelights having slender pilaster motifs, and overlights. Set back from line of road with forecourt having sections of wrought iron railings on painted rendered plinth, and wrought iron gate.(ii) Detached two-bay single-storey coach house with half-attic, c.1860, to north-west. Hipped slate roof (gabled to half-attic opening) with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Unpainted roughcast walls. Square-headed window opening to half-attic with stone sill, and timber boarded panel. Square-headed door opening with tongue-and-groove timber panelled half-door.(iii) Gateway, c.1860, to west comprising segmental-headed opening with cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals, timber boarded double doors, and inscribed lettering to arch having keystone.
- Gortmore, gate lodge, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey gate lodge, c.1890, retaining original fenestration with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting bay having two-bay single-storey (south) and single-bay single-storey (north) flanking open verandas. Renovated, c.1990. Now in private residential use. Pyramidal slate roof (gabled to projecting bay) with red clay ridge tiles, reconstructed yellow brick Running bond chimney stack, c.1990, decorative timber detailing to gable having finial, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls with painted rendered dressings including strips to corners. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement with stone sills, rendered surrounds, and 4/1 timber sash windows. Square-headed window opening to projecting bay in tripartite arrangement with rendered sill, fixed-pane timber window to central opening having shallow segmental pediment over, and 4/1 sidelights having entablatures over. Square-headed door opening with rendered surround, and timber panelled door. Square-headed openings to veranda on carved timber posts with profiled aprons over. Set back from road in own grounds with painted roughcast boundary wall to perimeter having rendered piers, and wrought iron gate.
- Clooneen, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, c.1890, possibly over basement retaining original aspect. One of a pair. Hipped gabled (shared) slate roof with red clay ridge tiles, yellow brick Running bond chimney stack having dentilated motif, decorative timber bargeboards, and profiled cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered quoins, and moulded course to first floor. Shallow segmental-headed window openings (paired to ground floor) with rendered sills (forming sill course to first floor), and moulded rendered surrounds. 1/1 timber sash windows. Round-headed open internal porch approached by six cut-stone steps with moulded rendered surround. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled door, sidelights, and overlights having leaded stained glass panels. Set back from road with forecourt having rendered piers with wrought iron gate, and sections of wrought iron railings on unpainted rendered plinth.
- Rossmore, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, c.1890, possibly over basement retaining original aspect. One of a pair. Hipped gabled (shared) slate roof with red clay ridge tiles, yellow brick Running bond chimney stack having dentilated motif, decorative timber bargeboards, and profiled cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered quoins, and moulded course to first floor. Shallow segmental-headed window openings (paired to ground floor) with rendered sills (forming sill course to first floor), and moulded rendered surrounds. 1/1 timber sash windows. Round-headed open internal porch approached by six cut-stone steps with moulded rendered surround. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled door, sidelights, and overlights having leaded stained glass panels. Set back from road with forecourt having rendered piers with wrought iron gate and sections of wrought iron railings on unpainted rendered plinth.
- Saint John's, house, 1935–1945 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey house, c.1940, on an L-shaped plan with three-bay single-storey entrance bay having single-bay single-storey gabled advanced flanking end bays, and three-bay single-storey return to south. Reroofed, c.1990. Pitched roofs (gabled to end bays) with replacement artificial slate, c.1990, red clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves with sections of replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990. Painted rendered walls with rendered detailing to gables in Tudor style. Square-headed window openings (in tripartite arrangement to front (north) elevation, and bipartite arrangement to remainder) with concrete sills, and timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening with rendered buttresses, glazed timber panelled door, sidelights, and overlights having leaded stained glass panels. Set back from line of road with forecourt having unpainted textured concrete block wall with concrete block piers, and hoop iron gate.
- Trevlac, house, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached four-bay single-storey house with dormer attic, c.1930, on an L-shaped plan with two-bay single-storey projecting end bay to north-east. Refenestrated, c.1955, with some window openings remodelled. Part refenestrated, c.1980. Renovated, pre-1999, with dormer attic added. One of a pair. Pitched and hipped (shared) roof with red clay tile in diagonal pattern, red clay ridge tiles, roughcast chimney stacks, replacement square rooflight, pre-1999, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, pre-1999. Unpainted roughcast walls with painted rendered strips to corners, and painted rendered wall to rear (south) elevation. Square-headed window openings (some remodelled, c.1955, to accommodate tripartite arrangement) with concrete sills, and rendered surrounds. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1955, with replacement aluminium casement windows, c.1980, to rear (south) elevation. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled door, sidelights, and overlights. Set back from line of road with forecourt having unpainted roughcast boundary wall with concrete coping, roughcast piers, and wrought iron gates.(ii) Detached single-bay single-storey gable-fronted garage, c.1930. Pitched (gable-fronted) roof with red clay tile in diagonal pattern, red clay ridge tiles, rendered coping, and timber eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls. Square-headed door opening with iron lifting door.
- Shealeen, house, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached four-bay single-storey house with dormer attic, c.1930, on an L-shaped plan retaining most original fenestration with two-bay single-storey projecting end bay to north-west. Renovated, c.1980, with dormer attic added. One of a pair. Pitched and hipped (shared) roof with red clay tile in diagonal pattern, red clay ridge tiles, roughcast chimney stacks, flat roof, c.1980, to dormer attic window, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, pre-1999. Painted roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and 1/1 timber sash windows (timber casement windows to dormer attic window). Square-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled door, sidelights, and overlights. Set back from line of road with forecourt having unpainted roughcast boundary wall with concrete coping, roughcast piers, and wrought iron gates.
- Kingsley, house, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey house, c.1930, on an L-shaped plan retaining original fenestration with single-bay single-storey side elevation to east having single-bay single-storey box bay window, and two-bay single-storey projecting end bay to north-west having single-bay single-storey canted bay window. Hipped roofs with red clay tile in diagonal pattern, decorative red clay ridge tiles having terracotta finials, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Painted roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings (some in tripartite arrangement) with concrete sills, and rendered surrounds. Timber casement windows with leaded panes. One oculus window with fixed-pane timber window. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber paneled door, sidelights, and overlights. Set back from road in own grounds with landscaped grounds to site having unpainted roughcast boundary wall to perimeter.
- Gortmore, gates/railings/walls, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Gateway, c.1890, comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with vermiculated panels, inscribed lettering, octagonal stages over having incised detailing, ogee-profile capping, decorative iron gate, and sections of random rubble boundary flanking boundary walls having rendered coping. One gate now missing. Set back from line of road at entrance to ground of Gortmore (House).
- Gortmore, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1890, on a complex plan retaining original aspect with two-bay two-storey gabled advanced entrance bay having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced porch, single-bay two-storey recessed end bay to right with single-bay two-storey box bay window at angle on corner, two-bay two-storey side elevation to east with single-bay single-storey box bay window to ground floor, and pair of two-bay two-storey returns to south having single-bay single-storey infill conservatory to south-east with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch and single-bay single-storey canted elevation to south, and two-bay two-storey lean-to lower bay to south-west. Pitched slate roofs (lean-to to lower end bay) with clay ridge tiles, yellow brick Flemish bond chimney stacks, timber bargeboards with decorative timber detailing to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves having ribbed motifs. Pitched glazed roof to conservatory (gabled to porch; half-polygonal to canted elevation) in timber frame with finials to apexes. Unpainted roughcast walls with painted rendered dressings including strips to corners. Square-headed window openings (some in bipartite and tripartite arrangements) with stone sills, and rendered surrounds with some having elliptical relieving arches over. 4/1 and 6/1 timber sash windows with one tripartite opening having round-headed light to centre with fixed-pane timber window, and fixed-pane sidelights having leaded stained glass panels. Square-headed door opening in limestone ashlar porch approached by twelve cut-stone steps with banded pilasters supporting frieze having moulded cornice, and balustraded parapet over forming balcony. Timber panelled door with sidelights, and overlight. Shallow segmental-headed door opening to balcony with rendered surround having hood moulding over, and triangular pediment on stringcourse. Square-headed openings to conservatory with stone sills, fixed-pane timber windows, and glazed timber panelled double doors. Set back from road in own grounds with landscaped grounds to site.
- Quarrymount House, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1890. Refenestrated, c.1990. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990, on timber eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Round-headed door opening with fluted Doric doorcase supporting open bed shallow pediment having glazed timber panelled door, and overlight. Set back from line of road in own grounds with unpainted roughcast boundary wall to perimeter having rendered coping.
- Post box, 1905–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1910, with inscribed “ER VII” royal cipher. Set in random rubble stone boundary wall.
- Skerries, gates/railings/walls, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Gateway, c.1880, comprising pair of painted rendered piers with rusticated detailing, rendered capping and replacement steel double gates, c.1980. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Skerries (House).
- Gates/railings/walls, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Section of random rubble stone boundary wall, c.1890, with tooled cut-stone rounded coping, random rubble stone piers having red brick quoins, and rock-faced capping. Renovated, pre-1999, with stone work repointed. Road fronted at perimeter of grounds of Saint Patrick’s Hospital.
- Church/chapel, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey mortuary chapel, c.1890, retaining original fenestration with single-bay single-storey gabled advanced porch. Reroofed, c.1990. Now disused. Pitched roof (gabled to porch) with replacement artificial slate, c.1990, clay ridge tiles, copper-clad vents to ridge, scalloped timber bargeboards, and replacement plastic rainwater goods, c.1990, on timber eaves. Painted rendered walls. Shallow segmental-headed window openings with stone sills, and timber casement windows having tripartite arrangement. Pointed-arch door opening with tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from road in grounds shared with Saint Patrick’s Hospital.
- Workhouse administration block, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey rubble stone building, built 1839-1841, originally part of larger composition forming entrance/administration block to union workhouse complex with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to centre, two-bay single-storey projecting block to south-west, and pair of single-bay two-storey shallow returns to north-east. Converted to use as hospital, post-1921. Renovated and truncated, 1948, with some openings remodelled. Now in use as offices. Pitched slate roofs (gabled to porch; gabled to window openings to first floor in form of dormer attic) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, cut-stone coping, profiled timber bargeboards, and replacement aluminium rainwater goods, 1948. Random squared rubble sandstone walls with squared limestone quoins to corners, and some sections of unpainted replacement cement render, 1948. Red brick English Garden Wall bond walls to porch. Square-headed window openings (some remodelled, 1948) with cut-limestone sills, and block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals. Replacement timber casement windows, 1948, with some openings retaining original timber casement windows having diamond-leaded glazing. Round-headed window opening to porch with stone sill, and fixed-pane timber window. Square-headed door opening with replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1975. Set back from line of road in grounds shared with Saint Patrick’s Hospital with landscaped grounds to site.
- Convent/nunnery, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached nine-bay two-storey convent, c.1890, retaining original fenestration comprising six-bay two-storey range with two-bay single-storey double gabled projecting porch having single-bay single-storey canted bay windows, single-bay two-storey return to north-west, and three-bay two-storey higher flanking bay to south-west incorporating two-bay two-storey gabled end bay. Part refenestrated, c.1965. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs (gabled to porch) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, timber bargeboards, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with rendered quoins to rear (north-west) elevation. Square-headed window openings (some round-headed window openings to rear (north-west) elevation) with stone sills, and moulded rendered surrounds to rear (north-west) elevation. 1/1 timber sash windows with replacement timber casement windows, c.1965, to canted bay windows. Pointed-arch door opening with glazed timber panelled double doors. Set back from road in grounds shared with Saint Patrick’s Hospital with tarmacadam forecourt, and landscaped grounds to rear (north-west).
- Rosemount, house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, c.1840, retaining some original fenestration. Extensively renovated and extended, pre-1999, comprising two-bay two-storey return to north-west probably incorporating fabric of earlier outbuildings, c.1840, with single-bay two-storey flat-roofed infill bay. Pitched roofs with replacement slate, pre-1999, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rendered coping, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, pre-1999, on rendered eaves. Flat felt roof to infill bay with uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted replacement cement rendered, ruled and lined walls, pre-1999, with rendered quoined piers to corners. Square-headed window openings (some in bipartite arrangement to additional ranges) with stone sills (concrete to additional ranges). Replacement 6/6 and 9/6 timber sash windows, c.1995, to original block retaining some original models, and 6/6 timber sash windows to additional ranges. Round-headed door opening with three cut-limestone steps, rendered surround, timber panelled door, and decorative fanlight. Set back from road in own grounds with tarmacadam forecourt.(ii) Gateway, c.1840, to south comprising pair of red brick Flemish bond piers with chamfered corners, stringcourses, wrought iron double gates (probably replacement, pre-1999), and red brick Flemish bond curved flanking walls extending into random rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter of site.
- Annaville, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, c.1870, possibly over basement retaining original fenestration with single-bay single-storey canted bay window to right ground floor, two-bay two-storey advanced end bay to left, three-bay two-storey side elevation to east having single-bay two-storey canted bay window (originally single-storey), and single-bay two-storey side elevation to west having three-bay two-storey lower range to south-west extending into four-bay two-storey lower return. Renovated, c.1995, with first floor added to canted bay window to accommodate use as offices. Hipped slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, yellow brick Running bond chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings (some paired to canted bay windows) with cut-stone sills. 1/1 and 2/2 timber sash windows. Shallow segmental-headed door opening with two cut-stone steps, rendered pilaster doorcase having moulded archivolt, timber panelled door and overlight. Set back from road in own grounds on an elevated site with landscaped grounds to site.(ii) Gateway, c.1870, to north comprising pair of pair of limestone ashlar piers with inscribed lettering, moulded cornices, capping, and decorative cast-iron double gates having decorative finials.
- Leoville House, house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay two-storey house, c.1880, on a complex plan retaining original fenestration with two-bay single-storey flat-roofed elliptical bowed bay to centre extending into single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch, two-bay two-storey side elevations to north-west and to south-east having single-bay single-storey canted projecting bay to south-east, two-bay two-storey return to south-west having seven-bay single-storey lean-to cast-iron open veranda to crank on an L-shaped plan, and four-bay two-storey gable-fronted pavilion block with half-dormer attic to north-west. Extended, c.1980, comprising three-bay single-storey triple-pile wing to north-west. Hipped slate roofs to main block and pitched (gable-fronted) roof to pavilion block (hipped and pitched roofs to additional wing in triple-pile arrangement) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging eaves having paired consoles. Flat roofs to elliptical bowed section, to porch and to canted projecting bay behind parapets. Hipped corrugated roof to veranda on an L-shaped plan on moulded cornice. Painted rendered walls with rendered quoins to corners, some round-headed recessed niches, and rendered band to eaves. Painted rendered walls to porch with pilasters, moulded stringcourses, plain frieze, and moulded cornice having blocking course over to parapet. Square-headed window openings (some paired round-headed window openings to centre first floor, and some shallow segmental-headed window openings to side (north-west) elevation) with stone sills. 1/1 timber sash windows with some timber casement windows. Square-headed openings to porch with hood mouldings over, glazed timber panelled double doors, overlight, and 1/1 timber sash windows. Segmental-headed arcade to veranda with decorative cast-iron open work piers and overpanels. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with gravel forecourt, and landscaped grounds to site.
- Leoville House, gate lodge, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, c.1870, retaining original fenestration with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to centre, and two-bay single-storey side elevations. Reroofed, c.1995. Now in private residential use. Hipped roof with replacement artificial slate, c.1995, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1995, on overhanging timber eaves. Flat roof to porch behind parapet. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered piers and corner piers, band to eaves, and cut-stone cornice to porch with blocking course over. Round-headed window openings (paired to side (north) elevation) with stone sills, and moulded rendered surrounds (no surround to porch). Timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening with replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1995. Set perpendicular to road with side (north) elevation fronting on to road.
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Grange Upper.
- 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 Grange Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Grange Upper · An Ghráinseach Uachtarach
- Area
- 700,416 m² (70.04 ha, 173.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. John's Without, and its townlands
- Electoral division
- Grange Upper, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Grange Upper electoral division: 2,510 people in 909 households; 61% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynakill, Farranshoneen, Grange Lower, Newtown, Williamstown
- Placenames
- Grange Upper 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.