Headborough

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Headborough, from 115 m² to 366,816 m² (36.68 ha, 90.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Headborough in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 19 Jul 2024Conditional

  construction of a covered effluent storage tank and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460413

• 6 Jul 2020Conditional

  1) extension to existing cow shed to include slatted slurry tanks 2) bale silage storage area and all associated site works at

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 20433

• 9 Apr 2020N/a

  1) extension to existing cow shed to include slatted slurry tanks 2) Bale Silage storage area and all associated site works at

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 20218

• 18 Oct 2019Conditional

  to construct (i) Calf Shed (ii) two silage aprons, tyre storage area, two Ancillary concrete area, silage aprons, manure area and all associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19780

• 3 Oct 2019N/a

  construct (!) Calf Shed (!!) two silage slab, tyre storage area, two ancillary concrete areas, sliage aprons, manure area and all associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19732

• 28 Feb 2019Conditional

  to construct a detached dwelling house (part single-storey and part two-storey), detached private domestic garage, new entrance, install a waste treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 19133

• 20 Feb 2019N/a

  to construct a detached dwelling house (part single-storey and part two-storey), detached private domestic garage, new entrance, install a waste water treatment system and associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19108

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: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Blackwater River And Estuary 000072

Recorded monuments

• WA029-041 House - 17th century
  Description

  Situated on an E-facing slope overlooking the confluence of the NW-SE River Bride to the N with the N-S River Blackwater c. 1.3km to the E. This is a two storey house with a central block of five bays with a pedimented entrance at the centre of the E front. There are two-storey blocks of two bays to the N and S that are four bays deep and advanced on the E front. The building dates largely from c. 1830, but its ground plan suggests that it may contain earlier fabric, possibly of the late 17th century. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 August 2011

• WA034-001 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  Marked as a circular copse (diam. c. 30m) on the 1840 and 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located at the crest of a SW-facing slope overlooking a NW-SW stream c. 80m distant. One tree marks the location. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 September 2011

• WA034-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a fort at Canmucky townland on a 1717 Bateman map (NLI, MSS 6148, 5). but it is not marked on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated in mixed woodland at the edge of a severe S-facing slope overlooking the W-E Owenasack stream, which is c. 160m distant. This is a circular area (diam. 27m) defined by an earthen bank (at SW: Wth 5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.6m) SW-NE where it is incorporated into a field bank, and it is best preserved (Wth 7m; int. H 2m; ext. H 2.2m) N-NE where an outer round-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 6m; D 1.2m) survives. There is no evidence of the perimeter NE-SW, or of the entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 02 October 2011

• WA034-073 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated at the S edge of a plateau above a steep S-facing slope of the W-E Owenasack river valley. A collapsed section of a souterrain passage (L c. 4m) is visible c. 60m W of rath (WA034-074----). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 06 October 2011

• WA034-074 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as fort in Canmucky townland on a 1717 Bateman map (NLI, MSS 6148, 5), but not marked on any ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated in deciduous woodland at the edge of a plateau above a steep S-facing slope of the Owenasack river valley with the stream c. 100m distant. it is a circular area (diam. 27m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 8-10m; int. H 0.5-1.5m; ext. H 1.5-3m) with an outer fosse (Wth 5-6m; D 0.5m). The entrance (Wth 3.5m) and causeway are at E. A souterrain (WA034-073----) is c. 60m to the W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 02 October 2011

Architectural heritage

• Headborough House, gate lodge, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey limestone ashlar neo-Classical-style gate lodge, c.1830, with single-bay single-storey recessed entrance bay to right having diastyle in antis portico to front, two-bay single-storey side elevations, and colonnade to rear (west) elevation. Now in ruins. Roof now gone (original profile not discernible) with cut-limestone chimney stack, and no rainwater goods surviving on cut-limestone cornice. Tooled limestone ashlar walls with limestone ashlar dressings including piers and corner piers having moulded stringcourses, engaged pilasters, frieze, and moulded cornice over. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills and sill courses, and moulded surrounds. Fittings now gone. Square-headed door opening behind diastyle in antis portico having limestone ashlar paired pillars, moulded surround, and fittings now gone. Limestone ashlar colonnade to rear (west) elevation with paired pillars to ends (one partly collapsed) supporting frieze, and moulded cornice. Interior now in ruins with red brick irregular bond internal walls having remains of plaster over, and camber-headed corner fireplaces with red brick ‘voussoirs’, and red brick lining. Set back from line of road in grounds shared with Headborough House with overgrown grounds to site.

• Headborough House, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1830, on an irregular plan retaining early aspect and incorporating fabric of earlier house, c.1680, comprising five-bay two-storey central block with single-bay single-storey pedimented projecting porch to centre ground floor, two-bay single-storey advanced flanking bays having four-bay two-storey side elevation to north-east, single-bay two-storey return to north-west, and six-bay two-storey lower flanking lateral wing to south-west having four-bay two-storey parallel range to north-west forming double pile section. Renovated, c.1930, with single-bay single-storey canted bay windows added to advanced flanking bays, and possibly with porch added. Pitched and hipped roofs (gabled to porch; double-pile (M-profile) to part of wing) with rolled lead ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on moulded rendered eaves. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls with moulded rendered cornices to canted bay windows. Limestone ashlar walls to porch with frieze and moulded rendered surround to pediment. Square-headed window openings (one round-headed window opening to rear (north-west) elevation; in bipartite and tripartite arrangement to canted bay windows) with cut-stone sills. 6/6 timber sash windows with 1/1 timber sash windows to canted bay windows. Square-headed door opening to porch in tripartite arrangement with timber panelled double doors, decorative cast-iron fanlight, and 4/4 timber sash windows to flanking lights. Cambered headed openings to parallel range to wing to south-west with cut-stone sills, 4/2 and 2/2 timber sash windows, and timber panelled door. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with gravel forecourt, and landscaped grounds to site.

• Headborough House, farmyard complex, 1770–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, c.1790, on a quadrangular plan about a courtyard comprising: (i: north range) nine-bay two-storey rubble stone range with elliptical-headed carriageway to centre (accessing courtyard), and elliptical-headed carriageways to left and to right ground floor. Part refenestrated, c.1990, with carriageway remodelled to left ground floor. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay and rolled lead ridge tiles, cut-stone chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and block-and-start surrounds. 12/12 timber sash windows with some fixed-pane timber windows, some timber boarded panel fittings, and replacement timber casement windows, c.1990, to remainder. Elliptical-headed carriageway to centre with cut-stone block-and-start surround, voussoirs, and wrought iron double gates. Elliptical-headed carriageway to left ground floor remodelled, c.1990, with cut-stone block-and-start surround, voussoirs, and replacement timber casement windows, c.1990, having overlight. Elliptical-headed carriageway to right ground floor with cut-stone block-and-start surround, voussoirs, and timber boarded double doors. (ii: east range) eight-bay two-storey rubble stone range. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and block-and-start surrounds. 3/3, 6/3 and 12/12 timber sash windows with some timber boarded panel fittings. Square-headed door openings with cut-stone block-and-start surrounds, and timber boarded doors. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. (iii: south range) eleven-bay single-storey rubble stone range with elliptical-headed carriageway to centre (accessing courtyard), and pair of elliptical-headed carriageways to north and to south elevations of each flanking bay. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, cut-stone coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Square-headed elongated slit-style window openings with no fittings. Elliptical-headed carriageway to centre with squared rubble stone voussoirs. Elliptical-headed carriageways to flanking bays with cut-stone voussoirs, and timber boarded doors. (iv: west range) five-bay two-storey rubble stone central block with pair of elliptical-headed carriageways to ground floor, three-bay two-storey lower flanking bay with dormer attic to north-west, and two-bay two-storey lower flanking bay to south-east. Part refenestrated, c.1990. Pitched slate roof to central block (hipped to flanking bay to north-west; pitched (shared) to flanking bay to south-east) with clay and rolled lead ridge tiles, square rooflights to flanking bay to north-west, and cast-iron rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and block-and-start surrounds. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1990, with some fixed-pane timber windows, and possibly retaining original fittings to some openings. Some square-headed slit-style window openings to central block with no fittings. Square-headed door openings (including to first floor central block approached by flight of cut-stone steps on a T-shaped plan over segmental arch with cut-stone voussoirs, and cut-stone coping to parapets) with cut-stone block-and-start surrounds. Glazed timber panelled doors with timber panelled door to first floor central block. Pair of elliptical-headed carriageways with cut-stone voussoirs, and glazed timber panelled double doors having fanlight-style detailing.

• Headborough House, farmyard complex, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, c.1830, comprising: (i) Detached eleven-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding retaining original aspect with elliptical-headed carriageway to right ground floor. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rendered coping to party wall, and cast-iron rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Square-headed window openings (some in bipartite arrangement) with cut-stone sills, and squared rubble stone voussoirs. 6/6 horizontal sash windows with 1/1 timber sash windows to bipartite openings. Square-headed door openings with squared rubble stone voussoirs, and timber boarded doors. Elliptical-headed carriageway with squared rubble stone voussoirs, and timber boarded double doors. Set back from road in grounds shared with Headborough House. (ii) Detached seven-bay single-storey lean-to glass house, c.1890, to south-east. Lean-to glazed roof in timber frame with lined coping, and no rainwater goods. Red brick irregular bond walls. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills, and fixed-pane timber windows having intermediary casement windows. (iii) Walled garden to south-west on a square plan with random rubble stone and red brick English Garden bond walls having cut-stone coping, and camber-headed door opening with cut-limestone surround, voussoirs, and diagonal tongue-and-groove timber panelled door.

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 Headborough, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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 Headborough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.

Name

Headborough · Ceann Muice

Area

2,174,047 m² (217.4 ha, 537.22 acres)

Civil parish

Kilwatermoy, and its townlands

Barony

Coshmore and Coshbride

Electoral division

Kilwatermoy East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

130 people lived in 52 households in the Kilwatermoy East electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 14% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymuddy, Ballyneety, Snugborough, Strancally Demesne

Placenames

Headborough 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.