Corr

0 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corr. The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Corr 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.

• 29 May 2025Conditional

  the construction of a single storey detached dwelling, detached garage, installation of wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, proposed entrance off the public road and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560262

• 20 May 2025N/a

  construction of a single storey detached dwelling, detached garage, installation of wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, proposed entrance off the public road and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560249

• 14 May 2024Conditional

  development on this site (A Protected Structure Ref 017-023) which will consist of: 1) Restoration of main house; 2) Removal of rear single storey rear return (26sqm) and construction of new rear extension (40 sqm); 3) Internal Insulation of perimeter walls using breathable/open insulation; 4) Installation of bathroom at first floor; 5) Electrical and plumbing upgrade; 6) Restoration of roof & windows; 7) Associated internal and external alterations and refurbishments; 8) Associated drainage, new waste water treatment system and landscaping works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460161

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 the townland of Corr.

Recorded monuments

• WM017-108 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a prominent rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 51m E-W; 48m N-S) on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a modified, roughly oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 37m NW-SE; 35m NE-SW) which appears to have been reduced significantly in area. Described in 1971 as a roughly circular, slightly irregular shaped area defined by a low earth and stone bank at W and a steep scarp elsewhere, an intervening fosse and traces of a possible counterscarp at SW. A gap (Wth at top 3.7m; basal Wth 2.75m) at E may represent the entrance. A U-shaped fosse is visible from SE-S-W-NW. The surface of the ground outside the monument is disturbed. The interior rises gently from the perimeter towards the centre and has a complex of banks including what may be the remains of a house site (WM017-108001-) in the centre. Monument is visible today as a modified, roughly circular-shaped, partially tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 10 January 2019

• WM017-108001 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on top of a prominent rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. In centre of ringfort (WM017-108----) are the remains of a possible house site. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 10 January 2019

• WM017-109 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the SE end of a small ridge, in undulating pasture with very good views in all directions. Depicted as a substantial circular-shaped earthwork on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork partially covered by a planted area at NW and having a fosse from NE-ESE. Described in 1980 as a large, roughly circular-shaped bivallate earthwork (dims. 50m N-S; 47m E-W) enclosed by a low bank which has been reduced to a scarp in places, an intervening fosse and a low outer bank. The inner bank of earth and stone is best preserved SSW-W-N-ESE and is reduced to a scarp ESE-S-SSW. There are possible remains of a stone facing to the inner edge at S. The intervening fosse is wide and deep from W-N-E and is shallower from E-S-W. A low outer bank of earth and stone is fairly well preserved from W-N-E-SE but it is absent from SE-S-W. There is a partially stone-faced entrance (Wth 3m) in the inner bank and a causeway (Wth 3.4m; max. H 0.7m) across the fosse at SE. Although the outer bank is present up to the N side of the causeway, it is absent on the S side. The interior is fairly level and rises very slightly from the perimeter towards the centre. There are some small humps and shallow depressions near the perimeter at E, S and W. A long, narrow and shallow depression (Wth 1.5m; D 0.15m) runs ESE-WNW across most of the interior. According to local information this was carried out as an exploratory trial trench. A substantial amount of loose stone and rock outcrop is visible in this open excavation. A narrow piece of in-situ paving stone runs across the trench (Wth c. 1.1m) just below the sod, toward the WNW end. A modern field bank runs NE-SW just outside the outer bank from NW-N-NNE. A second curvilinear field bank and drain runs in from this at NW & curves into the interior curving around to run out across the perimeter at NNE, whereby cutting off a small portion of the monument, as depicted on OS mapping. Monument visible today as a roughly circular-shaped, tree-planted area on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 10 January 2019

Architectural heritage

• House, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, with single-storey canted bay window to east elevation. Shallow hipped natural slate roof having single central rendered chimneystack running perpendicular to roof ridge and cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed rubble limestone walls, now ivy-clad, with smooth rendered finish to canted bay. Square-headed window openings with plain ashlar limestone surrounds having cut stone sills with six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor openings and six-over-six-pane timber sliding sash windows over to first floor openings. Two-over-two pane timber sash windows to canted bay. Central square-headed doorcase with plain ashlar limestone surround having glazed timber door with overlight above having vertical glazing bars. Set back from the road adjacent to rural crossroad junction. Rubble limestone boundary wall to the north with rendered coping and gate piers on square-plan having wrought-iron gate.

• Post box, 1901–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected between 1901-10, with raised "ER VII" royal cipher. Set into specially constructed section of limestone walling adjacent to Glencarra Crossroads.

• Glencara House, country house, 1810–1840 · National interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement country house, built between c.1810 and 1824, with full-height canted bay projections added to either end of entrance front (southwest and northeast) and a projecting ashlar limestone tetrastyle Doric entrance porch added to entrance front (southeast) c.1840. Shallow hipped natural slate roof with bracketed ashlar limestone eaves cornice, cast-iron rainwater goods and two ashlar limestone chimneystacks to centre, aligned perpendicular to roof ridge. Ruled-and-line rendered walls over projecting chamfered limestone plinth with raised block quoins to corners and a continuous ashlar limestone sill course at first floor level. Projecting canted bays to either end constructed of ashlar limestone. Square-headed window openings with moulded architraves and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Ground floor windows to front façade (southeast) set in round-headed recessed arches. Wyatt windows behind canted bays to side elevations (southwest and northeast). Central segmental-headed tripartite ashlar limestone Ionic doorcase (behind later porch) with leaded sidelights, timber panelled door, fluted lintel and a leaded spider's web fanlight over. Single-storey service wings to rear (northwest and southeast) c.1840, constructed of coursed rubble limestone. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds with large complex of outbuildings and walled gardens to the rear (northwest) and main entrance gates and a derelict gate lodge to the northeast.

• Glencara House, stables, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of two-storey outbuildings and stables built around a central courtyard to the rear of Glencara House, built c.1825, with advanced two-bay breakfront with segmental-headed carriage arches to centre of southeast façade (entrance façade). Hipped natural slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods. Constructed of coursed squared limestone with chamfered ashlar limestone surrounds to the mainly square-headed openings. Freestanding two-bay two-storey coach house to the north end of entrance block. Located to the rear of Glencara House (15401728).

• Glencara House, walled garden, 1815–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden to rear (northwest) of Glencara House (15401728), built and laid out between c.1815 to c.1825, comprising a number of separate enclosures, rectangular in plan, with coursed rubble stone boundary walls having sections of brick lining to the interiors. Main entrance gates to centre of southeast-facing boundary with wrought-iron gate set in round-headed arch with ashlar surround. The walled garden contains three individual beech and hornbeam walks with ornamental box hedging.

• Glencara House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gates to Glencara House, erected c.1820, comprising six ashlar limestone gate posts, on octagonal plan with profiled capping over, having cast-iron gates and curved sections of cast-iron screen railing. Gateway composed of central vehicular entrance flanked to the north and south by pedestrian gates. Road fronted to the northeast of Glencara House (15401732). Attendant gate lodge (15401733) located adjacent to the east.

• Glencara House, gate lodge, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1820. Now derelict and out of use. Pyramidal-shaped hipped natural slate roof with central ashlar limestone chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Constructed of coursed/snecked limestone. Square-headed window opening with chamfered ashlar limestone surround having remains of cast-iron multi-pane casement window, c.1900. Located to the west (across road) from attendant gateway (15401732) and to the northeast of Glencara House (15401728).

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).

No address of the register names Corr with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Corr

Area

1,581,880 m² (158.19 ha, 390.89 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymorin, and its townlands

Barony

Rathconrath

Electoral division

Ballymorin, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymorin, Ballynacarrow, Cappaghjuan, Farthingstown, Lockardstown, Newbristy South, Togherstown

Placenames

Corr on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.