Kilhugh

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilhugh, from 64 m² to 616,669 m² (61.67 ha, 152.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilhugh 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.

• 3 May 2018Refused

  a new 4 bedroom dormer bungalow, waste water treatment plant, Retention of existing entrance and all associated site works. This development is within the curtilage of a protected structure, the main entrance gates serving Middletown Park House

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186141

• 3 Apr 2018Conditional

  Demolition of existing non-original boiler house and non original flat roof extension to Gate Lodge (Protected structure) and construction of new single storey pitched roof extension, with rooflights to rear and side of Gate Lodge, Internal alterations include creation of new opening in rear wall of Gate Lodge (within the existing kitchen) and the removal of existing partitions within the existing return. Refurbishment of existing derelict Kennels building (a protected structure). Refurbishment works will consist of repair or replacement of existing roof where necessary, addition of 2no. rooflights, new internal partitions and a new opening to be made in the rear wall of the existing kennels. Construction of new single storey pitched roof extension and glazed porch to Kennels. Construction of new single storey pitched roof stables/garage building and associated site works including installation of new septic tank.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186116

• 21 Mar 2018N/a

  demolition of existing non-original boiler house and non-original flat roof extension to Gate Lodge (a Protected Structure) and construction of new single storey pitched roof extension, with rooflights, to rear and side of Gate Lodge. Internal alterations include creation of new opening in rear wall of Gate Lodge (within the existing kitchen) and the removal of existing partitions within the existing return. Refurbishment of existing derelict Kennels building (a Protected Structure). Refurbishment works will consist of repair or replacement of existing roof where necessary, addition of 2 no. rooflights, new internal partitions and a new opening to be made in the rear wall of the existing kennels. Construction of new single storey pitched roof extension and glazed porch to Kennels. Construction of new single storey pitched roof stables/garage building and associated site works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186095

• 15 Feb 2018Refused

  Build a 4 bedroom Dormer Bungalow, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works. This site is within the curtilage of a protected structure, the main entrance gates serving Middletown Park House No 032-015

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186055

• 29 Nov 2017N/a

  construction of 4 bedroom dormer bungalow, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176336

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 Kilhugh.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Kilhugh.

Architectural heritage

• Middleton Park House, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Main entrance gates serving Middleton Park House (15318019), erected c.1850, comprising a central pair of moulded ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan having recessed panels to shaft and moulded ashlar limestone capstones over) supporting a pair of wrought-iron gates. Central gateway flanked to either side (north and south) by pedestrian entrances having ashlar limestone gate piers supporting wrought-iron gates. Pedestrian gates flanked by sections of ashlar limestone plinth walling having wrought-iron railings over and terminated by ashlar limestone gate piers. Located to the west of Middleton Park House and to the south of Castletown Geoghegan. Associated gate lodge (15318018) located adjacent to the northeast. Rubble limestone boundary wall runs away to the north and the south.

• Middleton Park House, gate lodge, 1870–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay two-storey former gate lodge on L-shaped-plan associated with Middleton Park House (15318019), erected c.1885, having projecting gable-fronted bays to the west and to the south west side of the south elevation. Now in use as a private house with multiple single and two-storey extensions to the rear (north). Pitched natural slate roofs with decorative red clay ridge tiles and a central red brick chimneystack. Timber barge boards to gable-fronted bays. Ruled-and-line rendered walls to the ground floor with roughcast rendered finish over to first floor having Tudor-style half-timbered finish. Square-headed window openings with replacement fittings. Canted bay windows to the ground floor of both gable-fronted sections. Located adjacent to the main entrance gates to Middleton Park House (15318017) and to the west of the main house. Located to the south of Castletown Geoghegan.

• Middleton Park House, country house, 1845–1855 · National interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c.1850, having a slightly advanced two-bay breakfront to the centre of the front façade (west), recessed single-bay single-storey wings to either side (north and south), a cast-iron conservatory (15318024) to the south and a projecting single-storey ashlar limestone Greek Ionic entrance porch/portico to the main façade (south). Now in use as a hotel. Shallow hipped natural slate roof, hidden behind an ashlar limestone blocking course, having a moulded ashlar limestone eaves cornice with mutules and with moulded ashlar limestone chimneystacks having terracotta pots over. Smooth rendered walls with projecting ashlar limestone sill courses at ground and first floor levels. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Moulded architraves to ground floor openings and moulded entablatures supported on console brackets to window openings to recessed wings. Square-headed doorway having timber double-leaf doors. Doorway flanked to either side by square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Cut stone steps give access to main doorway. Balustraded parapet over basement level top entrance front (west). Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the southeast of Castletown Geoghegan with service wing attached to the north (15318020), complex of outbuildings/stables (15318022) to the north and main entrance gates (15318017) and a gate lodge (15318018) to the west.

• Middleton Park House, outbuilding, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached eight-bay two-storey service wing on L-shaped plan associated with Middleton Park House (15318019), built c.1850, having an advanced bay offset to the north side of the centre of the main façade (west) having a pedimented campanile over with wrought-iron weathervane. Now forms part of a hotel complex. Hipped natural slate roof with rendered chimneystacks having terracotta pots, a cut limestone eaves cornice with blocking course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-line smooth rendered walls with a projecting sill course at first floor level. Square-headed window openings with replacement fittings. Window openings to first floor set in segmental-headed recesses. Full-height round-headed arch to advanced bay having a recessed square-headed carriage arch with timber sheeted doors. Round-headed openings to each face of campanile having timber louvers. Attached to the north end of Middleton Park House (15318019). Located to the southeast of Castletown Geoghegan.

• Middleton Park House, building misc, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey former gas house associated with Middleton Park House (15318019), built c.1850. Now a roofless ruin and out of use. Rubble limestone walls having square-headed openings with yellow brick dressings. Located to the northwest of the main house. Approached down a laneway flanked by a random rubble boundary wall.

• Middleton Park House, stables, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of single and two-storey outbuildings and a stable complex arranged around two courtyards to the north of Middleton Park House (15318019), built c.1850. Now partially in use as a private house and private stables. Hipped natural slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods. Cut stone bellcote to north end of main stable block. Modern rendered chimneystacks and modern rooflights over sections converted to dwellings. Rubble limestone walls with roughly dressed (flush) limestone quoins and with flush cut limestone block-and-start surrounds or yellow brick dressings to the openings. Square-headed window and door openings now mostly with replacement fittings. Segmental-headed carriage arches with cut stone or brick voussoirs, a number now infilled with modern window and door fittings. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the southeast of Castletown Geoghegan.

• Middleton Park House, gate lodge, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge associated with Middleton Park House (15318019), built c.1850, having a advanced pedimented central bay to the main façade (south) and an extension to the rear (north). Now in use as a private house. Hipped artificial slate roof with overhanging bracketed eaves and a central rendered chimneystack. Square-headed window openings, set in segmental-headed recesses, having timber casement windows. Square-headed doorcase to the front face of the projecting bay, set in a segmental-headed recess, having a timber sheeted door. Flight of cut stone steps flanked to either side by ashlar limestone plinth walls to either side gives access to doorway. Set back from road in own grounds to the northeast of Middleton Park House (15318019). Rubble limestone boundary wall and wrought-iron flat bar gate to the front (south) and wrought-iron flat bar railings to the east. Located to the east of Castletown Geoghegan.

• Middleton Park House, conservatory, 1845–1855 · National interest
  Description

  Attached single-storey cast and wrought-iron conservatory attached to the south gable end of Middleton Park House (15318019), erected c.1850. Screened by a single-storey rubble limestone wall with a square-headed window to the west, the entrance front of the house. Curved roof with cast and wrought-iron glazing bars. Cast-iron supports and wrought-iron glazing bars over rendered plinth wall. Decorative round-headed cast-iron pillar to the centre of the south facing elevation and a Doric/Tuscan pillar to the east end of the south elevation, possibly originally a chimneystack. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the south of Castletown-Geoghegan.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Kilhugh

Area

1,634,954 m² (163.5 ha, 404.01 acres)

Civil parish

Castletownkindalen, and its townlands

Barony

Moycashel

Electoral division

Middleton, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Middleton electoral division: 389 people in 125 households; 97% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybrennan, Castletown, Clonsingle, Keelbeg, Kippinduff, Monaghanstown

Placenames

Kilhugh 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.