Legan

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Legan, from 1 m² to 245,145 m² (24.51 ha, 60.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 60 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Established Residential (Existing residential)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Moate, Westmeath · 57 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Moate, Westmeath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community, Educational & Institutional (Community facilities)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Moate, Westmeath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Moate, Westmeath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Moate, Westmeath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Moate, Westmeath · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 1 Apr 2026N/a

  Proposed Demolition Of Existing Dwelling House & Garage Together With The Proposed Construction Of A Residential Development Of 8 No. Dwelling Houses Consisting Of 8 No. Three Bedroom Two Storey Semi-Detached Type Dwelling Houses, Vehicular & Pedestrian Entrances, Access Road, Car Parking, Public & Private Open Space, Boundary Fences/Walls, Proposed Connections To The Existing Foul Sewer, Surface Water & Watermain Networks And All Associated Ancillary Site Development Works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660150

• 15 Aug 2024N/a

  EXTENTION OF DURATION for 19/7022 for construction of 4 houses (4 no. 4 bedroom detached units). An entrance to the proposed development is to be provided on the Dublin Road. Permission is also being sought to demolish an existing house and shed. The application will also include all associated site services and associated site works, site finishes, roads, parking, footpaths, public open space, site boundaries, and landscaping

  Extension of duration · Westmeath County Council, 2457

• 1 Feb 2024Refused

  proposed redesign of a previously permitted residential development consisting of 4 no. dwelling houses granted full planning permission under planning reference number 19/7022 whereby it is now proposed to seek full planning permission for a Residential Development of 7 no. new dwelling houses to include 3 no. 4 bedroom detached houses and 4 no. 4 bedroom detached houses with optional fifth bedroom/study. The application will also include full planning permission for an entrance on to the Dublin Road and all associated site works, internal roads, connections to the existing foul sewer, surface water and watermain networks, site boundaries and site landscaping

  Permission, 7 homes · Westmeath County Council, 245

• 24 Jan 2024N/a

  proposed redesign of a previously permitted residential development consisting of 4 no. dwelling houses granted full planning permission under planning reference number 19/7022 whereby it is now proposed to seek full planning permission for a Residential Development of 7 no. new dwelling houses to include 3 no. 4 bedroom detached houses and 4 no. 4 bedroom detached houses with optional fifth bedroom/study. The application will also include full planning permission for an entrance on to the Dublin Road and associated site works, site finishes, roads, parking, footpaths, site boundaries and landscaping

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 244

• 25 May 2022Conditional

  Development of a multi-unit residential scheme comprising a total of 26 No. residential units on a site of 0.59 Ha, at the Former Carmelite Monastery (Protected Structure) and grounds. The development will consist of: (1) Demolition of 2 No. two-storey dormitory buildings and 2 No. agricultural buildings on the site; (2) Modifications to former Carmelite Monastery residential building consisting of the re-use, remodelling and extension of the existing three-storey protected structure to provide 9 No. apartments, comprising 4 No. 2-bedroom apartments and 5 No. 1-bedroom apartments; (3) Construction of 14 No. two-storey semi-detached dwellings to the rear (east) of the protected structure; and (4) Associated site works including car parking, communal amenity space, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments and all above and below ground works associated with connection to services; This application relates to a proposed development consisting of the carrying out of works to, and within the curtilage of, a protected structure (Former Carmelite Monastery, WCC RPS Ref. No. 030-054, NIAH Reg. No. 15317066). Part of the proposed development is located within an Architectural Conservation Area.

  Permission, 26 homes · Westmeath County Council, 22281

• 4 Nov 2019Conditional

  Two-storey extension to the rear of Moate Nursing Home Care and Convalescent Centre home, comprising 26 additional bedrooms and ancillary accommodation. Relocation of existing gas tanks with a new blast wall, relocation of external storage shed. Alteration to existing hard landscape to create additional parking spaces, drainage, services, hard and soft landscaping and all associated works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 197228

• 30 Jan 2019Conditional

  Construct 4 houses (4 no. 4 bedroom detached units). An entrance to the proposed development is to be provided on the Dublin Road. Permission is also being sought to demolish an existing house and shed. The application will also include all associated site services and associated site works, site finishes, roads, parking, footpaths, public open space, site boundaries, and landscaping.

  Permission, 4 homes · Westmeath County Council, 197022

• 12 Mar 2018Conditional

  Demolish existing kitchen and boiler house and construct extensions to existing dwelling. The application will also include the construction of a garage and minor elevational changes to the existing façade of the dwelling.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187048

• 20 Dec 2017Conditional

  Planning Permission to extend and renovate existing dwelling. Permission is also sought to subdivide existing dwelling to provide for a granny flat, with associated alterations to elevations, connection to existing services and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177227

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 Legan.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Legan.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay three-storey house, built c.1810. Currently out of use. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods and with rendered chimneystacks to each gable end (east and west). Ruled-and-line rendered walls over projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and with six-over-nine pane timber sliding sash windows to the ground floor openings, one-over-one pane timber sash widows to the first floor and two-over-four pane timber sash windows to the second floor. Central round-headed doorway having cut stone architraved doorcase with fluted keystone over and a timber panelled door having a plain fanlight over. Road-fronted to the east end of Moate. Cast-iron double gates to the east gable end give access to the rear.

• Rose Villa, house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1810, having a two-storey return to the rear (east). Hipped natural slate roof with overhanging eaves supported on pair timber consoles and with a central pair of rendered chimneystacks having terracotta pots over. Smooth rendered walls over projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings with replacement timber casement windows. Central round-headed doorway with moulded cut stone surround, a modern glazed timber door and with a fanlight over. Square-headed doorway to the south side elevation. Set back from road to the south side of the Newtown suburb, Moate. Rendered random rubble stone boundary wall to the road frontage (west).

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace four-bay two-storey house, built c.1810 and altered c.1880, having a projecting gable-fronted single-bay two-storey section to the north end of the front façade (west). Now in use as a charity health centre. Pitched slate roof having two decorated rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-line rendered walls with decorative render detail to the eaves and having vermiculated block quoins to the corners of the main part of the building and to the projecting bay. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills, moulded surrounds and replacement windows. Paired square-headed window opening to the south end of the front façade at ground floor level. Round-headed window opening to the projecting bay at first floor level having a cast-iron petal fanlight to head. Segmental-headed doorcase to the front face of projecting bay (west) having moulded surround with vermiculated keystone over, a pair of fluted Doric columns supporting a fluted lintel over and a timber panelled door with a petal fanlight above. Plaque of St. John’s Ambulance over door. Located to the east side of the Newtown Suburb to the northeast side of Moate.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay two-storey house, built c.1810. Pitched artificial slate roof having a rendered chimneystack to either gable end (north and south). Cast-iron downpipe with cast-iron hopper to the south end. Roughcast rendered walls having square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Central round-headed doorway to the main façade (west) having a cut stone architraved doorcase with a scrolled fluted keystone over and a panelled door having a plain fanlight over. Set slightly back from the road to the west side of the Newtown suburb, Moate. Low rendered walls with curved corners to the street frontage.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1810, having an integral segmental-headed carriage arch to the north end of the main façade (west). Formerly in use as a dispensary. Pitched slate roof with two rendered chimneystacks, clay ridge tiles and original cast-iron downpipe. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed doorcase to the south end of the front façade having a moulded cut stone architraved doorcase with a fluted keystone over and with a timber panelled door with plain fanlight above. Timber sheeted double doors to carriage arch to the north end. Set slightly back from the road to the west side of the Newtown suburb, Moate. Low rendered walls with curved corners to the street frontage.

• House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay three-storey over basement house, built c.1800, having a two-bay two-storey wing/extension attached to the north end of the main façade (west), c.1835. Half-hipped natural slate roof having a central pair of rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots, clay ridge tiles and a number of remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-line rendered walls with raised ‘belt buckle’ quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with moulded surrounds having keystone detail over, cut stone sills and with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to the ground and first floor openings and three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to the second floor. Central round-headed doorcase to the main body of the building having moulded cut stone surround with fluted keystone and a timber panelled door with a plain overlight above. Round-headed doorcase to the south end of extension/wing to the north having a moulded doorcase, timber panelled door and a teardrop fanlight over. Set slightly back from the road to the west side of the Newtown suburb, Moate. Low ruled-and-line rendered walls with curved corners to the street frontage.

• Moate Carmelite Monastery, house, 1800–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1800 and extended to the south and altered c.1870. Projecting single-bay gable-fronted breakfront, offset to the south side of the centre of the main façade (west). Now in use as a convent. Hipped natural slate roofs with four rendered chimneystacks having terracotta pots over and with cast-iron rainwater goods having decorative gutter supports. Pitched roof to gable-fronted breakfront having coping over gable and with a statue over apex. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered basement to main body of building. Smooth rendered finish to advanced breakfront. Square-headed window openings to the main body of building having cut stone sills and with eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows to the first floor openings and Wyatt-style timber sliding sash windows to the ground floor openings. Triple graded segmental-headed window openings to the first floor of breakfront having timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear elevation (east), including six thirty-six pane timber windows to the ground floor. Round-headed doorcase to the second bay from the south having a moulded cut stone doorcase with a fluted keystone over and with a timber panelled door having a plain fanlight over. Square-headed doorcase to the north facing elevation reached by a flight over steps flanked by cast-iron railings. Low plinth wall with wrought-iron railings over to street-frontage (west). Set slightly back from the road to the west side of the Newtown suburb, Moate, and to the south of the associated Church of the Immaculate Conception (15317067).

• Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, church/chapel, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Roman Catholic church, built between 1863-8, comprising a five-bay nave to the west having single-storey side aisles with clerestory over, an apsidal chancel to the east and a three-stage tower on square-plan to entrance front (west) having broached spire over. Associated with the Carmelite Monastery (15317066) to the south. Clasping buttresses to corners of side aisles and flanking doorcase to front (west). Pitched slate roof with cut stone verges to gable ends supported on decorative corbels and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Constructed of snecked limestone with dressed limestone detailing. Paired cusped lancet openings to nave with trefoil openings over to clerestory. Paired cusped lancets to entrance gable with three pointed-arched window openings with modern stained glass, added c.1970, to polygonal apse (west). Pointed-arched doorway with chamfered cut limestone surround to front face of tower (west) having timber double-doors and with a moulded hoodmoulding over. Pointed-arched lancet openings above to second stage of tower and paired cusped lancet openings with louvered vents to belfry (third stage). Lucarnes to broached spire with wrought-iron cross finial over to top of spire. Interesting interior with exposed timber braced roof trusses and pointed-arched arcades to side aisles (north and south), supported on limestone columns with bell capitals over. Interior reordered c.1970 with removal of early altar goods. Modern single-storey entrances porches to north and south and extension to rear (south). Located to the north end of Newtown, to the north of Moate Main Street with a small cemetery to north.

• Milestone/milepost, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding limestone milestone on rectangular plan having pyramidal top, erected c.1780, with carved inscriptions 'Dublin 52' and ‘Kilbeggan 7’ engraved on appropriate faces. Benchmark incised to top, c.1830. Located a short distance to the east of Moate

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, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

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

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 Legan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Legan

Area

499,327 m² (49.93 ha, 123.39 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmanaghan, and its townlands

Barony

Clonlonan

Electoral division

Moate, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Moate electoral division: 3,521 people in 1,309 households; 65% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnaponra, Cappantack, Cartronkeel, Killeenboylegan, Moategranoge, Toorfelim

Placenames

Legan 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.