Castlebridge

218 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlebridge, from 11 m² to 23,072 m² (2.31 ha, 5.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 78 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 Castlebridge 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.

• 11 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention for the construction of a single storey domestic

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260762

• 23 Feb 2026Refused

  Permission for the proposed erection of a development of 20 no. Residential Uni

  Permission, 20 homes · Wexford County Council, 20260217

• 25 Aug 2025Refused

  Permission for the erection of 2 no. fully serviced new dwelling houses

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20251049

• 24 Jun 2025N/a

  Permission for retention for the provision of a store and accessible WC to the t

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250772

• 31 Jan 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for construction of 12no. dwellings consisting of 4 no. house type

  Permission, 12 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250113

• 22 Jan 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of 35 no. fully serviced residential dwelling

  Permission, 35 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250071

• 4 Jul 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission to demolish part of an existing two storey, part single storey

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240788

• 13 May 2024Refused

  Permission for the construction of 59 no. fully serviced residential dwelling

  Permission, 59 homes · Wexford County Council, 20240530

• 26 Apr 2024N/a

  Permission for the construction of 59 no. fully serviced residential dwelling

  Permission, 59 homes · Wexford County Council, 20240465

• 1 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for (A) change of use for a portion of the public house to retail (B)

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240087

• 19 Jan 2024Refused

  Permission for construction of 28 no. dwellings consisting of a 3 no. House type

  Permission, 28 homes · Wexford County Council, 20240044

• 18 Jan 2024N/a

  (A) Change of use for a portion of the public house to retail use. (B) Change of

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240037

• 5 Jul 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed construction of an extension to existing

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230772

• 22 Jun 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the material change of use of part of ground floor from a former

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230707

• 16 Jun 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for alteration to previously approved residential development granted

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230677

• 13 Mar 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for indefinite retention of the extensions to the side and rear of

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230239

• 31 Jan 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention for an extension to the rear of existing dwelling

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230080

• 14 Dec 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission to alterations to previously approved residential development granted

  Permission, 17 homes · Wexford County Council, 20221663

• 18 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for alterations and extension to an existing supermarket

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221534

• 2 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for; 1) revisions to site boundaries of dwellings no 27 - 32

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221464

• 25 May 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed erection of 4 No. two storey 4 bedroom-detached

  Permission, 4 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220695

• 6 Oct 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed erection of a residential development of 12 no. hous

  Permission, 12 homes · Wexford County Council, 20201148

• 21 Sept 2020N/a

  Permission for the proposed erection of a residential development of 12 no. two

  Permission, 12 homes · Wexford County Council, 20201087

• 13 Feb 2020Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION FO 25 NO. FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSES INCLUDING

  Permission, 25 homes · Wexford County Council, 20200166

• 7 Feb 2020N/a

  PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 25 NO. FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSES INCLUDING

  Permission, 25 homes · Wexford County Council, 20200139

The 25 most recent of 48 applications.

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 Castlebridge.

Recorded monuments

• WX032-031001 Church
  Description

  Marked 'Church (site of)' on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the S bank of a meandering NE-SW tidal river, c. 60m from the stream. Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 45) records that the present Church of Ireland church was built in 1764 when Ardcolm parish was united with the old medieval parishes of St. Margaret’s, Atramont, Tikillin, Kilpatrick, Ardcavan, Ballyvalloo, Skreen and St. Nicholas’ - almost all the parishes of Shelmaliere East barony. Lewis (ibid.) also says it was built on the site of a castle, which was on ground provided by the bishop. There is no visible trace of an older church or castle at ground level within a raised rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 70m N-S; c. 45-70m E-W) defined by a masonry wall, and the present church was probably built in the developing village of Castlebridge at a location that may have had a castle The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 31 August, 2012

• WX032-031003 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the S bank of a meandering NE-SW tidal river c. 60m from the stream. Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 45) records that the present Church of Ireland church was built in 1764 on the site of a castle that was on ground provided by the bishop. The name ‘Castlebridge’ would suggest that there was a castle here, but this and the Lewis statement are the only indications of it. The 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map record the site of a church (WX032-031001-) at the same location. There is no visible trace of an older church or castle at ground level within a raised rectangular graveyard (WX032-031002-), and the present church was probably built in the developing village of Castlebridge at a location that may have had a castle. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 August, 2012

• WX037-008002* Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on the S bank of a meandering NE-SW tidal river c. 60m from the stream. Lewis (1837a, vol. 1, 45) records that the present Church of Ireland church was built in 1764 on the site of a castle (WX032-031003-) but the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map record the site of a church (WX032-031001-) at the same location. There is no visible trace of an older church or castle at ground level within a raised rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 70m N-S; c. 45-70m E-W) defined by a masonry wall, and the present church was probably built in the developing village of Castlebridge at a location that may have had a castle but was not an ancient church site. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 August, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Castlebridge House, house, 1810–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1814, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey double-pile lower central return (east). Sold, 1827. "Improved", 1858, producing present composition. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1978. Vacated, 2000. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof (east), clay ridge tiles, lichen-spotted coping to gables, rendered "wallhead" central chimney stack (east) having rendered red brick capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on moulded rendered thumbnail beaded cornice retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes with cast-iron rainwater goods (east) on slate flagged red brick header bond eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on submerged cut-granite plinth. Elliptical-headed door opening approached by two cut-granite steps, timber mullions supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing boarded-up two-over-two timber sash windows having overlights. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing boarded-up two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor anti-clockwise): hall retaining encaustic tiled floor, carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and decorative plasterwork cornices to ceilings centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling roses in egg-and-dart-detailed frames; reception room (south-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and egg-and-dart-detailed decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling rose; reception room (south) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; reception room (south-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling rose; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in overgrown grounds on a wedge-shaped site.

• Saint Ibar's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height single-cell Catholic Church, dedicated 1855, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (south) front. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roofs including pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, cut-granite coping to gables on trefoil-detailed gabled corbel kneelers including cut-granite coping to gable to entrance (south) front on trefoil-detailed gabled corbel kneelers with granite ashlar gabled bellcote to apex framing embossed cast-bronze bell ("----"), and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part repointed tuck pointed snecked "Old Red Sandstone" battered walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on plinth with cut-granite flush quoins to corners. Lancet window openings, cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window opening (north) with cut-granite mullions, cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Paired pointed-arch window openings to entrance (south) front with cut-granite mullions, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch door opening (porch) with cut-granite threshold, and cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing timber boarded double doors having overlight. Lancet window openings ("cheeks"), cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings on monolithic label stops framing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Interior including vestibule (south) with tessellated "quarry tile" floor; pointed segmental-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior with diagonal timber boarded choir gallery (south) on an engaged half-octagonal plan on cast-iron pillars, pair of timber panelled confessional boxes, carpeted aisles between timber pews, timber boarded wainscoting supporting carved timber dado rail, paired Gothic-style timber stations between stained glass memorial windows (1946), abbreviated Gothic-style pulpit on an octagonal plan (west) with baptismal font on an octagonal plan on clustered colonette pedestal (east), mosaic tiled cut-veined white marble stepped dais to sanctuary (north) reordered, ----, with Gothic-style reredos (1898) below stained glass "North Window" (----), and segmental barrel vaulted ceiling in timber frame on moulded plasterwork cornice. Set in landscaped grounds with piers to perimeter having Cross finial-topped cut-granite stepped capping supporting crocketed wrought iron double gates.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, extant 1840, on a square plan. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined battered walls. Square-headed door opening with rendered "bas-relief" block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing timber boarded door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or two-over-two (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey house, extant 1840, on a square plan. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, lichen-spotted coping to gable with rendered chimney stack to apex (north) having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (west) elevation with rendered "bas-relief" quoined pier to end; part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast surface finish (remainder). Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with cut-granite sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing three-over-six (first floor) or four-over-eight (top floor) timber sash windows. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, extant 1840, on a square plan with full-width single-storey flat-roofed projecting shopfront to ground floor. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, lichen-spotted coping to gable with rendered chimney stack to apex (south) having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (west) elevation with rendered "bas-relief" quoined pier to end; part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast surface finish (remainder). Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and rendered "bas-relief" block-and-start surrounds centred on keystones framing timber casement windows. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• Castlebridge Mills, mill (water), 1805–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Mill complex, dated 1806, including: Attached four-bay four-storey mill on a rectangular plan with two-bay full-height side (east) elevation. Renovated, 1994-6, to accommodate alternative use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on cement rendered eaves. Part repointed walls (ground floor) with red brick flush quoins to corners; slate hung surface finish (remainder). Camber- or segmental-headed central door opening with repointed red brick voussoirs framing glazed timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement casement windows; Attached nine-bay four-storey malt store on a rectangular plan. Renovated, 1994-6, to accommodate alternative use. Hipped gabled slate roof with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick header bond stepped eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part repointed walls with red brick flush quoins to corners centred on cast-iron "Pattress" tie plates. Series of three elliptical-headed openings (ground floor) with repointed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing replacement fittings. Square-headed window openings in camber- or segmental-headed recesses (upper floors) with shallow sills, and part repointed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber boarded fittings behind wrought iron bars. Set in relandscaped grounds.

• Ardcolm Church, church/chapel, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height Church of Ireland church, built 1847, on a rectangular plan comprising three-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (east) with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch (south-west). Pitched slate roofs with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, cut-granite "slated" coping to gables on cut-granite ogee kneelers including cut-granite "slated" coping to gable to entrance (west) front on cut-granite ogee kneelers with buttressed gabled bellcote to apex framing cast-iron bell, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part repointed coursed rubble "Old Red Sandstone" battered walls with rough hewn "Old Red Sandstone" flush quoins to corners; tuck pointed coursed or snecked "Old Red Sandstone" surface finish to entrance (west) front with cut-"Old Red Sandstone" flush quoins to corners. Pointed-arch window openings with cut-granite sills, timber Y-mullions, and red brick voussoirs framing pivot fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch window opening (east) with cut-granite mullions, and cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (west) front with limestone flagged threshold, and cut-granite thumbnail beaded surround framing replacement timber boarded double doors having overpanel. "Rose Window" (gable) with red brick voussoir surround framing iron mesh storm panel over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Full-height interior open into roof with stained glass "Rose Window" (----), carpeted limestone flagged central aisle between "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed timber pews, cut-white marble Classical-style wall monuments (1783; 1925), exposed split arch braced collared timber roof construction on cut-granite beaded corbels with wind braced rafters to timber boarded ceiling on carved timber cornice, Gothic-style pulpit on an octagonal plan with Gothic-style clerk's desk, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to chancel (east) with arcaded communion railing centred on cloaked altar below stained glass "East Window" (----). Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having cut-granite shallow pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates.

• Como Lodge, house, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, dated 1856, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay (two-bay deep) full-height gabled projecting breakfront abutting single-bay full-height projecting end bay; two-bay (north) or single-bay (south) full-height side elevations. Sold, 1878, to accommodate alternative use. Sold, 1970. Repaired, 1993. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan including gablets to window openings to half-dormer attic; pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront), clay ridge tiles, grouped red brick Running bond central chimney stacks on cushion courses on rendered bases having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, trefoil-detailed decorative timber bargeboards to gables with timber finials to apexes, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on decorative timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging box eaves retaining some cast-iron downpipes. Replacement rendered walls. Square-headed central door opening in ogee-headed recess with moulded rendered surround framing timber panelled door having overlight with interlocking V-tracery glazing bars. Ogee-headed window opening (half-dormer attic) with cut-granite sill, and moulded rendered surround framing margined timber casement windows having overlight with interlocking V-tracery glazing bars. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds.

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

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3053 (ZIP).

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 Castlebridge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Castlebridge · Droichead an Chaisleáin

Area

350,053 m² (35.01 ha, 86.5 acres)

Civil parish

Ardcavan, and its townlands

Barony

Shelmaliere East

Electoral division

Ardcavan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardcavan electoral division: 3,011 people in 1,125 households; 79% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyboggan Lower, Ballycrane, Ballytramon, Ballywish, Glasganny, Glebe, Pollregan

Placenames

Castlebridge 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.