Knockmullin
Townland in the civil parish of St. Mary's, barony of Bantry, Co. Wexford; in Irish Cnoc Muilinn
- Area
- 105.4 ha
- 261 acres
- Land parcels
- 43
- registered freehold, median 2,541 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockmullin, from 37 m² to 180,002 m² (18 ha, 44.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockmullin 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
17 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together with all
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20241289
26 Sept 2024N/a
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together with
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241181
11 Jun 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the development of a long duration energy storage facility
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240650
20 May 2024N/a
Permission for the development of a long duration energy storage
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240564
14 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of a single storey extension to the rear of
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240146
6 Feb 2024Refused
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together with all
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20240111
22 Jun 2023Refused
Permission for a development which will consist of the following elements:
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230706
24 Oct 2022N/a
Permission for the development of a 38kV electricity circuit between the
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221412
23 Sept 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of alterations to house as built and for an additional
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221265
9 Aug 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together with
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221067
21 Jan 2022Refused
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling, domestic garage, s
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220059
21 Dec 2021N/a
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling, domestic garage
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20212031
21 Dec 2021Refused
New Ross Rural
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20212032
29 Jul 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for erection of a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and all assoc
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211229
1 Jun 2021Refused
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together with all
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20210856
2 Aug 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, A
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20181057
6 Jun 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A DOG BOARDING KENNEL AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170713
25 Apr 2016Refused
ERECTION OF A DOG BOARDING KENNEL AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160411
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockmullin.
Recorded monuments
- WX034-002 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 55m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on a SE-facing slope overlooking a col c. 300m to the SE between a NE-SW ridge c. 500m to the N of the col and Ballylane Hill c. 1.2 km to the SW of the col. It is not visible at ground level apart from a slight curve in a field bank and townland boundary with Arnestown at E (C 50m). 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: 13 September, 2012
Architectural heritage
- Knockmullen House, farm house, 1785–1824 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over basement farmhouse, extant 1824, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor; three-bay (west) or two-bay (east) full-height side elevations. "Improved", pre-1902, producing present composition. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1926. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having cut-granite stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on slightly overhanging slate flagged eaves. Creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed central window opening in tripartite arrangement in square-headed recess with cut-granite sill, timber mullions, and timber panelled pilasters framing margined six-over-six timber sash window having margined sidelights. Square-headed opposing door openings to "cheeks" with timber panelled double doors. Central door opening into farmhouse. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds with cement rendered piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping supporting replacement mild steel double gates.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, 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_2522 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Knockmullin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Knockmullin · Cnoc Muilinn
- Area
- 1,054,332 m² (105.43 ha, 260.53 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Mary's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bantry
- Electoral division
- New Ross Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- New Ross Rural electoral division: 4,164 people in 1,475 households; 52% of households own their home; 54% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Arnestown, Butlersland, Camlin, Creakan Upper, Oaklands, Southknock
- Placenames
- Knockmullin 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.