Saltmills

109 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Saltmills, from 24 m² to 156,316 m² (15.63 ha, 38.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Saltmills 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.

• 27 May 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of minor elevational alterations to front of existing

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250615

• 30 Apr 2025Refused

  Permission for retention of a mobile home and full planning permission

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250499

• 5 Mar 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and garage

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250257

• 12 Feb 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of an extension to an existing dwelling house

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250164

• 3 Apr 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for development comprising a new two bedroom single storey house

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230339

• 25 May 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the demolition of an extension to a dwelling house, demolition

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220694

• 10 May 2022N/a

  Permission for the erection of an extension and alterations to an existing dwell

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220619

• 21 Mar 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for proposed alterations to the existing 100sqm. cottage

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220362

• 13 Jan 2021Granted (unconditional)

  PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF TWO (2NO) DWELLING HOUSES (ALTERATIONS TO HOUSE PLANS

  Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20151151

• 29 Sept 2020Granted (unconditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE & GARAGE

  Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20150898

• 16 Sept 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of an extension and a new first floor to an existing

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20201065

• 31 Jul 2018Refused

  ERECTION OF TWO (2 NO.) DWELLING HOUSES (CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPES, SITE LAYOUT AND

  Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20130535

• 29 Mar 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A MACHINERY SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20180390

• 22 Jan 2018Refused

  OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FULLY SERVICED DWELLING, TRE

  Outline permission · Wexford County Council, 20180058

• 15 Feb 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE RETENTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND A PORCH TO THE

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20170165

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Bannow Bay SAC 000697
• Special Protection Area: Bannow Bay SPA 004033
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bannow Bay 000697

Recorded monuments

• WX045-028002 Bridge
  Description

  A road from Wexford town to Tintern through Baldwinstown and Duncormick crossed the inner end of Bannow Bay by means of a ford called Scar at Barrystown, which was only passable at low tide as recounted by Gabriel Beranger, the artist, in 1780 (Wilde 1876-8, 133-4). The road is recorded by Taylor and Skinner in 1783 as one of the roads of Ireland (Andrews 1969, 151). On the W side of the estuary a spur turned NE for Clonmines, but the main road ran SW, crossed the estuary of the Tintern stream, and continued to Fethard. The bridge at Tintern (L 16m; Wth 4.95m) has three plank centred, pointed arches of unequal width, and the parapets are decorated with simple crenellations. There are break-waters at N and S between the arches with pointed niches over them. Archaeological testing on the carriageway revealed a cobbled surface but provided no dating evidence (Lynch 2010, 98-9). The bridge is approached by a causeway at W (L 44.5m) and on the E side the old road leads NE up the slope and past the church (WX045-029001-). The plank centring suggests that the bridge may be 13th century in date and contemporary with the Cistercian abbey (WX054-027001-) c. 200m to the NW, but Lewis (1839, vol. 2, 627) followed by Hore (1901-11, vol. 2, 149) says that the bridge was built by the Colcloughs with material from the abbey. The simple crenellations and the niches would support the view that an earlier bridge had been altered, perhaps in the 17th or 18th century. This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 614 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. See the attached view from SW Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 24 July 2013

• WX045-096 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Located towards the top of a NE-facing slope. The cropmark of a large enclosure (diam. c. 90m NE-SW) defined by a single narrow fosse feature was recorded on a drone-mounted camera by Paid Bates (Skypix) in July 2018, but the perimeter can only be seen SW-N-NE. The cropmarks of field drains can be seen radiating off it to the SW and NW. Although it is not recorded on any edition of the OS map it may have been an ornamental feature, perhaps enclosing a wood, and related to the Colclogh residence at Tintern Abbey c. 0.5km to the N. A length (L c. 100m; Wth c. 10m) of the old road from Clonmines and Tintern to Saltmills is visible just to the E as two narrow drain features aligned N-S. Compiled by: Michael Moore based on details provided by Alan Ryan. Date of upload: 24 July, 2018

Architectural heritage

• Abbey Bridge, bridge, 1565–1570 · National interest
  Description

  Three-arch road bridge over stream, built 1567. "Improved", ----, producing present composition. Coursed rubble stone walls centred on triangular cutwaters to piers having pyramidal capping with Irish battlemented parapets having lichen-spotted coping. Series of three "plank centred" rounded triangular arches between rounded triangular-headed niches with lichen-spotted voussoirs centred on lichen-spotted keystones. Sited spanning Tintern Stream with unkempt grass banks to stream.

• Tintern Bridge, bridge, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch hump back road bridge over stream, dated 1817. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls between roughcast piers with cut-granite coping to parapets centred on benchmark-inscribed cut-limestone date stone ("1817") in creeper- or ivy-covered frame. Single round or segmental arch with granite ashlar voussoirs centred on cut-granite keystones. Sited spanning Tintern Stream with unkempt banks to stream.

• Styles House, house, 1815–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey lobby entry house with half-dormer attic, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan off-centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch. "Improved", ----, producing present composition. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks centred on rendered chimney stack having chamfered capping supporting terracotta pots, and plastic rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered eaves. Rendered battered walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Square-headed door opening into house. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set back from line of road in landscaped grounds with rendered cylindrical piers to perimeter having domed capping supporting timber gate.

• S. Finn, house, 1815–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey lobby entry house with half-dormer attic, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan originally three-bay single-storey on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch. Extended, 1915, producing present composition. Pitched fibre-cement slate roof with ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping, concrete or rendered coping to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast battered walls with rendered "bas-relief" strips to corners. Hipped square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement timber panelled door having sidelights below overlight. Square-headed window openings to "cheeks" with concealed dressings framing fixed-pane timber fittings. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set back from line of road in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having rounded capping supporting flat iron gate.

• Water pump, 1890–1902 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, extant 1902. Now disused. Set on concrete brick cobbled platform.

• Tintern House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1810–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey rectory with half-dormer attic, extant 1840, on a cruciform plan originally three-bay single-storey with half-dormer attic on a rectangular plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting glazed porch; single-bay (two-bay deep) full-height central return (west). Extended, pre-1877, producing present composition. In private residential use, 1889. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1947. Resold, 1957. For sale, 2007. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched slate roof (west) including gablets to window openings to half-dormer attic, lichen-covered terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having rounded capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond eaves. Fine roughcast walls. Segmental-headed central door opening with glazed terracotta tiled threshold, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window openings (west) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two (south) or three-over-six (north) 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 timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having rubble stone capping supporting arrow head-detailed flat iron gate.

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 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

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

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

Name

Saltmills · Muileann an tSáile

Area

1,185,092 m² (118.51 ha, 292.84 acres)

Civil parish

Tintern, and its townlands

Barony

Shelburne

Electoral division

Tintern, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Tintern electoral division: 1,744 people in 636 households; 80% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygarrett, Castleworkhouse, Gorteens, Tintern

Placenames

Saltmills 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.