# Slade, Co. Wexford: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Hook, barony of Shelburne, Co. Wexford; in Irish An Slaod.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 998,835 m² (99.88 ha, 246.82 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,723 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 25 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Hook, https://everytownland.com/wexford/parish/hook.md
- Barony: Shelburne
- Electoral division: Templetown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 840 people lived in 261 households in the Templetown electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 35% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wexford, https://everytownland.com/wexford.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/1166698
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 242098
- Centre: latitude 52.132434, longitude -6.915527 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Slade, from 16 m² to 265,161 m² (26.52 ha, 65.52 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5240272: 265,161 m² (26.52 ha, 65.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5240272.md
- Parcel 5240448: 229,666 m² (22.97 ha, 56.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5240448.md
- Parcel 5240451: 114,838 m² (11.48 ha, 28.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5240451.md
- Parcel 6179914: 107,718 m² (10.77 ha, 26.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6179914.md
- Parcel 430031: 29,115 m² (2.91 ha, 7.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/430031.md
- Parcel 392493: 16,278 m² (1.63 ha, 4.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/392493.md
- Parcel 383820: 10,713 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/383820.md
- Parcel 362757: 9,990 m² (1 ha, 2.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/362757.md
- Parcel 390517: 8,877 m² (0.89 ha, 2.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/390517.md
- Parcel 412336: 8,680 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/412336.md
- Parcel 404416: 6,853 m² (0.69 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/404416.md
- Parcel 392865: 6,832 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/392865.md
- Parcel 387113: 6,584 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/387113.md
- Parcel 388077: 5,993 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/388077.md
- Parcel 377011: 5,357 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/377011.md
- Parcel 362719: 5,348 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/362719.md
- Parcel 394867: 5,260 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/394867.md
- Parcel 415932: 5,191 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/415932.md
- Parcel 361594: 5,121 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/361594.md
- Parcel 389073: 4,910 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/389073.md
- Parcel 430152: 4,197 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/430152.md
- Parcel 430396: 4,175 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/430396.md
- Parcel 5430055: 4,090 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5430055.md
- Parcel 426344: 4,004 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/426344.md
- Parcel 6052488: 3,959 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6052488.md
- Parcel 405488: 3,935 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/405488.md
- Parcel 385149: 3,723 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/385149.md
- Parcel 3455556: 3,653 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3455556.md
- Parcel 421092: 3,617 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/421092.md
- Parcel 394951: 3,550 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/394951.md
- Parcel 414328: 3,540 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/414328.md
- Parcel 411325: 3,367 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/411325.md
- Parcel 5502656: 3,242 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5502656.md
- Parcel 417548: 3,221 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/417548.md
- Parcel 409503: 3,200 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/409503.md
- Parcel 5412351: 3,144 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5412351.md
- Parcel 423888: 3,093 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/423888.md
- Parcel 5128760: 2,945 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5128760.md
- Parcel 2861196: 2,861 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2861196.md
- Parcel 394903: 2,851 m² (0.29 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/394903.md
- Parcel 365297: 2,845 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/365297.md
- Parcel 5412382: 2,723 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5412382.md
- Parcel 388186: 2,638 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/388186.md
- Parcel 428933: 2,627 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/428933.md
- Parcel 391965: 2,427 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/391965.md
- Parcel 2421354: 2,365 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2421354.md
- Parcel 380650: 2,346 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/380650.md
- Parcel 390949: 2,304 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/390949.md
- Parcel 387270: 2,298 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/387270.md
- Parcel 378758: 2,111 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/378758.md
- Parcel 414396: 2,106 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/414396.md
- Parcel 378086: 2,081 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/378086.md
- Parcel 421970: 1,978 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/421970.md
- Parcel 380690: 1,950 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/380690.md
- Parcel 431238: 1,886 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/431238.md
- Parcel 431277: 1,801 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/431277.md
- Parcel 389367: 1,734 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/389367.md
- Parcel 1541211: 1,716 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1541211.md
- Parcel 5689961: 1,664 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5689961.md
- Parcel 5488067: 1,397 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5488067.md
- Parcel 394166: 1,281 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/394166.md
- Parcel 402191: 1,223 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/402191.md
- Parcel 1541511: 915 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1541511.md
- Parcel 380290: 879 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/380290.md
- Parcel 5653365: 429 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5653365.md
- Parcel 415527: 365 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/415527.md
- Parcel 366347: 318 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/366347.md
- Parcel 383295: 300 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/383295.md
- Parcel 5011084: 299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5011084.md
- Parcel 416279: 295 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/416279.md
- Parcel 6179929: 281 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6179929.md
- Parcel 401347: 228 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/401347.md
- Parcel 399274: 225 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/399274.md
- Parcel 396009: 140 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/396009.md
- Parcel 5729653: 116 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5729653.md
- Parcel 398076: 105 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/398076.md
- Parcel 385948: 105 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/385948.md
- Parcel 429090: 88 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/429090.md
- Parcel 428645: 74 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/428645.md
- Parcel 381134: 45 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/381134.md
- Parcel 5729657: 43 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5729657.md
- Parcel 374217: 20 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/374217.md
- Parcel 5729629: 16 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5729629.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Slade in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

25 applications, newest first.

- 29 May 2026, Wexford County Council 20260695: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house, domestic. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/131341
- 22 Dec 2025, Wexford County Council 20251719: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for a proposed shed for the storage of fishing gear and all. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/130392
- 4 Apr 2025, Wexford County Council 20250374: N/a. Permission. Permission for the proposed extension to an existing agricultural building and. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/128786
- 11 Sept 2024, Wexford County Council 20241107: Granted (conditional). Retention. Permission for retention of a new 51.22 m2 x 5.64m high garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/127767
- 19 Jun 2024, Wexford County Council 20240695: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/127299
- 26 Apr 2024, Wexford County Council 20240463: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for the proposed extension to the rear and alterations to elevations. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/127037
- 27 Mar 2024, Wexford County Council 20240332: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for change of site boundaries from that granted in planning 972071. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/126884
- 5 Mar 2024, Wexford County Council 20240237: N/a. Permission. Permission for change of site boundaries from that granted. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/126779
- 26 Oct 2023, Wexford County Council 20231290: Granted (conditional). Retention. Permission for retention for existing extension to the front. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/126184
- 31 May 2021, Wexford County Council 20210850: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission to erect a fully serviced dwelling house, new site entrance, new trea. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/121427
- 26 May 2021, Wexford County Council 20210810: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and all a. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/121255
- 4 Nov 2020, Wexford County Council 20201291: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and all a. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/117775
- 29 Sept 2020, Wexford County Council 20160114: Granted (unconditional). Extension of duration. PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND TH. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/117546
- 24 May 2019, Wexford County Council 20190700: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO ERECT A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE NEW SITE EN. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/108604
- 15 May 2019, Wexford County Council 20190650: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATE. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/108551
- 20 Dec 2018, Wexford County Council 20181798: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO ERECT A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/107725
- 7 Dec 2018, Wexford County Council 20181691: N/a. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO ERECT A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW SITE E. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/107600
- 21 Nov 2018, Wexford County Council 20181595: Granted (conditional). Permission. FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLIN. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/107487
- 31 Oct 2018, Wexford County Council 20181500: Refused. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A GRANNY FLAT BESIDE FAMILY HOME AND TO UPGRADE T. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/107359
- 26 Oct 2018, Wexford County Council 20181480: Refused. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO ERECT A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE , NEW ON SI. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/107338
- 10 May 2018, Wexford County Council 20180616: Refused. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO ERECT A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, NEW TREA. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/106213
- 5 Feb 2018, Wexford County Council 20180136: Refused. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO ERECT A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, NEW TREA. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/105535
- 19 Jan 2018, Wexford County Council 20180051: N/a. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO ERECT A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, NEW TREA. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/105433
- 25 May 2017, Wexford County Council 20170644: Granted (conditional). Retention. PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF CHANGES TO DWELLING HOUSE AS BUILT, INCLUDING AN. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/103830
- 6 May 2016, Wexford County Council 20160468: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A PROPOSED FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTI. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/101526

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Hook Head SAC, site code 000764, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000764
- Special Protection Area: Seas off Wexford cSPA, site code 004237, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004237
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Hook Head, site code 000764

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- WX054-008001: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX054-008001-. Situated on the S side of the harbour at Slade, which is on the E side of the low-lying and narrow part (L c. 4.5km NE-SW; Wth c. 600m-1.5km NW-SE) of the Hook peninsula. References to the Laffans of Slade date from 1541 but this Irish family was in the county from at least 1376 when Thomas Laffan of Ross, an Irishman, was granted the benefit of English law, in confirmation of an earlier mandate to William Naffan in 1279 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 419-20). At the Suppression of the Knights Hospitallers’ manor of Kilcloggan (WX049-004----) in 1541 Nicholas Laffan held 120 acres in Hooke parish from them (White 1943, 101). Nicholas died in 1567, and in 1581 Joan Laffan, probably Nicholas’ widow, is renting 180 acres in the Hall from Alexander Redmond, who may have been her brother. In 1631 Nicholas Laffan held 180 acres in Slade, 10 in Portersgate and 10 in Galgestown, which were held by Henry Laffan in 1638 when he died. Henry’s son, Thomas, an infant, inherited (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 421-2) but Robert Redmond, possibly Thomas’ uncle and guardian, is listed as the proprietor of the land and ‘an old castle’ at Slade in 1640. Redmond was dispossessed, while the only Laffan mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6) is Michael, who had 27 acres in Galgeystown in 1640 (Simington 1953, 171-2). However, Thomas Laffan of Slada was awarded 60 acres in Connaught under the transplantation in 1657 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 506). In 1666 157 acres at Slade were confirmed to Nicholas Loftus (ibid. vol. 4, 425). In 1684 Henry Loftus built the old quay (WX054-017----) at Slade, and the following year he rented the castle and land of Slade to William Mansel, who developed the saltworks (WX054-012----). The two castles, with additional structures, continued to be occupied in several units into the 20th century (Colfer 2004, figs 6, 9). The tower house and fortified house (WX054-008002-) were built separately with only the adjacent corners touching. They were built in the 15th century, probably by the Laffans if they were in Slade then, and the house was probably modelled on the Hall (WX054-002----) of the Redmonds’, the landlord. The tower house is of five floors, with vaults over the second and the fourth floors. There is a lintelled half storey on top of the higher vault, and the tower survives complete to the stepped battlements with good quoins and battered walls (ext. dims 5.45m N-S; 5.3m E-W; total H I5.7m). A round-headed doorway of undressed stone towards the W end of the S wall is protected by machicolation outside and a murder-hole inside. A small lobby leads through a lintelled doorway to the ground floor which has a blocked light on the N wall and corbels in the N and S walls to support the ceiling. A mural stairs in the S wall gives access through a passage in the E wall and a round-headed doorway to the first floor under the E-W barrel-vault with wicker-centring. There is one slit window in the W wall and a blocked embrasure in the N wall. A newel stairs at the SE angle rises to the second floor over the vault, which is entered by a lintelled doorway from a small lobby in the E wall that connects with the stairs. This floor has rectangular windows with seats in the N and S wall, the latter embrasure controlling the murder-hole, while the former was broken out into a crude doorway communicating with the first floor of the fortified house, which is just to the NE. This floor of the tower house has a fireplace in the W wall and a garderobe chamber towards the N end of the E wall. Corbels in the N and S walls support the ceiling, and there is a spy-hole to the stairs at the floor level. The newel stairs continue to the third floor, its housing curving into the floor space of the second and third floors at the SE angle. A lintelled doorway leads from the stairs through a small lobby in the E wall and a second lintelled doorway to the third floor, which has rectangular windows with seats in the W and N walls and cupboards at the NE and SW angles. There are rebates on all the walls except the E and a single corbel in the curved housing of the stairs to support the ceiling. The newel stairs continue to the fourth floor under the E-W vault, which is entered through a small lobby in the E wall with lintelled doorways to the stairs and the chamber. This floor has a single window in the W wall. The newel stairs continues at the SE angle to the parapet where a small passage leads to the open area over the N part of the tower. A lintelled doorway leads to a small lintelled chamber over the S part of the tower, which commands the machicolation and has a single light on the S and W walls. A chimney stack rises against the W parapet, and projecting steps curve around it as they mount southwards to the lookout platform over the S part of the tower. The stepped crenellations are complete. The tower house together with the fortified house is a National Monument (Harbison 1970, 249). Archaeological testing (16E0598) by C. McLoughlin c. 50m to the S at the closest point produced only evidence of post-medieval activity (excavations.ie 2016:694). This is a National Monument in state guardianship: No. 429. See the attached aerial view taken from NW. The abpve 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 March, 2014 Amended: 3 February 2022
- WX054-008002: House - fortified house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX054-008002-. Situated on the S side of the harbour at Slade, on the E side of the low-lying and narrow part (L c. 4.5km NE-SW; Wth c. 600m-1.5km NW-SE) of the Hook peninsula. References to the Laffans of Slade date from 1541 but this Irish family was in the county from at least 1376 when Thomas Laffan of Ross, an Irishman, was granted the benefit of English law, in confirmation of an earlier mandate to William Naffan in 1279 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 419-20). At the Suppression of the Knights Hospitallers’ manor of Kilcloggan (WX049-004----) in 1541 Nicholas Laffan held 120 acres in Hooke parish from them (White 1943, 101). Nicholas died in 1567, and in 1581 Joan Laffan, probably Nicholas’ widow, is renting 180 acres in the Hall from Alexander Redmond, who may have been her brother. In 1631 Nicholas Laffan held 180 acres in Slade, 10 in Portersgate and 10 in Galgestown, which were held by Henry Laffan in 1638 when he died. Henry’s son, Thomas, an infant, inherited (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 421-2) but Robert Redmond, possibly Thomas’ uncle and guardian, is listed as the proprietor of the land and ‘an old castle’ at Slade in 1640. Redmond was dispossessed during the Commonwealth, while the only Laffan mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6) is Michael, who had 27 acres in Galgeystown in 1640 (Simington 1953, 171-2). However, Thomas Laffan of Slada was awarded 60 acres in Connaught under the transplantation in 1657 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 506). In 1666 157 acres at Slade were confirmed to Nicholas Loftus (ibid. vol. 4, 425). In 1684 Henry Loftus built the old quay (WX054-017----) at Slade, and the following year he rented the castle and land of Slade to William Mansel, who developed the saltworks (WX054-012----). The two castles, with additional structures, continued to be occupied in several units into the 20th century (Colfer 2004, figs 6, 9). The tower house (WX054-008001-) and fortified house were built separately with only the adjacent corners touching. They were built in the 15th century, probably by the Laffans if they were in Slade then, and the house was probably modelled on the Hall (WX054-002----) of the Redmonds’, their landlord. The house is a two-storey structure with a mezzanine at the E end and a barrel vault over the ground floor. It survives complete with stepped crenellations and is situated just NE of the tower house. A small structure was added in the angle between the two to allow communication between the first floor of the fortified house and the second floor of the tower house. A small structure was added to the E end of the fortified house to facilitate an outside stairs providing direct access to the first floor. These two structures were probably associated with the later saltworks (WX054-012----). The house is an oblong structure (ext. dims 13m E-W; 7m N-S) entered through a round-headed doorway of undressed stone towards the W end of the S wall. The lobby, protected by an inner murder-hole, leads to the vaulted ground floor, which is divided into three chambers by secondary walls. There is a large fireplace at the W end, the flue of which protrudes on the outer face of the W wall. There is also an oubliette or hidden chamber in the vault of the E chamber at S. From the lobby a stairs rises eastwards in the S wall, giving access to the central of three original chambers at the first floor. This central chamber has a large fireplace on its E wall and two lights on the N wall, one ogee-headed. The room to the W has four windows with seats, two with double-light ogee-headed windows and some with hinge-stones for shutters surviving. In the E chamber a garderobe at the NE angle was destroyed when a secondary doorway to the outside stairs was inserted and this chamber has a two-light blocked window in the E wall. The mural stairs continue eastwards in the S wall to the mezzanine over the E chamber of the first floor, with a garderobe chamber at the NE angle. Access to the wall-walk and the stepped crenellations must have been from this room, but is not evident. After the house was built, and probably associated with the saltworks in the 18th century, an attempt was made to link it to tower house (WX054-008001-) by constructing a two storey structure in the NW-facing angle between them. There is no external access to this at the corbelled ground level, but a doorway from the lobby of the house is broken through to it. At the first floor the W chamber of house has a doorway broken through to the corbelled first floor of the additional structure, which is provided with a rudimentary link to the second floor of the tower house through the broken out embrasure in the N wall of the tower house. The house, together with the tower house is a National monument. (Leask 1951; Harbison. 1975, 249) This is a National Monument in state guardianship: No. 429. See the attached aerial view taken from NW. The abpve 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 March, 2014
- WX054-012: Salt works, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX054-012----. Located on the S side of Slade Harbour and SE of the fortified house (WX054-008002-). In 1685 Henry Loftus rented the castles and land of Slade to William Mansel, who was a brother-in-law of his wife’s and who had been implicated in the Monmouth rebellion in England against James II in 1685. Mansel developed the saltworks, which functioned by dissolving rock-salt, and evaporating the brine into a purer commodity to be used in the fishing industry. Rock-salt from Cheshire was imported using the pier (WX054-017----) built by Henry Loftus in 1684. Coal for both the saltworks and the lighthouse (WX054-010----) was also imported at Slade, The saltworks may have been in decline by the 1770s (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 425-6), and the works are described as 'disused' on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Much of the E end of the structure was destroyed in the later 19th century (ibid. vol. 4, 419-20). The E end of the complex originally consisted of four E-W corridors, arranged four-square. Each corridor was divided into four chambers (int. dims c. 5m E-W; c. 3.5m N-S), and each chamber is corbelled separately. Only the SW corridor survives complete (int. dims 20m E-W; 3.5m N-S) but fragments of corbelling or piers from the NW and SE corridors are present. The contiguous W end of the complex consists of the remains of small corbelled chambers centred on a large square corbelled chamber (dims 7m x 7m), which was open at the top. The total length of the complex is c. 60m E-W. The corridors were probably used for storage while the evaporation might have been conducted in the open-roofed chamber. (Colfer 2004, 150-2) The abpve 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 March, 2014
- WX054-014: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX054-014----. Situated on the level, low-lying and narrow part (L c. 4.5km NE-SW; Wth c. 600m-1.5km NW-SE) of Hook peninsula. The cropmark of a circular feature (int. diam. c. 35-40m) defined by a single bank feature with traces of a ditch on the inside is visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP (1) 34-36). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 31 March, 2014
- WX054-017: Quay, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX054-017----. Located on the E side of the low-lying and narrow part (L c. 4.5km NE-SW; Wth c. 600m-1.5km NW-SE) of Hook peninsula. Nicholas Loftus was confirmed in possession of 157 acres at Slade in 1666 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 425-6), and in 1684 Henry Loftus built a quay for fishing boats here, according to Robert Leigh writing in 1684 (Hore 1858-9, 459-60). In 1685 Henry leased Slade to Henry Mansel, who was a brother-in-law of his wife’s, and who had been implicated in the Monmouth rebellion in England against James II in 1685. Mansel developed the saltworks (WX054-012----) and used the pier to import rock salt and coal. In 1746 the pier is described as in need of repair, but whether or not it got it, what became known as the ‘old quay’ was probably the only pier at Slade until the E pier was built as a famine relief scheme in 1847 (Colfer 2004, 150-56). The facing of the quay on the S side of the harbour in front of the castles and the saltworks was probably provided at the same time as it is of similar character to the stonework on the E pier. The N pier (L c. 60m WNW-ESE; Wth c. 4-5m) is of two construction phases. The W end of the pier is cut from the limestone bedrock (L c. 18m) and expands in width on the W, landward, side (Wth c. 10m). The limestone blocks (L c. 1.2m; H c. 0.3m) that were quarried away on the landward side were used to build the pier and a shelter wall (Wth c. 1m) on the pier’s N side. At a later period smaller stones (dims c. 0.5m x c. 0.2m) were used to raise the surface of pier and provide a new sheltering wall on the N side (H c. 2m) built on the base of the older wall. Three corbels and the stump of a fourth projecting on the N side of the pier belong to the second construction phase. Although the pier is depicted on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as about half (L c. 30m) the length of the surviving pier there is no vertical break in the stonework that would suggest that the pier was lengthened in the later 19th century. The stonework of the slipway in front of the castles on the S side of the harbour was repaired under archaeological supervision (20E0519) when its structure was studied but no further features were noted or artefacts recovered (McLoughlin 2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 March, 2014 Amended: 9 November 2022

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Quay/wharf, 1845–1850, Regional interest, registry number 15705410, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX&regno=15705410. Quay, built 1846-7; dated 1847, including (north): Pier on a rectangular plan with part repointed coursed rubble limestone battered walls having mass concrete coping; (south): Pier on an L-shaped plan with part repointed coursed rubble limestone battered walls having lichen-spotted mass concrete coping. Sold, 1917. Set extending into Slade Bay.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Slade, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Slade.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wexford/slade.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wexford/slade.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wexford/slade.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Slade with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford: https://everytownland.com/wexford.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Churchtown: https://everytownland.com/wexford/churchtown-240760.md
- Galgystown: https://everytownland.com/wexford/galgystown.md
- Loftushall: https://everytownland.com/wexford/loftushall.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/wexford/slade
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wexford/slade