Solsborough

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Solsborough, from 59 m² to 188,925 m² (18.89 ha, 46.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 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 Solsborough 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.

• 17 Jan 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for development of home office and domestic garage/store

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250041

• 16 Aug 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a steel framed building which will be ancillary to my

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211316

• 30 Jul 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a steel framed building for the purpose of storing vintage a

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211236

• 18 Oct 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A FULLY SERVICED TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATE

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20191413

• 7 Oct 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20191366

• 17 May 2019Refused

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A FULLY SERVICED EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190657

• 3 May 2019Refused

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A FULLY SERVICED TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIAT

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190606

• 3 May 2019Refused

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A FULLY SERVICED TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIAT

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190607

• 27 Aug 2018Refused

  PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181169

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: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slaney River Valley 000781

Recorded monuments

• WX020-013 Standing stone
  Description

  Located on a W-facing slope of a low E-W ridge overlooking the N-S River Slaney, which is c. 250m to the W. This is a schist stone aligned NE–SW with a rectangular cross-section (dims 1m x 0.75m; H 1.8m). It has a cupmark on the NE side. 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 May, 2012

• WX020-014 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a broad, low E-W ridge. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by an interupted and uncertain fosse feature is visible on the oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGF 35). It is not visible at ground level in pasture. 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 May, 2012 Amended: 29 April, 2014

• WX020-015 Moated site
  Description

  Situated at the crest of the S-facing slope of a broad E-W ridge. It is described in the 1940s as a square area (dims. c. 30m x 30m) defined by a fosse or moat (Wth c. 2m) on all sides except the N. It had a second outer fosse at the S (SMR file). It has been removed since the 1940s, and nothing is visible at ground level in pasture. (Barry 1977, 227, WX 112) 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 May, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Burial ground, extant 1840. Set in unkempt grounds.

• Saint Paul's Church (Clone), church/chapel, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1831-3; consecrated 1833, on a rectangular plan with pair of single-bay single-storey vestries centred on single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan. Pitched slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, cut-granite "saddleback" coping to gables on rendered kneelers, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging rendered eaves retaining "Lotus"-detailed cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish to tower on benchmark-inscribed cut-granite chamfered plinth with cut-granite "Cavetto" stringcourse (bell stage) supporting cut-granite diagonal obelisk pinnacles centred on battlemented parapets having cut-granite "saddleback" coping. Pointed-arch window openings with carved timber Y-mullions, and cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Tudor-headed window opening to chancel (east) with cut-granite sill, carved timber mullions, and cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Tudor-headed door opening to tower with granite flagged threshold, and cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over framing timber boarded double doors having overpanel. Square-headed window opening (second stage), concealed dressings having splayed reveals with hood moulding over framing fixed-pane fitting having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Lancet openings (bell stage), concealed dressings having splayed reveals with hood moulding over framing applied timber Y-mullions on louvered timber fittings. Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with timber panelled double doors; full-height interior with herring bone-pattern terracotta tiled central aisle between timber pews, pair of polished brass wall monuments (ob. 1854; 1912), Gothic-style pulpit on an octagonal plan with Gothic-style clerk's desk, terracotta tiled stepped dais to chancel (east) with rosette-detailed balusters supporting communion railing centred on Gothic-style altar below "East Window", and diagonal timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled vaulted ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered, ruled and lined piers to perimeter having cut-granite shallow pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates.

• Solsborough House, farmyard complex, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, extant 1840, including (west): Detached eleven-bay single-storey coach house-cum-stable outbuilding on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on collared timber construction with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on wrought iron brackets retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone walls with rough cut limestone flush quoins to corners. Series of five elliptical-headed carriageways (south) with red brick block-and-start surrounds. Square-headed door openings (north) with overgrown thresholds, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber boarded doors; (north): Walled garden on a rectangular plan with coursed rubble limestone boundary wall to perimeter having rendered rounded coping. Now disused. Set in unkempt grounds originally shared with Solsborough House.

• Solsborough House, gate lodge, 1866–1903 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1903, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled advanced open porch abutting single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay. Sold, 1981. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued private residential use. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof on chamfered timber posts (porch), clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered base having cut-granite chamfered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, scissor trust-detailed perforated timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins with timber finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers downpipes. Part repointed coursed rubble limestone walls with red brick flush quoins to corners. Pointed segmental-headed central door opening with red brick block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing replacement glazed timber boarded door. Pointed-arch or pointed segmental-headed window opening in bipartite arrangement (east) with cut-granite sill, carved timber Y-mullion, and red brick block-and-start surround framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Paired pointed-arch or pointed segmental-headed window openings (west) with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Solsborough House.

• Solsborough House, gate lodge, 1866–1903 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1903, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled advanced open porch abutting single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay. Derelict, 1990. Restored, 1991, to accommodate continued private residential use. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof on chamfered timber posts (porch), clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks on cut-granite chamfered cushion courses on rendered bases having cut-granite chamfered capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, scissor truss-detailed perforated timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins with timber finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part repointed coursed rubble limestone walls with red brick flush quoins to corners. Pointed segmental-headed central door opening with red brick block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing timber boarded door. Pointed-arch or pointed segmental-headed window opening in bipartite arrangement (west) with cut-granite sill, carved timber Y-mullion, and red brick block-and-start surround framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Paired pointed-arch or pointed segmental-headed window openings (east) with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set back from line of road opposite entrance to grounds of Solsborough House.

• Solsborough House, gate lodge, 1866–1903 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1903, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled advanced open porch abutting single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay. Extended, 1997, producing present composition to accommodate continued private residential use. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof on chamfered timber posts (porch), clay ridge tiles, rendered red brick Running bond chimney stack on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered base having cut-granite chamfered capping supporting terracotta octagonal or yellow terracotta pots, scissor truss-detailed perforated timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins with timber finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part repointed coursed rubble limestone walls with red brick flush quoins to corners. Pointed segmental-headed central door opening with red brick block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing timber boarded door. Pointed-arch or pointed segmental-headed window opening in bipartite arrangement (east) with cut-granite sill, carved timber Y-mullion, and red brick block-and-start surround framing one-over-one timber sash windows having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Paired pointed-arch or pointed segmental-headed window openings (west) with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Solsborough House.

• Solsborough House, gates/railings/walls, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1840, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of lichen-spotted rusticated granite ashlar piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having ogee-detailed cornices below finial-topped capping supporting arrow head-detailed wrought iron double gates. Now disused. One of a pair. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Solsborough House.

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2981 (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 Solsborough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Solsborough · An Ráithín

Area

1,075,638 m² (107.56 ha, 265.8 acres)

Civil parish

Clone, and its townlands

Barony

Scarawalsh

Electoral division

Tinnacross, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Tinnacross electoral division: 1,037 people in 350 households; 86% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynabarny, Ballynahallin, Crane, Kilcannon, Killabeg, Toom

Placenames

Solsborough 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.