Wells

3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Wells, from 3,596 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres) to 17,704 m² (1.77 ha, 4.37 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 Wells 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.

• 20 May 2025Refused

  Permission for a change of use from an existing leisure/restaurant building and

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250583

• 29 Nov 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the development of an Integrated Constructed Wetland for secondar

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211845

• 18 Nov 2021N/a

  Permission for the development of an integrated constructed wetland for secondar

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211790

• 9 Jun 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect 962 m2 of photovoltaic panels on the roof of existing unit w

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210906

• 26 Feb 2021Refused

  Permission for the development of an Integrated Constructed Wetland for the

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210268

• 12 Feb 2021N/a

  Permission for the development of an Integrated Constructed Wetland for the

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210198

• 29 Jan 2021N/a

  Permission for the development of an Integrated Constructed Wetland for the trea

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210106

• 17 Feb 2020Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO MANUFACTURING PLANT COMPRISING A

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200177

• 13 Aug 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO ERECT 2 NO. ADDITIONAL KILN-DRYING BUILDINGS (85 SQM EACH) WITH IN

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191134

• 13 Apr 2018Refused

  PERMISSION FOR A CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING LEISURE/ RESTAURANT & SEPARATE CHAL

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20180470

• 10 Apr 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO ERECT A KILN-DRYING BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED PLANT WITH INTEGRATION

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170430

• 21 Jul 2016Granted (conditional)

  RETENTION OF ALTERATIONS TO APPROVED PLANT AND BOILER ROOM, INCLUDING INCREASE I

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160829

• 20 Jun 2016Granted (conditional)

  RETENTION OF A MOBILE HOME

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160692

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 Wells.

Recorded monuments

• WX021-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located in a fairly level, low-lying landscape. The cropmark of subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (13) 9–11), although it might represent an old meandering stream. 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: 15 June, 2012 Amended: 30 April, 2014

Architectural heritage

• Wells House, country house, 1830–1850 · National interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey over basement country house with dormer attic, designed 1835-45; built 1836-45, on a H-shaped plan with single-bay full-height gabled advanced end bays centred on single-bay full-height gabled projecting breakfront; seven-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation with single-bay full-height gabled advanced end bays. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1927. "Conveyed", 1939. Resold, 1965. For sale, 2007. Sold, 2008. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on a H-shaped plan including gablets to window opening to dormer attic centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront), pressed or rolled lead ridges, clustered red brick Running bond chimney stacks having lichen-spotted cut-granite chamfered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, lichen-spotted roll moulded cut-granite coping to gables on "Cavetto"-detailed thumbnail beaded kneelers with octagonal finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves on "Cavetto"-detailed thumbnail beaded consoles retaining cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Red brick Flemish bond walls on lichen-spotted cut-granite chamfered cushion course on red brick Flemish bond base. Tudor-headed central door opening approached by flight of four cut-granite steps with cut-granite step threshold, and quatrefoil-detailed cut-granite surround having engaged colonette-detailed moulded reveals with hood moulding over framing nailed timber panelled double doors. Tudor-headed window opening in bipartite arrangement (first floor), cut-granite surround having moulded reveals with hood moulding over framing four-over-four timber sash windows without horns. Elliptical-headed window opening below cut-granite panel (dormer attic), cut-granite surround having moulded reveals with hood moulding over framing two-over-one timber sash window without horns. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (basement) with cut-granite lugged surrounds having chamfered reveals framing two-over-two timber sash windows without horns behind wrought iron bars. Elliptical-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement, cut-granite surrounds having moulded reveals with hood mouldings over framing four-over-six (ground floor) or four-over-four (first floor) timber sash windows without horns. Elliptical-headed window openings (dormer attic) with cut-granite lugged surrounds having moulded reveals framing two-over-one timber sash windows without horns. Elliptical-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement to rear (east) elevation, cut-granite surrounds having moulded reveals framing four-over-six (ground floor) or four-over-four (first floor) timber sash windows without horns. Elliptical-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (dormer attic), cut-granite surrounds having moulded reveals framing two-over-four timber sash windows without horns. Elliptical-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement (end bays), cut-granite lugged surrounds having moulded reveals framing four-over-four timber sash windows without horns. Interior including (ground floor clockwise): central vestibule retaining encaustic tiled floor; entrance hall retaining carved timber Classical-style surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, timber panelled wainscoting supporting carved timber dado rail, carved timber Classical-style corner chimneypiece, and dentilated cornice to compartmentalised ceiling centred on coat-of-arms detailed pierced quatrefoil; study retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-white marble Classical-style corner chimneypiece, and carved timber cornice to geometric ceiling centred on Gothic-style ceiling rose; double-height staircase hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing Gothic-style timber panelled doors, Gothic-style timber panelled wainscoting supporting carved timber dado rail, timber panelled staircase on a dog leg plan with cast-iron balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in Gothic-style octagonal newels, carved timber surround to window opening to half-landing framing timber panelled reveals or shutters, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing Gothic-style timber panelled doors, and groin vaulted ceiling with moulded plasterwork ribs centred on octagonal boss; dining room retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing Gothic-style timber panelled doors centred on Tudor-headed buffet niche with carved timber surround to opposing window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, Gothic-style timber panelled wainscoting supporting carved timber dado rail, and carved timber cornice to coved geometric ceiling centred on Gothic-style ceiling rose; library retaining timber panelled surrounds to door openings framing "book case" false doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, quatrefoil-detailed carved timber Gothic-style corner chimneypiece, and carved timber cornice to geometric ceiling centred on Gothic-style ceiling rose; "Versailles Drawing Room" retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-white marble Classical-style corner chimneypiece, and "Acanthus"-detailed modillioned cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling rose in decorative frame; 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 landscaped grounds.

• Wells House, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, built 1844, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of lichen-spotted granite ashlar piers on cut-granite plinths having battlemented capping supporting quatrefoil-detailed timber double gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Wells House.

• Wells House, gate lodge, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with half-dormer attic, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch) with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond off-central chimney stack on red brick Running bond base having stepped capping supporting terracotta pot, perforated decorative timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part repointed coursed rubble stone walls originally roughcast with rough hewn rubble stone flush quoins to corners; roughcast surface finish to side (east) elevation bellcast over rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with timber lintel framing glazed timber boarded door. Square-headed flanking window openings in camber-headed recesses with cut-granite sills, and red brick voussoirs framing pivot fittings having square glazing bars. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Wells 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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Wells.

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

Name

Wells · Tobar Scoilbín

Area

1,532,428 m² (153.24 ha, 378.67 acres)

Civil parish

Killincooly, and its townlands

Barony

Ballaghkeen North

Electoral division

Wells, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Wells electoral division: 887 people in 295 households; 83% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinvack, Ballynahown, Ballyrea, Knockadilly, Magmore, Tomgarrow, Wellshill

Placenames

Wells 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.