Commons

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commons, from 16 m² to 908 m². The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 40 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 19 Mar 2025Conditional

  alterations and extension to an existing 53m2 dwelling. The works will include the following- 1. Demolition of an existing rear extension(habitable) circa 6 sq.m as well as the demolition of existing sheds (non-habitable) measuring 29.27 sq.m. . 2. The construction of a new single storey split level extension to side and rear of existing dwelling measuring circa 96.5 sq.m. 3. Modifications and alterations to existing floor layout and elevations to incorporate new layout and design 4. The relocation of remaining existing timber sheds measuring 19.7 sq.m. to the rear of the property 5. All associated site works to site and boundaries and services to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2560189

• 3 Mar 2025N/a

  alterations and extension to an existing 53m2 dwelling. The works will include the following- 1. Demolition of an existing rear extension circa 6 sq.m. 2. The construction of a new single storey split level extension to side and rear of existing dwelling measuring circa 96.5 sq.m. 3. Modifications and alterations to existing floor layout and elevations to incorporate new layout and design and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560136

• 13 Apr 2022Conditional

  proposed demolition of existing cottage and proposed three no. townhouses with connection to services and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22451

• 8 Mar 2021Conditional

  construction of a new extension linking the existing single storey detached dwelling to the existing single storey storage building and conversion of the existing storage building into living accommodation to provide two no. bedrooms & en-suite. Works will include alterations to the layout & fenestration of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21233

• 18 Nov 2020N/a

  27.3m2 extension to front of existing 57.2m2 dwelling and introduction of new 1.1m high railings & gates around existing property roadside boundary

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 201162

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 Commons.

Recorded monuments

• WI025-010001 Church
  Description

  Situated on level ground overlooking a sharp drop to the SW. Poorly preserved church of which only the E gable (L 1.5m; H 1.8m; T 0.85m) survives. The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 84-5) describe the church as measuring 16.5m long by 5.8m wide, (average H 1m) with an internal partition 5.5m from the E end, and part of a window of cut stone surviving at the E end of the S wall. The church is traditionally associated with St Ernin (Ronan 1928, 139-40), and lies towards the N end of an oval graveyard (dims. 50m NE-SW; 40m NW-SE) defined by an early 19th-century wall possibly built on the perimeter of an earlier enclosure. Some 18th-century headstones have been re-erected along the wall. There is a granite font (diam. 0.8m; H 0.4m) beside the E gable of church. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

• WI025-010002 Font
  Description

  Situated on level ground overlooking a sharp drop to the SW. Poorly preserved church (WI025-010001-) of which only the E gable survives. There is a granite font (diam. 0.8m; H 0.4m) beside the E gable of church. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 November 2012

• WI025-010003 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on level ground overlooking a sharp drop to the SW. Poorly preserved church (WI025-010001-) of which only the E gable survives. The church is traditionally associated with St Ernin (Ronan 1928, 139-40), and lies towards the N end of an oval graveyard (dims. 50m NE-SW; 40m NW-SE) defined by an early 19th-century wall possibly built on the perimeter of an earlier enclosure. Some 18th-century headstones have been re-erected along the wall. There is a granite font (WI025-010002-) beside the E gable of church. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 20 October 2012

• WI025-088001 Font (present location)
  Description

  The font is currently held in St Joseph's Church in Rathnew village. A nearby graveyard (WI025-010003-) contains a ruined church (WI025-010001-), and a font (WI025-010002-). A roughly shaped, rectangular granite block (dims. L 0.5m; Wth 0.43m; H 0.32m high) contains a finely carved, smooth, steep-sided, almost circular basin (diams. 0.30m; 0.27m; D 0.13m.). Record no. WI025-088002- was created for the unknown 'Original location' of this font. Date of upload: 30 October 2012

Architectural heritage

• Saint Joesph's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay single-storey Roman Catholic church in a simple Arts & Crafts style, built 1887 originally to serve the dual purpose of a church and a school, but now in use solely as a church. The façade is in rubble stone with brick quoins, dressings, buttresses and string courses, whilst the overhanging gable-ended pitched roof is slated and has plain bargeboards and small cross finials. To the east side of the north elevation there is a full-height gabled porch with two entrances to opposite sides each consisting of timber doors with large square fanlights. The porch is topped with a brick bellcote. To the west side of the rear elevation there is a small gable-ended vestry projection which is now rendered, with a small flat-roofed extension of c.1980 to east of this finished in dry dash. The windows are a mixture of segmental-headed, flat-headed and pointed arch and have a mixture of timber frames, mostly mullioned and transomed with swivel openers, and granite sills. Cast-iron rainwater goods.Internally, the church consists of a long nave with exposed roof trusses, walls with tongue & groove wainscoting and plain painted plaster above, with simple decorative architrave mouldings and a decorative cornice. The seating consists of rows of c.1980s chairs with the simple altar fittings dating from the same period. The windows are largely filled with original stained glass with relatively simple cartouches.

• Rathnew National School, school, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey school house of 1888, presently unused. The façade is in uncoursed rubble stone rough granite quoins and brick dressings to the windows, whilst the gable-ended pitched roof is covered in artificial slate with small replacement brick chimneystacks. To the south-facing front there is a gabled porch with plain sheeted timber entrance door. Above the doorway is a cut-granite date stone inscribed: "RATHNEW/NATIONAL SCHOOL/1888". The flat-headed windows have replacement timber frames with hopper openers. A tall rubble wall extends from the front porch enclosing the grounds of the building.

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 20 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3389 (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 Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Commons

Area

26,369 m² (2.64 ha, 6.52 acres)

Civil parish

Rathnew, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Wicklow Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Wicklow Rural electoral division: 10,247 people in 3,334 households; 73% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybeg, Merrymeeting

Placenames

Commons 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.