# Newcastle Lower, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Lower Newcastle, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish An Caisleán Nua Íochtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 765,100 m² (76.51 ha, 189.06 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,608 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R3 Secondary Development Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 27 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Lower Newcastle, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/lower-newcastle.md - Barony: Newcastle - Electoral division: Newcastle Lower, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Newcastle Lower electoral division: 2,472 people in 797 households; 77% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55630 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 251093 - Centre: latitude 53.077901, longitude -6.062314 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newcastle Lower, from 28 m² to 626,788 m² (62.68 ha, 154.88 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1287612: 626,788 m² (62.68 ha, 154.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287612.md - Parcel 2993669: 62,182 m² (6.22 ha, 15.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2993669.md - Parcel 1289318: 35,945 m² (3.59 ha, 8.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289318.md - Parcel 1257979: 13,281 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1257979.md - Parcel 1257980: 12,086 m² (1.21 ha, 2.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1257980.md - Parcel 1248403: 6,160 m² (0.62 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1248403.md - Parcel 1249308: 4,964 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1249308.md - Parcel 3309052: 4,803 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3309052.md - Parcel 1256757: 4,621 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1256757.md - Parcel 1248643: 4,132 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1248643.md - Parcel 4917600: 3,987 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4917600.md - Parcel 4909563: 3,875 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4909563.md - Parcel 4020711: 3,514 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4020711.md - Parcel 1263436: 3,265 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263436.md - Parcel 4064827: 2,870 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4064827.md - Parcel 1265559: 2,530 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265559.md - Parcel 1255806: 2,051 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1255806.md - Parcel 1276123: 2,001 m² (0.2 ha, 0.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1276123.md - Parcel 1271643: 1,927 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271643.md - Parcel 4930131: 1,858 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4930131.md - Parcel 5722069: 1,707 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5722069.md - Parcel 4702890: 1,648 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4702890.md - Parcel 1249728: 1,608 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1249728.md - Parcel 5572231: 1,441 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5572231.md - Parcel 1263239: 1,436 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263239.md - Parcel 2447187: 1,422 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2447187.md - Parcel 1257981: 1,295 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1257981.md - Parcel 2657084: 1,141 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657084.md - Parcel 1275516: 1,091 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275516.md - Parcel 1295746: 994 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1295746.md - Parcel 3173731: 956 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3173731.md - Parcel 5300887: 942 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5300887.md - Parcel 1295620: 858 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1295620.md - Parcel 5722070: 852 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5722070.md - Parcel 1257709: 582 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1257709.md - Parcel 2391720: 515 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2391720.md - Parcel 1257707: 426 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1257707.md - Parcel 1262679: 240 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262679.md - Parcel 4661671: 236 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4661671.md - Parcel 1258031: 232 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1258031.md - Parcel 1256037: 125 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1256037.md - Parcel 5157990: 125 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5157990.md - Parcel 2447188: 89 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2447188.md - Parcel 1250866: 83 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1250866.md - Parcel 5300919: 28 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5300919.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R3 Secondary Development Area (Residential, mixed residential and other uses): Newcastle Town Plan, Wicklow; 19 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Portals/0/adam/Documents/76iy345b3UWqXkTk9RQ4sQ/Link/Level%206%20Newcastle%20Town%20Plan%202022%20-%202028.pdf - M2 Primary Development Area (City/Town/village Centre, central area): Newcastle Town Plan, Wicklow; 10 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Portals/0/adam/Documents/76iy345b3UWqXkTk9RQ4sQ/Link/Level%206%20Newcastle%20Town%20Plan%202022%20-%202028.pdf ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 27 applications, newest first. - 27 Aug 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660766: N/a. Permission, 1 home. a storey and a half style dwelling, use of the existing vehicular entrance to the site with the provision of a right of way and wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660766/0 - 19 Aug 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660744: N/a. Permission. a storey and a half style dwelling, use of the existing vehicular entrance to the site with the provision of a right of way and wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660744/0 - 20 Nov 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460724: N/a. Permission. change of use of existing 2no. 2-bedroom terraced houses with studio workshop rooms to 2no. 3-bedroom terraced houses (ii) Change of use of existing 2no. 3-bedroom terraced houses with studio workshop rooms to 2no. 4-bedroom terraced houses. All with associated necessary site works, minor internal modifications and car parking spaces. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460724/0 - 17 Oct 2024, Wicklow County Council 24412: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a new dormer style dwelling, new entrance, along with demolition of existing out building together with all associated site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/24412/0 - 18 Jun 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460347: Refused. Permission. (a) The demolition of the rear extension to Rockingham House; (b) Proposed modifications to Rockingham House’s rear elevation and internal layout to achieve a 3-bed house; (c) The Construction of 2 no. 3-bed houses; all with associated private open space, communal open space, landscaping, car parking, and other necessary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460347/0 - 10 Jul 2023, Wicklow County Council 23590: Refused. Permission. demolition of the rear extension to Rockingham House to construct a 2-storey structure consisting of 2 No. 2-Bed apartments; provision of 1 No. 2 bedroom apartment by way of extending part of the first floor of Rockingham House by 36.2sq.m; and in addition, construction of 1 no. 2 storey 3-Bed Dwelling, all with associated private open space, landscaping, bike storage, car parking, bin storage, and other necessary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23590/0 - 6 Dec 2022, Wicklow County Council 221297: N/a. Outline permission. two storey dwelling house, new site entrance, installation of a wastewater treatment system & associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/221297/0 - 19 Aug 2022, Wicklow County Council 22901: Refused. Permission. (A)Five detached 5-bedroom two storey detached dwellings along with the provision of individual surface water soakaway to meet BRE Digest 365 standards for each dwelling house. (B) Provision of new vehicular entrance off main road providing for sufficient traffic sight lines onto public road along with all necessary ancillary and site works to facilitate this development. (C) Provision of internal road network servicing the development with new landscaped public park and green areas with new pedestrian and cycle paths whilst providing hard and soft landscaping within the development along with all associated site development, new boundary treatments and landscaping works. (D) Proposed connection of each of five dwellings to individual proposed waste water treatment systems and percolations areas to meet current EPA standards until such time that Newcastle waste water treatment plant has been upgraded and then the 5no. houses shall be connected into Newcastle waste water treatment plant and the individual waste water treatment systems shall then be decommissioned. (F) Installation of an underground storm water attenuation tank and connection to all public service utilities.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22901/0 - 3 Aug 2022, Wicklow County Council 22848: N/a. Permission, 1 home. (a) Five detached 5-bedroom two storey detached dwellings along with the provision of individual surface water soakaway to meet BRE Digest 365 standards for each dwelling house. (b) provision of new vehicular entrance off main road providing for sufficient traffic sight lines onto public road along with all necessary ancillary and site works to facilitate this development (c) provision of internal road network servicing the development with new landscaped public park and green areas with new pedestrian and cycle paths whilst providing hard and soft landscaping within the development along with all associated site development , new boundary treatments and landscaping works (d) proposed connection of each of four dwellings to individual proposed waste water treatment systems and percolations areas to meet current EPA standards until such time that Newcastle waste water treatment plant has been upgraded and then the 4no. houses shall be connected into Newcastle waste water treatment plant and the individual waste water treatment systems shall then be decommissioned. (f) installation of an underground storm water attenuation tank and connection to all public services an utilities. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22848/0 - 3 Aug 2022, Wicklow County Council 22849: Refused. Permission, 1 home. (A) Three detached 4-bedroom two storey detached dwellings and one detached single storey 3-bedroom dwelling along with the provision of individual surface water soakaway to meet BRE Digest 365 standards for each dwelling house. (B) Provision of new vehicular entrance off main road providing for sufficient traffic sight lines onto public road along with all necessary ancillary and site works to facilitate this development (c) provision of internal road network servicing the development with new landscaped public park and green areas with new pedestrian and cycle paths whilst providing hard and soft landscaping within the development along with all associated site development, new boundary treatments and landscaping works (d) proposed connection of each of four dwellings to individual proposed waste water treatment systems and percolation areas to meet current EPA standards until such time that Newcastle Waste Water treatment plant and the individual waste water treatment systems shall then be decommissioned. (f) installation of an underground storm water attenuation tank and connection to all public services and utilities. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22849/0 - 3 May 2022, Wicklow County Council 22473: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a new singles storey kitchen extension to the side of the existing house along with ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22473/0 - 5 Apr 2022, Wicklow County Council 22342: Refused. Permission, 1 home. 7 year permission for construction of 27 no. 3-4 bed detached and semi detached dwellings (ranging in size from c.105sqm to 209sqm each) comprising 13 no. dormer bungalows and 14 no. 2 storey houses with associated car parking and rear gardens. - Provision of public open space totalling c3, 028sqm - New Vehicular and pedestrian access from Leamore Lane and all internal roads and footpaths. Proposed road upgrade works including widening of Leamore Lane to 5.5m with provision of a 2m wide footpath. - All associated site development works, services provision, drainage works, open space, landscaping and boundary treatment works - A separate application is made for 5 no. dwelling units on adjoining lands to the east of the site. - The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22342/0 - 16 Mar 2022, Wicklow County Council 22261: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 7 year permission for 1)construction of 27 no. 3-4 bed detached and semi detached dwellings (ranging in size from c.105sqm to 209sqm each) comprising 13 no. dormer bungalows and 14 no. 2 storey houses with associated car parking and rear gardens 2)Provision of public open space totalling c3028sqm 3) New vehicular and pedestrian access from Leamore Lane and all internal roads and footpaths. Proposed road upgrade works including widening of Leamore Lane to 5.5m with provision of a 2m wide footpath.4) All associated site development works, services provision, drainage works, open space, landscaping and boundary treatment works 5)A separate application is made for 5 no. dwelling units on adjoining lands to the east of the site 6) The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22261/0 - 11 Feb 2022, Wicklow County Council 22130: Conditional. Permission. garden shed to rear garden. Single storey 45 m2 footprint and associated siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22130/0 - 23 Nov 2021, Wicklow County Council 211398: N/a. Permission. garden shed to rear garden. Single storey 45m2 footprint. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211398/0 - 18 Nov 2021, Wicklow County Council 211380: N/a. Permission, 1 home. (A) Four detached 4 bedroom two storey dwellings with detached garage and roof link to main house with all associated site works. (B) Upgrading existing agricultural vehicular entrance to access houses on plots 3 & 4 and create new vehicular entrance to access houses on plots 1 & 2. Both vehicular entrances shall allow for sufficient sight lines onto public road. (C) Connection of each of four dwellings to individual proposed waste water treatment system that meets current EPA standards along with the provision of individual surface water soakaway to meet BRE Digest 365 standards for each dwelling house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211380/0 - 29 Oct 2021, Wicklow County Council 211299: N/a. Permission. a) four detached 4 bedroom two storey dwellings with detached garage and roof link to main house. b) Upgrading existing agricultural vehicular entrance to access houses on plots 3 & 4 and create new vehicular entrance to access houses on plots 1 & 2. Both vehicular entrances shall allow for sufficient sight lines onto public road. c) Connection of each of four dwellings to individual proposed waste water treatment system that meets current EPA standards along with the provision of individual surface water soakaway to meet BRE Digest 365 standards for each dwelling house.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211299/0 - 16 Aug 2021, Wicklow County Council 211011: Conditional. Permission. proposed porches to front of existing house & existing family flat, extensions to rear of existing house & family flat (Total 20.20 sq. metres) & ancillary works including new window on side elevation of existing house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211011/0 - 25 Jun 2021, Wicklow County Council 21750: N/a. Permission. proposed porches to the front of existing house & existing family flat , extensions to rear of existing house and family flat (total 20.20sq. metres) & ancillary works including new window on side elevation of existing house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21750/0 - 7 Aug 2020, Wicklow County Council 20764: Conditional. Permission, 9 homes. 9 no. residential dwelling units and 1 no. commercial unit, with the development consisting of the following works; A) 4 no. 4-bed semi-detached two-storey dwelling units, B) 1 no. 2-bed first floor level apartment, C) 3 no. 3-bed two-storey terraced dwelling units, D) 1 no. 2-bed two-storey detached dwelling unit, E) 1 no. ground floor level commercial unit, F) pedestrian access from the village Main Street, G) vehicular and pedestrian access from the Leabeg Road, H) connection to existing service utilities, including watermain and foul sewerage, I) upgrade and extension works to existing footpath and public roadway on Main Street and Leabeg Road, and J) ancillary site works, including car parking facilities and the relocation of an existing electrical/telecoms supply pole. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20764/0 - 26 Jun 2020, Wicklow County Council 20599: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 9 no. residential dwelling units and 1 no. commercial unit, with the development consisting of the following works; A) 4 no. 4-bed semi-detached two-storey dwelling units, B) 1 no. 2-bed first floor level apartment, C) 3 no. 3-bed two-storey terraced dwelling units, D) 1 no. 2-bed two-storey detached dwelling unit, E) 1 no. ground floor level commercial unit, F) pedestrian access from the village Main Street, G) vehicular and pedestrian access from the Leabeg Road, H) connection to existing service utilities, including watermain and foul sewerage, I) upgrade and extension works to existing footpath and public roadway on Main Street and Leabeg Road and J) ancillary site works, including car parking facilities and the relocation of an existing electrical/telecoms supply pole. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20599/0 - 17 Jun 2020, Wicklow County Council 20564: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 9 no. residential dwelling units and 1 no. commercial unit, with the development consisting of the following works; A) 4 no. 4-bed semi-detached two-storey dwelling units, B) 1 no. 2-bed first floor level apartment, C) 3 no. 3-bed two-storey terraced dwelling units, D) 1 no. 2-bed two-storey detached dwelling unit, E) 1 no. ground floor level commercial unit, F) pedestrian access from the village Main Street, G) vehicular and pedestrian access from the Leabeg Road, H) connection to existing service utilities, including watermain and foul sewerage, I) upgrade and extension works to existing footpath and public roadway on Main Street and Leabeg Road and J) ancillary site works, including car parking facilities and the relocation of an existing electrical/telecoms supply pole. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20564/0 - 25 Mar 2020, Wicklow County Council 20298: Conditional. Permission, 40 homes. Town Centre Mixed use development, Town Park and Linear Park comprising of the following: (A). 22 no. houses comprising of 1 no. house type A1 (three bedroom two storey detached unit), 2 no. house type A2 (three bedroom two storey semi-detached units), 8 no. house type A3 (three two storey bedroom semi-detached units), 6 no. house type B (four bedroom three storey semi-detached units), 1 no. house type C1 (four bedroom three storey detached unit), 2 no. house type C2 (four bedroom three storey semi-detached units), 2 no. house type D (four bedroom three storey detached units). (B) . 2 no. Type E buildings, which comprise of 4 no. one bedroom apartments (2 no. apartments in each). (C). Primary zone two storey building comprising 9 no. apartments (1 no. one bedroom, 3 no. two bedroom, 5 no. three bedroom) and 2 no. ground floor commercial units. (D). Town Park Building comprising of 2 no. ground floor commercial units, 1 no. first floor commercial unit. (E). Provision of car parking spaces, bin stores, Bicycle stores, public lighting within development. (F). Provision of new landscaped Town Park and Linear Park with new civic spaces providing hard and soft landscaping within the development along with all associated site development, new boundary treatments and landscaping works. (G). Installation of an underground storm water attenuation tank and connection to all public services. (H). Provision of new vehicular entrance off main street providing for sufficient traffic sight lines onto public road along with all necessary ancillary and site works to facilitate this development. (I). Provision of new footpath to link 'The Castle Inn' public house to the new Town Park. Car parking for Town Park building shall be located in the existing car park behind Public House. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20298/0 - 14 Jan 2020, Wicklow County Council 2017: Refused. Permission, 1 home. 11 no residential dwelling units and 4 no commercial units, with the development consisting of the following works (a) 4 no 4 bed semi detached two storey dwelling units (b) 1 no 1 bed ground floor apartment (c) 1 no 2 bed two storey duplex type apartment (d) 2 no 1 bed first floor level apartments (e) 3 no 2 bed first floor level apartments (f) 4 no ground floor level commercial units (g) pedestrian access from the village main street (h) vehicular and pedestrian access from the Leabeg Road (I) connection to existing service utilities, including water main and foul sewerage and (J) ancillary site works, including car parking facilities and the relocation of an existing electrical / telecoms supply pole. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2017/0 - 8 Mar 2019, Wicklow County Council 19248: Refused. Permission, 2 homes. 2 no dwellings, upgrade to existing entrance, connection to water main, effluent disposal systems to current EPA standards and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19248/0 - 6 Jul 2017, Wicklow County Council 17820: Conditional. Permission. 1 no agricultural structure with a gross floor area of 527 sqm for general purpose use for storage of hay, straw and grain. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17820/0 - 6 Jun 2017, Wicklow County Council 17660: Conditional. Permission. one storey extension to the rear, new windows, upgrade to existing wastewater treatment system, associated site works and retention of repairs to existing roof to existing dwelling house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17660/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Newcastle Lower. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI019-006: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI019-006----. Situated on a gentle W-facing slope in undulating terrain. Oval area (dims. 56.4m N-S; 41.9m E-W) consisting of a platform (H 0.5m at S - 2m at N) with an earthen bank (Wth c. 4.5m; H 0.3m) and an external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.3m) around the perimeter SSW-N-SE. A NE-SW field boundary traverses the SE portion of the ringfort and beyond this the site has been levelled. No indication of an entrance or internal features. 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 - WI019-007: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI019-007----. Situated at a break in an E-facing slope, with a marked drop immediately E of the site. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) defined by a fosse, visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDJ 95). Not visible at ground level. 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 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) - Water pump, 1890–1910, Regional interest, registry number 16310010, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16310010. Freestanding cast-iron water pump, c.1900, now disused. The pump comprises a cylindrical shaft with raised horizontal banding, fluted upper section with spout, fluted ogee-domed fluted cap with finial, and 'cow-tail' handle. The pump is set within a small area of concrete by the roadside. - Beechmount, house, 1890–1910, Regional interest, registry number 16310011, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16310011. Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1900. The façade is finished in painted lined render to ground floor level and plain unpainted render to the first floor level, with a projecting string course between the floors. The overhanging gable-ended pitched roof is slated and has plain bargeboards and rendered chimneystacks with corbelling. The entrance is located within a large, mainly glazed gable-ended porch and consists of a partly glazed timber door. The largely uniform flat-headed windows have plain timber sash frames. To the south side there is a single-storey single-bay gable-ended projection, which continues along the main south elevation of the house as a lean-to. uPVC rainwater goods. To front there is a garden enclosed by wrought-iron railings and a wrought-iron gate with square pyramidal capped piers. Large collection of outbuildings to south and east. - The Rookery, house, 1820–1840, Regional interest, registry number 16401911, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16401911. Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1830. The house is finished in render. To the north side there is an early 20th-century single-storey extension. To the south-east there is a grouping of farm buildings. The timber panelled front door has an elliptical-headed spider’s web fanlight; this is now covered with a recent gabled porch. Window openings are flat-headed with replacement top-hung timber windows. The hipped roof has natural slate and extruded aluminium rainwater goods. The building is set within a wooded garden. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 20 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: Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3384, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3384.zip (ZIP). - 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/wicklow/newcastle-lower.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/newcastle-lower.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/newcastle-lower.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Newcastle Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow: https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Blackditch: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/blackditch-250371.md - Leabeg Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/leabeg-lower.md - Leabeg Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/leabeg-upper.md - Leamore Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/leamore-lower.md - Leamore Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/leamore-upper.md - Newcastle Middle: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/newcastle-middle.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. --- 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/wicklow/newcastle-lower - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/newcastle-lower