House · 1800–1840House, Ballinspittle
Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.03buildings on the National Inventory
History of Ballinspittle · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ballinspittle: 3 buildings on the National Inventory
Ballinspittle has kept more old homes than most towns: 10% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1800.
On the National Inventory
3
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1800
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
10%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Ballinspittle’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 3, by rating
3 Regional and other sites
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage is the State’s survey of buildings from 1700 to today, county by county; each record gives a rating, dates, a type and an appraisal. Being on it is not legal protection: that is each council’s Record of Protected Structures.
Points from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and the Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0).
Regional and other sites
3 historic places in Ballinspittle
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
What’s recorded
59% of the records in and around Ballinspittle are homes
1930 brings Ballinspittle’s record up to its newest entry. The runner-up group is walls, gates and bridges: 2 records. At the top of the record: Garrettstown House and Sea View.
Homes10
Walls, gates and bridges2
Street furniture2
Churches and chapels1
Farm and estate buildings1
Public buildings1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Ballinspittle
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ballinspittle: 14
| Garrettstown House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Garrettstown House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Garrettstown House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Garrettstown House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Garrettstown House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Sea ViewRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| Church of Ireland TempletrineRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Courcey's GlebeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Old Head of Kinsale National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Farm house, BallyhanderRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| School master's house, Lispatrick LowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Water pump, Lispatrick LowerRegional rating (NIAH) · 3 km outside the town |
| House, ClashreaghRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Post box, Garrylucas WestRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
Homes by age
New homes stand out in Ballinspittle: 9% built since 2011, where most towns have 5.8%
In most towns 3.9% of homes were built between the wars; in Ballinspittle only 2.2%. 43% of Ballinspittle’s homes went up in the 2000s, more than in any other period. Just 16% of the homes in Ballinspittle went up from 1981 to 2000, short of the typical 24%.
10%
Before 1919
2.2%
1919–45
19%
1946–80
16%
1981–2000
43%
2001–10
9%
Since 2011
BallinspittleTypical town
Census 2022, households by the year their home was built (CSO, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0); the typical town is the middle Irish town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Ballinspittle and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinspittle | 369 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kinsale | 5,991 | 175 | 3 | 41 |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 22 | 0 | 11 |
| Bandon | 8,196 | 228 | 2 | 38 |
In brief
Ballinspittle in brief
Old houses are part of Ballinspittle’s character: 10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 3 places on the record.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The National Inventory. The State’s survey of post-1700 buildings, made county by county since 1990 (NIAH); a few records are older. It records; it does not protect.
- Ratings. International and National: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Regional: in its region. Local and record-only buildings get no page here.
- Archaeology. The Sites and Monuments Record (National Monuments Service) lists known archaeological sites; the national monuments to visit and the sites with an encyclopedia article get pages here.
- Protection. Both registers are surveys, not protection: a building is protected by its council’s Record of Protected Structures, and no national open list joins the 31 councils’ records.
- The grade. Ireland’s History grade is not built yet: the page describes, and gives no grade.
Questions about Ballinspittle’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ballinspittle?
3 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ballinspittle?
House, Ballinspittle: the first date on its record is 1800.
How old are the homes in Ballinspittle?
10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
Are the buildings on this page protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
History is described here, not graded.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Sites and Monuments Record and the National Monuments Service’s monuments to visit · CSO Census 2022 (homes by the year built) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).