Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Castletownroche: 22% of homes built before 1919
Against 3.4% in the typical town, Castletownroche has 6 times the share. Castletownroche has 24 buildings on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1790. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites.
Landmarks of Castletownroche
The photo shows Bridgetown Abbey, one of Castletownroche’s recorded places.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Where Castletownroche’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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).
24 historic places in Castletownroche
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 9, A to Z
15 recorded by their type and address
15 are recorded only by their type and address: 11 homes and 4 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
Castletownroche’s largest group: homes, 71% of the record
The record in Castletownroche comes up to 1910 at its newest. 4 records make street furniture the second group. Among the highest-rated: Rockview and Spire View.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Castletownroche’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1 of the 24 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology in Castletownroche
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
3 archaeological sites inside the town
Sites on the Record of Monuments and Places, the statutory list drawn from this record, are protected by law: anyone planning work at or near one must give the National Monuments Service two months’ notice.
| Graveyard1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Mill - unclassified1 record |
Just outside Castletownroche: 21
| Bridgetown AbbeyArchaeological monument (SMR) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Blackwater Castle (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Kilcummer BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Anne's Grove (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Glenanore (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Rockvale HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| The CloseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Anne's Grove (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Anne's Grove (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| Anne's Grove (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.7 km outside the town |
| CopsewoodRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Glenanore (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Clifford HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Bridge Mill (mill (water))Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Bridge Mill (mill (water))Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Ballinardra BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Kilcummer ViaductRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Home FarmRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Bridge, CastletownrocheRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Kiln, Bridgetown UpperRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
Since 2011, building in Castletownroche has been slow: 2.9% of its homes, the norm is 5.8%
A full 7.7% of the homes in Castletownroche went up between the wars, beyond the typical 3.9%. Castletownroche’s largest group of homes, 28%, went up in the 2000s. Fewer of Castletownroche’s homes than usual date from 1981 to 2000: 14%, against 24%.
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.
Castletownroche and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castletownroche | 509 | 24 | 0 | 3 |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 142 | 1 | 49 |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 179 | 1 | 18 |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 33 | 0 | 18 |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Mitchelstown | 3,744 | 111 | 0 | 18 |
Castletownroche in brief
More of Castletownroche’s homes are old than in most places: 22% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 24 places on the record. Of the whole list, 71% are homes.
Of the 24 with a date, 22 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Rockview, from 1800. The rest is about typical: Thomas Hunter (1885) was born here before 1900; and it also has 3 archaeological sites.
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 Castletownroche’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Castletownroche?
24 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Castletownroche?
House, Main Street, Castletownroche: the first date on its record is 1790.
Are there archaeological sites in Castletownroche?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 archaeological sites inside Castletownroche.
How old are the homes in Castletownroche?
22% 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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata and English Wikipedia for people born here · 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).