Market house · 1800–1820CYMSMain Street, Chapel Street, Newmarket
Photo: Harold Strong · CC BY-SA 2.011buildings on the National Inventory
History of Newmarket · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Newmarket: 11 buildings on the National Inventory
Newmarket has kept more old homes than most towns: 12% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The Sites and Monuments Record marks it as a historic town and lists 10 archaeological sites inside it. Its oldest building dates from 1800.
On the National Inventory
11
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
10
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1800
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
12%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Newmarket’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 11, by rating
11 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
11 historic places in Newmarket
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Church / chapel · 1820–1840Christ ChurchMain Street, Church Street, Newmarket
Church / chapel · 1835–1845Saint Mary's ChurchMain Street, Chapel Street, Newmarket
School · 1875–1880The Video LibraryNewmarket
Farmyard complex · 1840–1860Farmyard complex, Newmarket
House · 1850–1870House, Chapel Lane, Newmarket
House · 1850–1870House, Hospital Row, Newmarket
House · 1850–1870House, Hospital Row, Newmarket
House · 1850–1870House, Scarteen Street, Newmarket
House · 1860–1900House, New Street, Newmarket
House · 1860–1900House, Scarteen Street, Newmarket
What’s recorded
Newmarket’s largest group: homes, 64% of the record
Newmarket shows 4 kinds of building on its record. 2 records make churches and chapels the second group. Two of the highest-rated records are CYMS and Christ Church.
Homes7
Churches and chapels2
Farm and estate buildings1
Public buildings1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Newmarket
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
10 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.
| Church3 records |
| Kiln - lime2 records |
| House - vernacular house1 record |
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
| Designed landscape feature1 record |
| Burial ground1 record |
| Historic town1 record |
Just outside Newmarket: 11
| OxcloseRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| James O'Keefe Memorial CentreRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Mount KeeffeRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Anne's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Barleyhill BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Aldworth's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Allen's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| AllensbridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| House, KillasseraghRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
| House, RossaconRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Kiln, CurraduffRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Newmarket has added few homes since 2011: 2.9%, where most towns have 5.8%
7.6% of Newmarket’s homes date between the wars, well above the typical 3.9%. No period built more of Newmarket than from 1946 to 1980: 32% of its homes. Homes dated in the 2000s are scarcer in Newmarket than in most towns: 18%, against 25%.
12%
Before 1919
7.6%
1919–45
32%
1946–80
28%
1981–2000
18%
2001–10
2.9%
Since 2011
NewmarketTypical 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
Newmarket and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 32 | 0 | 14 |
| Millstreet | 1,722 | 16 | 0 | 10 |
In brief
Newmarket in brief
More of Newmarket’s homes are old than in most places: 12% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 11 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 64%, are homes.
It also has 10 archaeological sites on the record. The oldest is CYMS, from 1800. The rest is about typical: most dated ones come from the 19th century; and John Philpot Curran (1750) was born here before 1900.
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 Newmarket’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Newmarket?
11 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Newmarket?
CYMS: the first date on its record is 1800.
Are there archaeological sites in Newmarket?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 10 archaeological sites inside Newmarket.
How old are the homes in Newmarket?
12% 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.
This page describes its history; it gives no grade.
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 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).