Country house · 1700–1720Riverstown HouseRiverstown
Copperalley Bridge · Photo: Caoimheen3 · CC BY-SA 4.04buildings on the National Inventory
History of Riverstown · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Riverstown has 4 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
Of its homes, 0.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1700. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 5 archaeological sites inside the town. For every 10,000 residents, Riverstown has 11 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
On the National Inventory
4
11 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
5
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1700
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
0.6%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Riverstown’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
National and InternationalRegional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 4, by rating
1 National and International3 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).
National and International
One place of national importance in Riverstown
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
3 more historic places in Riverstown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
RegWhat’s recorded
57% of the records in and around Riverstown are homes
National importance: 1 on Riverstown’s record. Among the highest-rated: Riverstown House and Copperalley Bridge. From one type to the next, Riverstown’s record lists 4 kinds of building.
Homes4
Walls, gates and bridges1
Farm and estate buildings1
Other 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
Archaeology in Riverstown
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
5 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.
| Mill - paper1 record |
| Mill - cloth1 record |
| Designed landscape - ornamental lake1 record |
| Country house1 record |
| Kiln - lime1 record |
Just outside Riverstown: 3
| Saint Stephen's Hospital (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Saint Stephen's Hospital (chimney)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Saint Stephen's Hospital (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
Homes by age
The biggest share of Riverstown’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 69%
Take 2001 as the dividing line: more of Riverstown’s homes stand on the older side. Homes built between the wars make up just 0.9% of Riverstown’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. Only 8.3% of Riverstown’s homes were built in the 2000s, less than the typical town’s 25%.
0.6%
Before 1919
0.9%
1919–45
15%
1946–80
69%
1981–2000
8.3%
2001–10
6.8%
Since 2011
RiverstownTypical 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
Riverstown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverstown | 3,664 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Glanmire | 4,454 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| Ballyvolane | 8,707 | 33 | 0 | 38 |
| Mayfield | 2,846 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tivoli | 4,449 | 93 | 0 | 7 |
| Glounthaune | 5,000 | 33 | 0 | 43 |
| Montenotte | 4,113 | 36 | 0 | 3 |
In brief
Riverstown in brief
Riverstown has 4 places on the record, 1 of them in the top tier, including Riverstown House. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 5 sites. The oldest is Riverstown House, from 1700. Beyond that, it has 4 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 19).
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 Riverstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Riverstown?
4 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Riverstown are of national importance?
Riverstown House.
What is the oldest building in Riverstown?
Riverstown House: the first date on its record is 1700.
Are there archaeological sites in Riverstown?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 archaeological sites inside Riverstown.
How old are the homes in Riverstown?
0.6% 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 (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).