Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Old homes in Pettigo: 28% built before 1919
Against 3.4% in the typical town, Pettigo has 8 times the share. On the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Pettigo counts 24 buildings. Its oldest building dates from 1750.
Historic Pettigo, pictured
The Station House is the one recorded place in Pettigo with a photo so far.
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 Pettigo’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 Pettigo
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 10, A to Z
14 recorded by their type and address
14 are recorded only by their type and address: 10 homes, 2 walls, gates and bridges and 2 memorials and tombs; most date from the 19th century.
In Pettigo, homes lead the record (50%)
Among the highest-rated: Pettigoe Bridge and The Bargain Store. In second place come churches and chapels, with 3. Its buildings rate regional: Pettigo has none of national importance.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Pettigo’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
3 of the 24 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Pettigoe Bridge, from 1750.
Just outside Pettigo
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Pettigo: 8
| Templecarne GraveyardRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Lurganboy BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Pettigoe Railway BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| The Station HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| House, Croagh (Pettigoe)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Castlederg Road, PettigoeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Goods shed, PettigoeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Outbuilding, PettigoeRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
No new homes in Pettigo since 2011, against 5.8% in most towns
Building between the wars left Pettigo with 11% of its homes, above the usual 3.9%. Pettigo built little in the 2000s: 7.3% of its homes, where most towns have 25%. In most towns 24% of homes were built from 1981 to 2000; in Pettigo only 12%.
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.
Pettigo in brief
Old houses are part of Pettigo’s character: 28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 24 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 50%, are homes. Of the 24 with a date, 18 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Pettigoe Bridge, from 1750.
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 Pettigo’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Pettigo?
24 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Pettigo?
Pettigoe Bridge: the first date on its record is 1750.
How old are the homes in Pettigo?
28% 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) · 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).