Country house · 1725–1735Burton HallLeopardstown Road
Photo: NTF30 · CC BY-SA 4.05buildings on the National Inventory
History of Sandyford · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Sandyford has 5 buildings on the National Inventory
0.8% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. The earliest building recorded goes back to 1725. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites. Sandyford has 5.7 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
On the National Inventory
5
5.7 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
2
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1725
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
0.8%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Sandyford’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 5, by rating
5 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
5 historic places in Sandyford
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Church / chapel · 1805–1835Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchMain Street, Sandyford
Presbytery / parochial / curate's house · 1844–1901Presbytery, Saint Mary's Catholic Church (presbytery / parochial / curate's house)Main Street, Sandyford
Presbytery / parochial / curate's house · 1844–1901Presbytery, Saint Mary's Catholic Church (presbytery / parochial / curate's house)Main Street, Sandyford
House · 1756–1798House, Main Street, Sandyford
What’s recorded
Around Sandyford, the record leans to homes: 80%
Among the highest-rated: Burton Hall and Saint Mary's Catholic Church. None of Sandyford’s records is rated of national importance; all are of regional interest. The record in Sandyford runs as late as 1844.
Homes4
Churches and chapels1
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.
How old
Most of Sandyford’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries2
19th century 1800–18993
1900 and later to today0
2 of the 5 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Burton Hall, from 1725.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Sandyford
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
2 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.
| Castle - tower house1 record |
| Fulacht fia1 record |
Homes by age
Sandyford is still building: 9.3% of its homes are from 2011 or later, against 5.8%
Sandyford added a lot from 1946 to 1980: 35% of its homes, the typical town 24%. Against a typical 3.9%, only 0.7% of Sandyford’s homes went up between the wars. The period that gave Sandyford the most homes is in the 2000s: 41%.
0.8%
Before 1919
0.7%
1919–45
35%
1946–80
13%
1981–2000
41%
2001–10
9.3%
Since 2011
SandyfordTypical 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
Sandyford and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandyford | 8,844 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Dundrum | 16,570 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Stepaside | 22,796 | 49 | 1 | 47 |
| Ballinteer | 16,038 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| Blackrock | 12,816 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| Clonskeagh | 14,142 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
In brief
Sandyford in brief
Sandyford has 5 places on the record. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 3 of 5. The oldest, Burton Hall, dates from 1725.
Its homes are mostly newer: 0.8% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more recorded buildings than only 19% of Irish towns of 2,500 or more. The rest is about typical: it has 5 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 44); and it also has 2 archaeological sites.
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 Sandyford’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Sandyford?
5 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Sandyford?
Burton Hall: the first date on its record is 1725.
Are there archaeological sites in Sandyford?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Sandyford.
How old are the homes in Sandyford?
0.8% 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).