Country house · 1855–1865Glencairn (country house)Murphystown Road
Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Wayside · Photo: Originally · Public domain49buildings on the National Inventory
History of Stepaside · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Stepaside has 49 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance
Stepaside’s oldest recorded building dates from 1700. The Sites and Monuments Record adds 47 archaeological sites inside the town. For every 10,000 residents, Stepaside has 21 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48. 1.5% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.
On the National Inventory
49
21 per 10,000 residents
typical town: 48
typical town: 48
Of national importance
1
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
47
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1700
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
1.5%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Stepaside’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 49, by rating
1 National and International48 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 Stepaside
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Each one opens its own page.
Regional and other sites
48 more historic places in Stepaside
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 36, A to Z
Castle LodgeCatholic Church of Our Lady of the WaysideClay FarmFern HillFirmountGlencairn (conservatory)Glencairn (gate lodge)Glencairn (gates / railings / walls)Glencairn (walled garden)Greenfield HouseGreenfield House (gate lodge)Jamestown HouseKilgobbinKilgobbin CastleKilgobbin HouseKilternan Lodge (country house)Kilternan Lodge (gate lodge)Kilternan Lodge (outbuilding)Kilternan VillaKingston GroveLeopardstown Park (country house)Leopardstown Park (hospital / infirmary)Leopardstown Park (stables)Leopardstown Race CourseLisieux HallLonsdaleMill HouseOrange LodgeRockville House (farm house)Rockville House (gate lodge)Saint Tiernan's Church (Kiltiernan)School, Saint Tiernan's Church (Kiltiernan)Sexton's house, Saint Tiernan's Church (Kiltiernan)The Kilternan GalleryThornberryViolet Hill
12 recorded by their type and address
12 are recorded only by their type and address: 8 street furniture, 2 homes and 1 other buildings; most date from the 19th century.
17th century2
19th century6
20th century4
Historic streets
Enniskerry Road has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Enniskerry Road13 on the record
Kilgobbin Road10 on the record
Murphystown Road6 on the record · 1 of national importance
Woodside Road3 on the record
Bishop's Lane3 on the record
Leopardstown Road3 on the record
Glenamuck Road3 on the record
Of the 49 records, 48 give a street address.
What’s recorded
A record rich in street furniture: 16% in Stepaside, against 3% across Ireland
Two of the highest-rated records are Glencairn and Firmount. The largest group is homes: 28, or 57%. Across its record, Stepaside takes in 7 kinds of building.
Homes28
Street furniture8
Churches and chapels3
Public buildings3
Walls, gates and bridges2
Farm and estate buildings2
Other buildings3
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Stepaside’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries9
19th century 1800–189930
1900 and later to today10
9 of the 49 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Firmount, from 1700.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Stepaside
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
47 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.
| Designed landscape - tree-ring3 records |
| Enclosure3 records |
| Church3 records |
| Graveyard3 records |
| Linear earthwork3 records |
| Castle - tower house2 records |
| Fulacht fia2 records |
| Cross-slab2 records |
| Graveslab2 records |
| Cross2 records |
| Cist2 records |
| Ritual site - holy well2 records |
| House - 16th/17th century1 record |
| Flat cemetery1 record |
| Burial ground1 record |
| 15 more kinds15 records |
Just outside Stepaside: 3
| VerneyRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Verney HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Newtown HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
Homes by age
22% of Stepaside’s homes are newer than 2011 (5.8% is typical)
Just 1.5% of the homes in Stepaside went up between the wars, short of the typical 3.9%. Homes dated from 1946 to 1980 are scarcer in Stepaside than in most towns: 5.6%, against 24%. 38% of Stepaside’s homes went up in the 2000s, more than in any other period.
1.5%
Before 1919
1.5%
1919–45
5.6%
1946–80
32%
1981–2000
38%
2001–10
22%
Since 2011
StepasideTypical 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
Stepaside and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepaside | 22,796 | 49 | 1 | 47 |
| Sandyford | 8,844 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Foxrock | 12,163 | 94 | 4 | 5 |
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Dundrum | 16,570 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Cabinteely | 15,864 | 31 | 1 | 66 |
| Ballinteer | 16,038 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
In brief
Stepaside in brief
The official list counts 49 places on the record in Stepaside, 1 of them in the top tier, including Glencairn. Enniskerry Road alone has 13 places on the record. Of the whole list, 57% are homes. Of the 49 with a date, 30 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Firmount, from 1700.
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The archaeological record adds 47 sites. Beyond that, it has 49 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 71); per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more; and George Dockrell (1886) 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 Stepaside’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Stepaside?
49 buildings on the National Inventory, one of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Stepaside are of national importance?
Glencairn (country house).
What is the oldest building in Stepaside?
Building misc, Stepaside Lane, Stepaside: the first date on its record is 1700.
Are there archaeological sites in Stepaside?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 47 archaeological sites inside Stepaside.
How old are the homes in Stepaside?
1.5% 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).