Binn's Bridge · Photo: Royalcanalrunner · CC BY-SA 4.0Robertstown: 13 buildings on the National Inventory
History in Robertstown goes back at least to 1780, the date of its oldest recorded building. 5% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%.
Where Robertstown’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).
13 historic places in Robertstown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
8 recorded by their type and address
8 are recorded only by their type and address: 2 homes, 2 street furniture and 1 mills, stations and works; most date from the 19th century.
Robertstown’s record leans to homes: 46%
The record in Robertstown comes up to 1895 at its newest. 2 records make street furniture the second group. Two of the highest-rated records are Binn's Bridge and Charlie Weld.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Robertstown’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
3 of the 13 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Binn's Bridge, from 1780.
Just outside Robertstown
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Robertstown: 2
| Annsborough HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Aqueduct, RobertstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
The biggest share of Robertstown’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 42%
Over half of the homes in Robertstown were already standing by 2001. Few of Robertstown’s homes date between the wars: 1.7%, the norm 3.9%. Against a typical 24%, only 16% of Robertstown’s homes went up from 1946 to 1980.
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.
Robertstown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertstown | 771 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Coill Dubh (Blackwood) | 1,476 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kilmeage | 1,054 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Allenwood | 1,685 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Prosperous | 2,413 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| Carragh | 1,006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Clane | 8,152 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
Robertstown in brief
More of Robertstown’s homes are old than in most places: 5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 13 places on the record. Of the 13 with a date, 10 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Binn's Bridge, from 1780.
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 Robertstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Robertstown?
13 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Robertstown?
Binn's Bridge: the first date on its record is 1780.
How old are the homes in Robertstown?
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 (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).