Nothing in Newtown is on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

1.1% of its homes date from before 1919; the typical town has 3.4%. Since 2011, Newtown has added 7.5% of its homes, against 5.8% in the typical town.

Heritage nearby

Heritage near Newtown

The nearest towns with buildings of national importance, within 25 km.

Town	Distance	National Inventory	National	Archaeological sites
Castlecomer	9.6 km	64	1	0
Ballinakill	13 km	10	1	7
Carlow	13 km	6	1	31
Ballyroan	16 km	6	2	6
Athy	16 km	178	5	26
Ballyragget	17 km	20	1	4

Homes by age

More of Newtown’s homes date from 1946 to 1980 than from any other period: 31%

Homes built between the wars make up 8.6% of Newtown’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. Older than 2001: more than half of the homes in Newtown. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Newtown 26% of its homes, near the usual 24%.

1.1%

Before 1919

8.6%

1919–45

31%

1946–80

26%

1981–2000

26%

2001–10

7.5%

Since 2011

NewtownTypical 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.

In brief

Newtown in brief

Newtown has nothing on the list; Castlecomer, 9.6 km away, is the nearest place with places of national importance. Its homes are mostly newer: 1.1% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.

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) · 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).