Demesne walls / gates / railings · 1720–1740Summerhill HouseSummerhill
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History of Summerhill · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Summerhill has 7 buildings on the National Inventory
Summerhill’s oldest recorded building dates from 1720. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites.
On the National Inventory
7
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
2
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1720
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
5.4%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Summerhill in pictures
Pictured: Dangan Castle, on Summerhill’s record.
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.
The map
Where Summerhill’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 7, by rating
7 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
7 historic places in Summerhill
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
House · 1840–1880John ShawSummerhill
House · 1800–1840House, Summerhill
House · 1800–1840House, Summerhill
Water pump · 1850–1890Water pump, Summerhill
House · 1875–1880House, Summerhill
House · 1910–1950House, Summerhill
What’s recorded
Around Summerhill, the record leans to homes: 64%
The highest-rated include Summerhill House and Spring Valley House. 2 records make walls, gates and bridges the second group. None of Summerhill’s records is rated of national importance; all are of regional interest.
Homes7
Walls, gates and bridges2
Street furniture1
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 Summerhill’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries1
19th century 1800–18995
1900 and later to today1
1 of the 7 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Summerhill House, from 1720.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Summerhill
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.
| Cross - Wayside cross (present location)1 record |
| Armorial plaque (present location)1 record |
Just outside Summerhill: 5
| Dangan CastleArchaeological monument (SMR) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Spring Valley House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Spring Valley House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Catholic Church of Our Lady of LourdesRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.4 km outside the town |
| Farm house, SummerhillRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Summerhill keeps more old homes than most towns: 5.4% from before 1919, against 3.4%
Homes dated from 1946 to 1980 are scarcer in Summerhill than in most towns: 14%, against 24%. Against a typical 3.9%, only 0.9% of Summerhill’s homes went up between the wars. From 2011 on, Summerhill built 10% of its homes; the typical town built 5.8%.
5.4%
Before 1919
0.9%
1919–45
14%
1946–80
43%
1981–2000
27%
2001–10
10%
Since 2011
SummerhillTypical 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
Summerhill and its neighbours
In brief
Summerhill in brief
More of Summerhill’s homes are old than in most places: 5.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 7 places on the record. Of the 7 with a date, 5 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Summerhill House, from 1720. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Mary Anne Cosgrave (1863) was born here before 1900; 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 Summerhill’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Summerhill?
7 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Summerhill?
Summerhill House: the first date on its record is 1720.
Are there archaeological sites in Summerhill?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Summerhill.
How old are the homes in Summerhill?
5.4% 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).