Photo: Sebb · Public domainRochfortbridge: 16 buildings on the National Inventory
Rochfortbridge’s oldest recorded building dates from 1800. Since 2011, Rochfortbridge has added 2.9% of its homes, against 5.8% in the typical town.
Places to see in Rochfortbridge
So far only Castlelost Castle is photographed among Rochfortbridge’s recorded places.
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.
Where Rochfortbridge’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).
16 historic places in Rochfortbridge
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 7, A to Z
9 recorded by their type and address
9 are recorded only by their type and address: 5 homes, 2 other buildings and 2 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
Rochfortbridge has an unusual share of churches and chapels: 31%, where the National Inventory has 7%
Among the highest-rated: Christ Church (Castlelost) and Sycamore House. 6 records, 38%, are homes. Rochfortbridge has no nationally rated building; its record is regional.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Rochfortbridge’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
Just outside Rochfortbridge
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Rochfortbridge: 13
| Castlelost CastleArchaeological monument (SMR) · 800 m outside the town |
| Drumman LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| West HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Sidebrook HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Sidebrook House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Sidebrook HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Sidebrook House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Far View HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| The ForgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Milestone, Milltown (Rathconrath By., Ballymore Ed)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
| Farmyard complex, house, Farthingstown (Fartullagh By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Water pump, GibbonstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.4 km outside the town |
| Post box, GibbonstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.2 km outside the town |
Rochfortbridge’s homes are mostly modern: 2.4% predate 1919, where most towns have 3.4%
Building from 1981 to 2000 left Rochfortbridge with 46% of its homes, above the usual 24%. Homes dated between the wars are scarcer in Rochfortbridge than in most towns: 1%, against 3.9%. Before 2001, Rochfortbridge had already built more than half of the homes it has now.
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.
Rochfortbridge and its neighbours
Rochfortbridge in brief
The official list counts 16 places on the record in Rochfortbridge. Of the 16 with a date, 13 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Christ Church (Castlelost), from 1810. Its homes are mostly newer: 2.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
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 Rochfortbridge’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Rochfortbridge?
16 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Rochfortbridge?
House, Rochfortbridge: the first date on its record is 1800.
How old are the homes in Rochfortbridge?
2.4% 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.
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) · 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).