Gates / railings / walls · 1860–1870Dunbrody House (gates / railings / walls)Arthurstown
Photo: Alex Passmore · CC BY-SA 2.010buildings on the National Inventory
History of Arthurstown · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Old homes in Arthurstown: 16% built before 1919
For Arthurstown, that is 5 times the typical town’s share, 3.4%. Arthurstown has 10 buildings on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. The oldest record dates from 1815. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites.
On the National Inventory
10
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
2
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1815
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
16%
typical town: 3.4%
In pictures
Old and new: 2 photos and 1 old views of Arthurstown
Saint James's Catholic Church and Saint Louis's Convent lead the set. Arthurstown as it was in 1910, in old photographs.
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.
Through time
Arthurstown in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
c. 1910From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Arthurstown’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 10, by rating
10 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
10 historic places in Arthurstown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Gate lodge · 1860–1870Dunbrody House (gate lodge)Arthurstown
Coastguard station · 1895–1900Arthurstown Coastguard StationArthurstown
House · 1815–1840House, Main Street, Arthurstown
House · 1815–1840House, Main Street, Arthurstown
House · 1815–1840House, Main Street, Arthurstown
Water pump · 1890–1902Water pump, Main Street, Arthurstown
House · 1905–1922House, 4 Main Street, Arthurstown
House · 1905–1922House, 5 Main Street, Arthurstown
House · 1905–1922House, 6 Main Street, Arthurstown
What’s recorded
More homes than anything else in Arthurstown: 70%
Leading the record by rating: Dunbrody House and Arthurstown Coastguard Station. Of national importance in Arthurstown: none; the record is regional. The variety is wide in Arthurstown: 4 kinds of building on the record.
Homes7
Mills, stations and works1
Walls, gates and bridges1
Street furniture1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Arthurstown’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries0
19th century 1800–18997
1900 and later to today3
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Arthurstown
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.
| Stone sculpture1 record |
| Tomb - effigial1 record |
Just outside Arthurstown: 18
| Ballyhack Church (Saint James and Dunbrody)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Dunbrody House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| FortagustaRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Saint James's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Dunbrody House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Dunbrody House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Dunbrody House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Dunbrody House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Dunbrody House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| Gate lodge, Saint Louis's ConventRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Gates, Saint Louis's ConventRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| School, Saint Louis's ConventRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Saint Aloysius's MonasteryRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Dunbrody House (graveyard / cemetery)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Saint Louis's ConventRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Graveyard, RamsgrangeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Pier, ArthurstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Post box, ArthurstownRegional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Arthurstown: 3% since 2011, against a usual 5.8%
30% of Arthurstown’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000, more than in any other period. Homes dated between the wars are commoner in Arthurstown than in most towns: 6%, against 3.9%. Building from 1946 to 1980 fell short in Arthurstown: 18%, against 24% in most towns.
16%
Before 1919
6%
1919–45
18%
1946–80
30%
1981–2000
27%
2001–10
3%
Since 2011
ArthurstownTypical 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
Arthurstown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthurstown | 149 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Grantstown and Ballinakill | 9,571 | 12 | 1 | 10 |
| Grange Upper | 2,510 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Grange | 4,109 | 15 | 1 | 11 |
| Ferrybank | 5,766 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Dunmore East | 1,731 | 74 | 0 | 6 |
| Waterford City Centre | 9,031 | 708 | 22 | 114 |
In brief
Arthurstown in brief
Old houses are part of Arthurstown’s character: 16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. All told, the list holds 10 places on the record. Most entries on the list, 70%, are homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 7 of 10. The oldest, Dunbrody House, dates from 1860. The rest is about typical: 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 Arthurstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Arthurstown?
10 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Arthurstown?
House, Main Street, Arthurstown: the first date on its record is 1815.
Are there archaeological sites in Arthurstown?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Arthurstown.
How old are the homes in Arthurstown?
16% 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).