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History of Ashford · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Ashford: 5 buildings on the National Inventory
Ashford’s oldest recorded building dates from 1815. 30% of Ashford’s homes were built in 2011 or later; the typical town has 5.8%.
On the National Inventory
5
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
0
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1815
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
2.7%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Ashford’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 4, by rating
4 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
4 historic places in Ashford
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
School · 1875–1880The Old School HouseNun's Cross
Gate lodge · 1900–1910Mountusher House (gate lodge)Ashford
House · 1920–1925Mountusher HouseAshford
What’s recorded
More homes than anything else in and around Ashford: 69%
Among the highest-rated: Rossana House and Killoughter House. The second-largest group on the record is public buildings, with 2. Around Ashford, the record goes back further, to 1710.
Homes11
Public buildings2
Churches and chapels1
Farm and estate buildings1
Street furniture1
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.
Archaeology and around
Just outside Ashford
Places on the record just outside the town that belong to it, nearest first.
Just outside Ashford: 12
| Rossana HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Killoughter HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Glanmore Castle (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
| Ballycurry HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| The School HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Inchanappa HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Ballina Park HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Glanmore Castle (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Glanmore Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.1 km outside the town |
| Inchanappa House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Bel-Air HotelRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Post box, Ballinapark (Ne. By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Ashford grew fastest from 1981 to 2000, when 31% of its homes were built
The typical town keeps 3.4% of its homes from before 1919; Ashford keeps 2.7%. Against a typical 25%, only 13% of Ashford’s homes went up in the 2000s. Older than 2001: more than half of the homes in Ashford.
2.7%
Before 1919
3.5%
1919–45
20%
1946–80
31%
1981–2000
13%
2001–10
30%
Since 2011
AshfordTypical 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
Ashford and its neighbours
In brief
Ashford in brief
The official list counts 4 places on the record in Ashford. Its homes are mostly newer: 2.7% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest, Nun's Cross Church (Killiskey), dates from 1815.
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 Ashford’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Ashford?
5 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Ashford?
Nun's Cross Church (Killiskey): the first date on its record is 1815.
How old are the homes in Ashford?
2.7% 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) · 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).