Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Newcastle has 18 buildings on the National Inventory
Old homes stand out in Newcastle: 7.5% were built before 1919, where the typical town has 3.4%. Its oldest building dates from 1770. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites.
A look at historic Newcastle
Only Newcastle Church (Newcastle Lower) has a photo so far; more of Newcastle awaits one.
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 Newcastle’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).
18 historic places in Newcastle
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 16, A to Z
2 recorded by their type and address
2 are recorded only by their type and address: 1 homes and 1 street furniture; most date from the 19th century.
Newcastle’s largest group: homes, 89% of the record
The highest-rated include Newcastle Lodge and Oldfort. Nothing on Newcastle’s record is rated of national importance. 1890 brings Newcastle’s record up to its newest entry.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Newcastle’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
4 of the 18 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Newcastle Lodge, from 1770.
Archaeology in Newcastle
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
4 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.
| Burial mound1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Headstone1 record |
Just outside Newcastle: 6
| Kiltimon CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Kiltimon HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Dunran CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| The RookeryRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Newcastle Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Water pump, Blackditch (Ar. By.)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
Most of Newcastle’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 46%
Homes built since 2011 make up just 4.3% of Newcastle’s, below the 5.8% of the typical town. Only 12% of Newcastle’s homes were built in the 2000s, less than the typical town’s 25%. Over half of the homes in Newcastle were already standing by 2001.
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.
Newcastle and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle | 1,010 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| Newtownmountkennedy | 3,539 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| Kilcoole | 4,569 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Kilpedder | 1,248 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Greystones-Delgany | 22,009 | 148 | 0 | 72 |
| Ashford | 1,892 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rathnew | 3,482 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
Newcastle in brief
More of Newcastle’s homes are old than in most places: 7.5% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 18 places on the record. Of the whole list, 89% are homes.
Of the 18 with a date, 14 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Newcastle Lodge, from 1770. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 4 archaeological sites.
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 Newcastle’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Newcastle?
18 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Newcastle?
Newcastle Lodge: the first date on its record is 1770.
Are there archaeological sites in Newcastle?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites inside Newcastle.
How old are the homes in Newcastle?
7.5% 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 (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).