Biscayne, Coast Rd

Area

7,530 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres)

Buildings

No building touches it.

Zoning

G4 OS - Open Space (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
R2 RS - Residential (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
G3 HA - High Amenity (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective

Townland

Robswalls

Planning applications on this parcel

• 12 Jan 2022Grant permission

  Permission is sought to sub-divide the existing 1 no. four bed two sto

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0011

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.

• DU012-035 Martello tower
  Description

  Robswalls Martello Tower No. 5 (Kerrigan 1995, 174). According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. Kerrigan (ibid.) recorded that; 'Twelve towers were constructed north of Dublin: each tower mounted one 24-pounder, apart from the tower on Ireland's Eye with two 24-pounders. No batteries were constructed with these towers'. Situated on the landward side of the Coast road SE of Malahide Village and overlooking the entrance to Malahide Harbour. It was built for the defence of Malahide Strand and the mouth of the river. The tower was originally in the charge of the Royal Artillery. By 1897 it was disarmed and was let by the War Department to Baron Talbot of Malahide. It was sold by the War Department in 1908 (Bolton et al. 2012, 160). Known locally as 'Hick's Tower' after Frederick George Hicks who bought it in 1908 converted to a residence in the Arts and Crafts style. It survives to its original height. A conical roof of Wollscroft tiles was added, walls were cased in brick and windows inserted (Flanagan 1984, 119 122; Kerrigan 1996, 175). It is topped by a weather vane of a full rigged sailing galleon of cast bronze by famous ironworks JJ Mcloughlin of Pearse St. Dublin. Martello Tower described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a; 'Former Martello tower, built c. 1805, remodelled c.1911 as Arts and Crafts style detached house. Designed by architect Frederick Hicks. Two storeys to main tower block with two storeys to attic accommodation. Return and stair block attached to rear' (NIAH Reg. No. 11344040; https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11344040/hicks-tower-coast-road-robswalls-malahide) See attached plan of Robswalls Martello Tower No. 5 courtesy of the Irish Military Archives - Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/ad134125-010 Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2015 See attached Taylor's 1816 Map showing the location of the Martello Tower. Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 January 2023

• DU012-036 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on the coast road southeast of Malahide Village. This three-storey tower house is square in plan with stepped battlements and projecting angle tower in the northwest. It is built of coursed masonry with dressed quoins. The parapet level is marked by a string course. There is a slight base batter. The entrance on the W side is masked by a Victorian residence. The ground floor is vaulted with wicker-work centring (Anon, 1897, 456). A spiral stairs provides access to the upper floors in the angle tower. Garderobe off first floor. There are angle loops in the southeast and southwest on the second floor. Described in the Civil survey (1654-6) as a castle with a thatched house adjoining (Simington 1945, 176). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 17 January 2015

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

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