Land parcel 1694013

Area

19,878 m² (1.99 ha, 4.91 acres)

Buildings

8 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 659 m².

Zoning

S5 Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
R3 Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs) (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
G5 Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
R2 Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 4 Oct 2021Grant permission

  The development will consist of the construction of a resident's car park for a temporary period of two years comprising 58 no. parking spaces including 4 no. disabled spaces accessed from the internal road from Muirfield Drive and all associated site development works including {1.8 metre high) perimeter fencing, lighting and pedestrian foothpaths.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3628/21

• 21 May 2021Grant permission

  The development will consist of 1) the installation of solar photovoltaic ('PV') modules and heat pump units on the roof of apartment building Block AC and solar photovoltaic ('PV') modules on the roof of apartment building Block B on the site; 2) the construction of a single storey substation building adjacent to the eastern boundary of the site to the east of apartment building Block F and the north of apartment building Block G and; 3) the construction of a louvered generator enclosure adjacent to the all-weather multi games area in the eastern part of the site to the south east of apartment buildings Block AC and Block B.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2812/21

• 13 May 2021Application declared inva

  Planning permission for development will consist of 1. the installation of solar photovoltaic ('PV') modules and heat pump units on the roof of apartment building Block AC and solar photovolataic ('PV') modules on the roof of apartment building Block B on the site; 2. the construction of a single storey substation building; 3. the construction of a louvered generator enclosure.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2761/21

• 16 Oct 2020Grant permission

  The development will consist of 1.) Change of use of part of the first floor from data hall to office space (884.6m2), 2.) 3 no. large new windows on both the North & West elevations at first floor level to match existing, 3.) Amendments to 3 no. existing fire exit doors on the North & South elevations at ground floor level, 4.) 2 no. new fire exit doors on the North & East elevations at ground floor level, 5.) All associated site works. Note no additional floor area is being created as part of this application.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3577/20

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 1 recorded monument.

• DU018-036 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  Description

  Now located on the grounds of the Christian Brother’s monastery and school on the Long Mile Road, this castle is associated with the Barnewall family from the 13th to the early 17th century (Ball 1899, 95-6; Ball 1906, 125-132; Mc Dix 1897, 49-50: Anon 1914, 780). A rectangular moat (L 61m, W 45m) crossed by a stone-arched bridge (1780) on the E side leads onto a three-storey oblong tower incorporating a segmental-arched gateway. It has a projecting stair turret on the S side, lit by slit loops and a flattened arched ope with chamfered jambs. The main chambers of the gate tower are lit by later inserted windows. The gate tower adjoins the S end of a great hall of 14th-16th-century date. This rises to two storeys over a vaulted basement and is entered from the courtyard by an outer staircase. This building has been considerably altered. The N wing rises to two storeys and is of probable 17th century date. An isolated NE tower may be part of the early defences of the castle. Limited excavations in 1992 and 1993 at the NW of the castle within the area enclosed by the moat revealed a stone-filled pit which contained 13th-15th century pottery and a drilled roof slate (Mullins 1993, 14; Mullins 1994, 13). Compiled by Geraldine Stout

Architectural heritage

• Drimnagh Castle, castle/fortified house, 1350–1450 · National interest
  Description

  Rectangular-plan moat, built c.1400, repaired c.1990, forming protective defence around Drimnagh Castle grounds. Entrance bridge spanning moat, built c.1780, replacing earlier drawbridge structure. Castellated walls of the castle and yard, constructed from local calp limestone and featuring battered buttresses. Stone platform east of the undercroft allowing access to moat via stone steps. Early twentieth-century castellated walls, built c.1904, having openings with brick detailing and pediments, enclosing coach house to south. Steel bridge spanning moat leading to coach house from Drimnagh Castle school grounds. Fed by the Bluebell stream, enclosing castle, courtyard, gardens, stable buildings, work yard, and coach house. Draining into Lansdowne Valley via sluice gate.

• Drimnagh Castle, bridge, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch bridge, built c.1780, renovated c.1990, spanning moat at castle entrance to east elevation and abutting castle tower. Rubble calp limestone walls with round arch having dressed limestone voussoirs and castellated parapets. Earthen finish to path. Bridge partially reconstructed to north wall, remnants of render finish to south wall.

• Drimnagh Castle, walled garden, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Rectangular walled garden, laid out c.1900, comprising rubble calp limestone walls to north and east, planted boundary to south and west. Square-profile pier to north-west corner, recent double-leaf gates to east wall, flanked by square-profile piers. Remodelled c.1990, with formal planting. Remains of square-plan single-bay tower to paddock to north. Situated to east of central courtyard.

• Drimnagh Castle, castle/fortified house, 1350–1450 · National interest
  Description

  Freestanding rectangular-plan multiple-bay three-storey castle, built c.1400, consisting of undercroft, great hall and gallery, with square-plan four-stage sixteenth century keep to south. Site enclosed by moat. Partly rebuilt and renovated c.1985. Replacement oak truss pitched slate roof over Great Hall, hipped to north, having shaped stone parapet, fumerelle and brick chimney to north gable. Replacement hipped slate roof over tower, having castellated parapet with stone battlements and brick chimney to south elevation. Billeted stone moulding to base of parapet of main block. Cut stone string course to tower. Reconstructed window openings to main block and tower, featuring cut limestone surrounds, having replacement cut and carved tracery and leaded glass. Square-headed openings to great hall, east and west elevations, openings to east having brick pediment. Paired round-headed lancet windows to tower, east and west elevations, lower pair having brick pediment. Loop windows to tower, south elevation. Entrance to inner courtyard via integral arch through tower. Lowered pointed arch entrance opening to undercroft having limestone voussoirs and replacement timber door. First floor gabled stone entrance porch and steps built c.1780 allowing access from courtyard to great hall. Fourteenth-century undercroft having vaulted ceiling with remains of wicker centering, embrasure windows, sixteenth-century hearth, smoker and bain marie. Stone staircases to south and north-east allow access to great hall, having seventeenth-century hearth and reconstructed oak truss roof and gallery. Sixteenth-century tower features lookout turrets to the south and west.

• Drimnagh Castle, barn, 1600–1700 · National interest
  Description

  Detached rectangular-plan five-bay two-storey former barn and stable buildings, built c.1650, with eighteenth-century and early twentieth-century alterations, having first floor bridge connection to Drimnagh Castle Great Hall to east elevation. Currently in use as office and workshop. Pitched slate roof, hipped to east end, with yellow brick chimneystack having clay chimney pots, castellated parapet having circular opening, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble calp limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with chamfered granite sills to front (south) and west elevations, yellow brick block-and-start surrounds having pediments, and six-over-six pane timber sash windows. Pair of segmental-headed window openings flanking main entrance having six-over-six pane timber sash windows with margin sashes. Square-headed window openings to rear elevation, blocked. Loop windows to with chamfered surrounds to both elevations of bridge to Great Hall. Square-headed door openings to front elevation, having yellow brick block-and-start surrounds with pediments and replacement timber doors, opening to east having nosed granite steps and metal handrails, leading to raised podium on external stone staircase to the Great Hall. Square-headed door opening under bridge, having cut limestone surround and double-leaf timber panelled doors. Square-headed door openings to rear elevation, blocked. Located within the grounds of Drimnagh Castle, west of the main castle building, having courtyard to south, walled garden to west and paddock to north.

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).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3151 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.