Land parcel 1736313

Area

758 m²

Buildings

5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 914 m².

Zoning

O2 Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas (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

• 19 Jun 2026Registered application

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE : The application consists of amendments to previously granted Ref.3124/24 , the repair and refurbishment of the existing mews , A PROTECTED STRUCTURE , into a residence for accommodation requirements associated with the duties of the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) based at 73 Merrion Square . The amendments consist of 1. Alterations to the vehicular and pedestrian access to the residence and the existing car park to the rear of number 73 Merrion Square. 2 . Conservation of all ground floor structural elements and demolition of non-original staircase enclosure. 3. Relocation and amendment of the private open space , entrance and ancillary accommodation at ground floor level , incorporating an additional 7Sq. m of floor space over the previously granted permission. 4. Conservation of the entirety of the existing north facade. 5. Alterations to the proposed internal partition arrangement of the first floor of the residence. 6. Revised external landscaping associated with the above .

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 5159/26

• 31 Jan 2024Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE:The application consists of the repair and refurbishment of the existing mews, into a residence for accommodation requirements associated with the duties of the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) based at 73 Merrion Square and includes, 1. Provision of new entrance and ancillary accommodation on the ground floor plan including 12.5m2 of new extension to the existing, 2. New arrangement and partitions on the first floor to provide bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, dining, living and study areas including 2.8m2 first floor extension on the south elevation, 3. Amendments to the south elevation (facing Fitzwilliam Lane) to include first floor extension, amendments to existing window openings, provision of a new window opening & installation of external insulation, 4. Amendments to the north elevation including a revised vehicular and pedestrian opening, new window installation into existing window openings & installation of external insulation, 5.The addition of 4 no. new roof-lights to the existing double pitched roof including 1 no. between the front and rear hipped roofs, 1 no. to the east facing hip of the front/south hipped roof and 2 no. to the north facing pitch of the rear/north hipped roof, 6. The demolition of the existing non-historic boundary wall to Fitzwilliam Lane and the provision of new pedestrian and vehicular gates and entrances to the boundary and, 7. External landscaping associated with the above.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3124/24

• 22 Dec 2023Application declared inva

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE:The application consists of the repair and refurbishment of the existing mews, into a residence for accommodation requirements associated with the duties of the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) based at 73 Merrion Square and includes, 1. Provision of new entrance and ancillary accommodation on the ground floor plan including 12.5m2 of new extension to the existing, 2. New arrangement and partitions on the first floor to provide bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, dining, living and study areas including 2.8m2 first floor extension on the south elevation, 3. Amendments to the south elevation (facing Fitzwilliam Lane) to include first floor extension, amendments to existing window openings, provision of a new window opening & installation of external insulation, 4. Amendments to the north elevation including a revised vehicular and pedestrian opening, new window installation into existing window openings & installation of external insulation, 5. The demolition of the existing non-historic boundary wall to Fitzwilliam Lane and the provision of new pedestrian and vehicular gates and entrances to the boundary and, 6. External landscaping associated with the above.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 5058/23

• 24 Oct 2022Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission is sought for the installation of 2 nos. flagpoles at first floor level on the outside of the building which is a protected structure and the installation of a plaque at ground floor level adjacent to the front door.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 5110/22

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

No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1790 apparently as one in terrace of seventeen, having bow to two eastern bays of rear elevation and four-bay two-storey return over basement to rear of third bay. Now in use as archive. Pitched slate roof to front, behind refaced brick parapet with granite coping, and with two hipped roofs to rear perpendicular to street, larger over bow. Shouldered brick and rendered chimneystacks with clay pots. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods to west end of front, and cast-iron rainwater goods to rear. Flemish bond brown brick walls to front elevation, refaced above mid-point of top floor window level, with granite plinth course over painted rendered walls to basement; rear elevation is yellow brick. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted granite sills; carved granite block-and-start surrounds to basement. Timber sliding sash windows, front elevation having six-over-six pane without horns to basement, and replacement one-over-one pane elsewhere; rear has three-over-three pane to top floor, two-over-two pane to second floor and one-over-one pane to lower floors; addition has some round-headed window openings. Ornate cast-iron balconettes to first floor and wrought-iron window-guards to second floor. Round-headed main entrance doorway with rendered linings, fluted frieze and cornice, engaged Ionic columns with respond pilasters flanking decorative leaded sidelights, batwing fanlight and eleven-panel timber door with brass furniture. Granite platform with four granite steps. Wrought-iron railings to basement area with decorative cast-iron posts on carved granite plinth. Cast-iron coal-hole cover set in granite flag to pavement. Entrance hall has flagged floor, timber dado rail, shallow plasterwork cornice, neo-Classical plasterwork ceiling, square-headed door openings with moulded timber architraves and timber panelled doors; stairs hall has open-string staircase with wrought-iron balusters and mahogany handrail, panelled walls and neo-Classical plasterwork ceilings; ground floor rooms have timber chair rail, chimneypieces to east wall, square-headed door openings with timber surrounds, decorative over-doors and timber panelled doors, swagged plasterwork cornice, plasterwork ceiling roses, and square-headed window openings with timber panelled soffits and shutters; first floor rooms have square-headed door openings with timber architraves and timber panelled doors, and shallow neo-Classical plasterwork ceilings. carparking to rear. Three-bay two-storey mews building to Fitzwilliam Lane.

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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3234 (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.