Land parcel 1737326

Area

16,432 m² (1.64 ha, 4.06 acres)

Buildings

7 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 13,125 m².

Zoning

O2 Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas (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

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 201 recorded monuments.

• DU018-020238 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Craig (1969, 324) mentions a building at No. 35 Molesworth Street. This building dates to post-AD 1700.

• DU018-020241 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Craig (1969, 107-8) mentions a Georgian building which dates from c. 1725.

• DU018-020257 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Craig (1969, 324) mentions a house at No. 12 Molesworth Street which dates from c. 1735.

• DU018-020258 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Craig (1969, 324) mentions a dwelling at No. 15 Molesworth Street that dates from c. 1740.

• DU018-020259 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Craig (1969, 324) mentions a house at No. 16 Molesworth Street which date from c. 1740.

• DU018-020260 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Craig (1969, 108, 324) mentions a house at No. 20 Molesworth Street.

• DU018-020261 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Craig (1969, 324) mentions a house at No. 21 Molesworth Street.

• DU018-020262 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Craig (1969, 108, 324) describesa dwelling at No. 33 Molesworth Street which dates c. 1740.

• DU018-020327 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  The Mansion House was built in 1710.

• DU018-020413 Church
  Description

  St. Anne's Church, Dawson Street is post-1700 AD.

And 191 more.

Architectural heritage

• Leinster House, monument, 1895–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding monument, erected c. 1900, to Edward Stamer O'Grady. Comprises sculpted sandstone pillar with fluted sides, swags to frieze and moulded decorative cornice, supporting cast bronze water spouts in form of lion heads, over cut granite base, standing within moulded Portland stone basin. Basin has lettering 'In memory of Edward Stamer O'Grady FRCSI. Died 18th October 1897.' in high relief to underside of rim; gadrooning to underside atop base having garlands to shaft over moulded sandstone base, standing on further octagonal base of three granite steps.

• House, 1745–1765 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1755, breaking forward slightly from neighbouring houses and having four-bay rear elevation abutted to south end by three-storey tower-like return with chamfered corners linked to main building by slightly lower and recessed block with glazed roof. Now in use as offices. Slate roof, behind brick parapet with granite coping, front part being pitched and parallel to street; rear part perpendicular to street and having pitched roof to middle flanked by mono-pitch to north and shared pitched roof to south end, all with hipped west ends. Rendered chimneystack to south party wall with clay pots. Flemish bond red brick walls, recently tuck-pointed, with granite quoins, on painted granite plinth over rendered walls to basement; rendered to rear and to abutments. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with patent reveals, painted granite sills and timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to basement, ground and second floors, nine-over-six pane to first floor and three-over-three pane to top floor; apparently timber sash to rear with similar fenestration. Round-headed door opening with rendered linings, fluted frieze and cornice on engaged Ionic columns, and having plain fanlight and four-panel timber door with brass door furniture. Granite platform with cast-iron boot-scrape. Basement area enclosed by cast-iron railings with spearhead finials on carved granite plinth. Garden to rear.

• House, 1760–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1765, having additions of 1859 comprising porch to front, oriel windows to south, continuous balcony to first floor, slightly lower two-bay return to south end of rear and later additions to north end of rear. Now in use as offices. Hipped L-plan slate roof, concealed behind moulded brick parapet with granite coping, having half-hip to west, and pitched roof to return having small hips to outer edges at west. Rendered chimneystack to north party wall with clay pots. Concealed rainwater goods. Flemish bond red brick walls with granite quoins to south end, and granite plinth course over painted rendered walling to basement; rear of main building apparently rendered. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with patent reveals and painted granite sills to first to top floors, with replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed tripartite mullion-and-transom window to ground floor front with moulded timber surrounds having chamfers and stops to pilastered outer frame, top-lights and with vegetal moulding above and moulded timber sill. Oriel windows have similar timber detailing and framing, each with colonnettes to mullions, dog-tooth detail to top of frame, and tent lead roof supported on moulded timber base atop carved timber brackets. Decorative wrought-iron balcony to first floor and similar balconettes to second floor. Porch has brick walls with limestone platbands at impost level and near base and has limestone columns to front corners with Portland stone capitals and bases on brick plinths and supporting round arch in brickwork, with sandstone keystone. Round-headed doorway recessed within, having rope-moulded surround, plain fanlight and carved four-panel timber door with brass door furniture. Limestone platform with cast-iron boot-scrape. Basement area bounded by decorative cast-iron railings on carved granite plinth. Interior has entrance hall with timber chair rail, foliate cornice and plasterwork ceiling rose, also having timber open-string staircase with mahogany handrail and starting newel. First floor front room has timber chair rail, timber moulded architraves and papier-maché panels to doors, dentillated plaster cornices, egg-and-dart moulding, Rococo plasterwork ceiling, and marble chimneypiece to north wall.

• National Gallery of Ireland, museum/gallery, 1855–1905 · National interest
  Description

  Largely freestanding rectangular-plan two-storey art gallery, earliest (southern east-west) block (Dargan Wing) built 1858-4 and having twelve-bay south elevation with slightly projecting three-bay ends and three-bay east elevation. Original block duplicated to north (Milltown Wing) in 1902, and present three-bay entrance projection added to east end of whole at same time. Entrance projection has loggia to ground floor, flanked by wider three-bay ends. Other elevations abutted by later blocks and not visible. Skirt slate hip-ended roofs with glazed upper parts. Overhanging Portland stone eaves on corbel brackets, separated by carved leaf panels over rinceau frieze having rope-moulded fillet. Ashlar granite-faced walls, channelled to ground floor and to quoins, having sill course to ground floor, platband between floors and moulded sill course to first floor. Square-headed blind window openings to ground floor, except for one round-headed opening set within round-headed niche to north end of front elevation. First floor has round-headed blind window openings, alternately having moulded cornices and triangular pediments, latter on scrolled consoles, with vegetal panels over moulded architraves. Same openings have raised panels above, blank to south elevation, having garland and vegetal decoration to front elevation of end bays, and having blank panels to aprons. Entrance projection has square-headed window openings to short sides with moulded surrounds, flush sills and timber casement windows. Arcaded arrangement of window openings to first floor of entrance projection, comprising square-headed timber casement windows with moulded limestone frames, and cornices having oculi above with moulded surrounds and radial timber lights, flanked by engaged columns with Corinthian capitals having swag ornament to drums and standing on plinths separated by balustrading and topped with moulded archivolts having fluting and vegetal decoration. Loggia has rusticated columns supporting entablature and panelled frieze with applied lettering 'National Gallery of Ireland'. Dargan Wing contains Shaw Room to ground floor, having coffered ceiling with good plaster details and supported on Composite columns and pilasters, with Yeats Museum to west having square-plan columns and pilasters. Principal Picture Gallery has coved roof with panels and ribs over dentillated cornice, with flat glazing to roof proper. Variety of timber and marble fireplaces. Millennium Wing of 2001 to north links with secondary entrance on Clare Street.

• William Dargan Memorial, statue, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding memorial, unveiled 1864, in honour of William Dargan (1799-1867). Comprises bronze figure looking south-eastwards and standing on bronze base, with left arm resting on block of polished granite. Statue stands atop cut granite plinth with tapering faces over stepped base with moulded top. Sited to front of National Gallery of Ireland on Merrion Square West.

• Leinster House, statue, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  White marble statue, unveiled 1898 to memory of Robert Prescott Stewart (1825-1894), dressed in academic robes of doctor of music, resting right hand on harp and holding sheet of music in left. Monument stands at south side of National Gallery of Ireland, close to southeast corner. Inscription to base at right hand side reads 'Sir Thos. Farrell PRHA Sculp. Dublin'. Currently boxed in for protection during construction works at Leinster House.

• Leinster House, obelisk, 1950–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding square-plan tapering obelisk, erected 1951, of ashlar Wicklow granite. Faces east, with inlaid gold cross towards base and surmounted by gilt-bronze flaming torch with round-plan base inclined up towards centre, adorned with bronze wreaths framing medallions of Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins and Kevin O'Higgins. Located on Leinster Lawn overlooking Merrion Square. Replaces earlier monument of 1923.

• Leinster House, monument, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Bronze statue of Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, atop tiered plinth and dated 1871. Figure of Albert is robed and dressed in medieval/Tudor style, holding book in left hand, right hand free, and standing on thin bronze octagonal-plan base. Base inscribed 'J.H. Foley. R.A. London. 1871.' Octagonal-plan stepped plinth of Portland stone, upper stage having moulded cornice and frieze with bronze Tudor roses; next stage having stepped coping and moulded base over further stage having four octagonal projections to alternate faces, with carved cornices and bases and supporting bronze statues of youths, representing Art, Industry, Agriculture and Science; lowest stage of monument comprises two cut stone steps. Bronze crown and motto to east and west faces of monument, to tier that supports four figures.

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_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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