Land parcel 1875914

Area

554 m²

Buildings

5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 695 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

• 15 Dec 2022Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE : The development will consist of the refurbishment and change of use of the 5-storey (4-storey over basement) terraced property, from office use to 4no. 1 bedroom residential units and 1no. garden. The works will comprise construction of a small single storey extension at ground floor level to the rear (3m2) including a new metal framed window; new doors to the side serving a bin store accessed off Fitzwilliam Court; replacement of a modern dormer window with fire automatic opening vent; minor repairs, cleaning and re-pointing of brickwork to the front and rear facades; cleaning and repointing of the granite steps and string course to the front; minor repairs, refurbishment and re-painting of ironwork to railings and balconettes; 1no. new balconette, refurhisment of original windows and doors to include slim line acoustic double glazing and repairworks to the chimneys, rain water goods and roof (to include re-slating). Internal works will comprise changes to the internal layout refurbishment of ceilings and plasterwork; refurbishment of staircase and refurbishment of joinery as indicated. Permission is also sought for all associated site development works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 5449/22

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, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay four-storey former townhouse over basement, built c. 1825, with gable fronting onto Pembroke Street Upper, having bowed central bay. L-plan with decorative metal fire escape/balconies to south-east re-entrant angle. Now in use as offices. Generally pitched slate roofs with hipped pitches to central section of front (north) spans, hipped roof to rear, concealed by ashlar granite parapet with moulded cornice and coping to north, plain granite coping to west and south. Shouldered rendered chimneystacks to east and west with masonry coping and clay pots, west of rear span, parapet gutters and cast-iron downpipe to east of principal elevation (north). Red brick walling to principal (north) elevation in Flemish bond, brown brick to other elevations, with rusticated granite quoins to north-west and south-west corners, rusticated ashlar granite walling to ground floor of north elevation, random rubble granite walling to north and west basement level beneath granite stringcourse at lintel level. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs and projecting replacement sills, granite surrounds to basement openings with cast-iron grille affixed. Openings to east side of south elevation bricked up. Cast-iron balconettes to northern and western first floor openings; iron guard rails affixed to upper windows of western elevation. Largely replacement multi-paned timber sliding sashes; one-over-one with ogee horns, three-over-three to third floor, six-over-six to second floor and eight-over-eight to basement of principal (north) elevation. Original curved six-over-six sashes to bowed bay of west elevation and three-over-three with ogee horns to south bay. Six-over-six to rear with tripartite window to upper floor rear having one-over-one timber casements. Elliptical-headed door opening to principal elevation (north) with moulded reveals and Greek Doric doorcase with fluted columns supporting plain frieze and moulded cornice surmounted by decorative fanlight over eight-panelled beaded muntin timber door. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scraper, approached by five bull-nosed granite steps, flanked by cast-iron railings with decorative corner posts over granite plinth, enclosing basement area. Steel steps to basement level. Coal-hole cover to pavement. Single-storey brick building to rear (50930230).

• Coach house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay two-storey former coach house/mews building, built c. 1890, for townhouse at No. 35 Fitzwilliam Square (50930228). Now in use as offices. Irregular-plan comprising three street-fronted rectangular-plan piles. Hipped slate roofs, that to southern block running perpendicular to street, concealed behind brick parapets with granite coping. Lower outer bays having gabled central proportion over blind oculus. Parapet gutters with cast-iron hopper and downpipe breaking through to north-end of central block. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond, with areas of upper walls rebuilt, over granite plinth course. Round-headed window openings with brick voussoirs and granite sills; that to south-end having multi-paned round-headed timber casement with recessed brick apron; recessed brick reveals to ground floor openings of central block having square-headed window openings and replacement three-over-three timber sashes. Single square-headed opening to first floor centre with six-over-six replacement timber sliding sash. Recessed square-headed integral carriage-arch to north-end, framed by round-headed brick voussoirs and having decorative replacement metal gates, approached via stone cobbles and replacement granite paving. Street-fronted on the eastern side of Pembroke Street Lower, having cast-iron railings with decorative corner posts over granite plinth enclosing western boundary of central and southern blocks. Enclosed yard to rear (east) providing principal access.

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.