Land parcel 2163382

Area

35,557 m² (3.56 ha, 8.79 acres)

Buildings

4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 509 m².

Zoning

G5 Sports Grounds and Facilities (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective
G1 Public Open Space (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective
R2 Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 13 Jan 2017Conditional

  The change of use and internal fitout of existing warehouse to pre-school use, alterations to existing elevations, erection of signage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork City Council, 174041

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.

• CO064-050 Designed landscape - ornamental lake
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CO064-051 Country house
  Description

  An early 18th century house, enlarged and remodelled in 1730s into its present shape (Bence-Jones 1978, 242). Entrance front (W) 2 storey with 4 bays, off-centre doorway flanked by narrow windows; elevation extended to N by 1-bay, 3-storey addition. Double-geble ended elevation to S. Garden front (E) of 2 storeys over basement (basement hidden to front), 7 bays wide. Hipped bow-ended elevations to N. Interior rich in design and ornamentation with plasterwork by the Francini brothers 'probably their earliest work in Ireland and dating from ca. 1734' (Bence-Jones ibid.; see photos Lee 1927). Ornamental lake, known as the "Fairy Pond", to NW. House open to public. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Architectural heritage

• Riverstown House, country house, 1700–1720 · National interest
  Description

  Detached irregular-plan country house, built c. 1710, remodelled and enlarged c. 1730, comprising gabled seven-bay three-storey east block with canted north elevation, four-bay two-storey west block with taller single-bay three-storey block with canted north elevation to north. Hipped and pitched slate roofs with rendered round-headed bellcote, cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered and red brick chimneystacks. Render eaves course to west block. Cut stone walls to east block with rendered walls with render plinth to west block and to canted elevation of east block. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows and concrete sills, those to east block with render surrounds. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor of east block. Square-headed opening to west block with timber panelled door, timber doorcase and cut limestone steps with cast-iron bootscrape. Square-headed opening to east block with timber panelled door and spoked overlight. Rubble stone quadrant wall to north and south of east elevation with round-headed opening having rendered Gibbsian surround and cut limestone steps. Rubble stone ice house to south of east elevation with barrel roof. Dressed limestone square-profile piers to entrance route with carved caps. Rubble stone boundary walls with dressed limestone wall to entrance, having dressed limestone square-profile piers, one having name plaque, with pedimented caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates.

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 5 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.

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.