# Land parcel 2559313, Ireland

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address.

- Parcel number at Tailte Éireann (SP_ID): 2559313
- Area: 4,666 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), as Tailte Éireann measures it
- Buildings (Tailte Éireann): 2 buildings touch it, 3,539 m² on the ground
- Townland: none: the statutory boundaries draw no townland here, as in the centres of Dublin, Cork and Galway

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- M3 Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages (District, neighbourhood centre): Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11), Dublin City. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2022-12/Final%201-14%20Land%20Use%20Zoning%2005.12.22.pdf
- O2 Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas (General): Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11), Dublin City. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2022-12/Final%201-14%20Land%20Use%20Zoning%2005.12.22.pdf

## Planning applications on this parcel (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 14 Nov 2025, Dublin City Council WEB5680/25: Application declared invalid. Permission. PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development, which will take place on a cumulative site area of 0.0267 Ha, will consist of: internal alterations to existing staff changing rooms at basement level (73 sq m); and the associated repurposing of a portion of the basement car park (including the omission of 5 No. car parking spaces) to provide additional staff changing facilities (194 sq m), including showers and toilets, 1 No. general maintenance room, 1 No. ancillary office; and all associated site and development works..

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

## Recorded monuments around it, by their zones of notification (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

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

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Merrion Hotel, house, 1760–1770, National interest, registry number 50100445, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DU&regno=50100445. Corner-sited five-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1765, two northernmost bays to rear having projecting bow, and north elevation having recessed single-bay single-storey over basement addition with further storey to its rear part. Now in use as an hotel. Single-bay deep five-storey glazed link block continuing line of addition and connecting to large L-plan five-storey block further back in rear plot that wraps around to Baggotrath Lane. Rear elevation of main block projects slightly from line of buildings to south. Pitched slate roof to front, behind refaced brick parapet with granite coping, main roof to rear pitched to south and hipped to north, and rest of roof comprises three hipped roofs, with half-cone over east end of bow. Shouldered weather-slated chimneystack to north end of front roof and shouldered brick chimneystack to south end with clay pots, and further stacks to party wall with No. 23 to south. Lead rainwater goods to south end of front elevation and cast-iron to north elevation. Flemish bond brown brick walls to front elevation, refaced above top floor window head level, on granite plinth course over dressed limestone walls to basement; rendered walls to north and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with rendered reveals and painted granite sills, and having dressed limestone reveals to basement. Timber sliding sash windows, nine-over-six pane to first floor, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane elsewhere. Round-headed twenty-over-fifteen pane stairs window with spoked fanlight to north elevation, and addition having variety of timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed limestone doorcase to front entrance, with square-headed door opening having moulded limestone cornice, engaged Doric columns, open-bed pediment, peacock's-tail fanlight and eight-panel timber door with brass furniture. Granite platform with four granite steps. Wrought-iron railings enclosing basement area, having decorative wrought-iron posts with cast-iron finials, on carved granite plinth. Posts flanking entrance have lamps. Entrance hall has flagged floor, deep timber skirting and square-headed doorway with pilasters, moulded cornice, scrolled consoles supporting open-bed pediment, and decorative peacock's-tail fanlight and double-leaf timber panelled door; stairs hall has Vitruvian scroll-work panels, plaster wall panels, ornate coved cornice, ceiling rose, open-string staircase with timber balusters and mahogany and brass handrail, round-headed stairs window with fluted Doric pilasters and moulded archivolt with scroll keystone; first floor front room has ornate swagged frieze and dentillated cornice, Rococo plasterwork ceiling, and ceiling rose; first floor rear room has deep timber cornice, timber chair rail, square-headed door opening with fluted Ionic columns, ornate over-door with open-topped dentillated pediment and six-panel timber door with egg-and-dart moulded surround and with pelican feeding its young above flanked by vegetal ornament, and having Rococo plasterwork ceiling; hallway has coved plasterwork cornice, wall panels with swag ornament and lugged moulded timber door surrounds to eight-panel timber doors.
- Merrion Hotel, house, 1750–1770, Regional interest, registry number 50100446, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DU&regno=50100446. Attached four-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1760. Now in use as part of hotel. Pitched slate roof to front, behind brick parapet with granite coping, and having two hipped roofs to rear perpendicular to street, and with recent dormer window to middle of front roof slope. Long rendered chimneystack to north party wall, brick stack to party wall of front and rendered stack of party wall to rear, with clay pots. Lead rainwater goods to party walls. Flemish bond red brick walls to front elevation on granite plinth course over dressed limestone basement walling, and rendered walls to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, having rendered reveals and painted granite sills, with dressed limestone reveals to basement at front. Timber sliding sash windows, nine-over-six pane to first floor, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane elsewhere. Front elevation has decorative wrought-iron balconettes to first floor. Front entrance has round-headed limestone doorcase with square-headed door opening, moulded cornice, channelled Doric pilasters, moulded archivolt, ornate peacock's-tail fanlight and six-panel timber door with brass furniture. Sandstone platform with remnant cast-iron boot-scrape, and four granite steps. Basement area enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron posts on moulded granite plinth. Entrance hall has panelled timber pilasters flanking inside of front door, deep ornate dentillated cornice, and timber panelling below dado rail; stairs hall has open-string staircase with timber balusters and mahogany and brass handrail; vaulted cellar with rubble limestone walls and brick vaulting.
- Merrion Hotel, house, 1755–1765, Regional interest, registry number 50100447, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DU&regno=50100447. Attached five-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1760, altered 1904 and 1915 and rear now having recent circulation tower at south end shared with neighbouring building. Now in use as part of hotel. Pitched slate roof to front with five recent dormer windows, behind brick parapet with granite coping; rear has pitched roof in parallel to northern bays and continuing to neighbouring property, and rest of roof comprises three variously-sized pitched roofs perpendicular to street and having hipped ends to two larger roofs. Yellow brick chimneystacks with clay pots, comprising long stack to party wall to south, stack to party wall to north and small stack to rear part. Lead rainwater goods to party walls. Flemish bond brown brick walls to front elevation on granite plinth course over dressed limestone basement walling. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with raised rendered reveals and painted granite sills, and having dressed limestone reveals to basement. Timber sliding sash windows, six-over-three pane to second floor, three-over-three pane to top floor, and six-over-six pane elsewhere. Round-headed limestone doorcase to front entrance, with square-headed door opening, moulded limestone cornice, engaged Doric columns supporting open-bed pediment, petal fanlight and timber panelled double-leaf door. Granite platform with six bull's-nose granite steps. Wrought-iron railings enclosing basement area with decorative cast-iron posts on moulded granite plinth. Stairs hall has flagged floor, timber dado rail, open-string cantilevered stone staircase with decorative wrought-iron balusters and mahogany handrail, ornate marble chimneypiece to south wall, and neo-Classical plaster ceiling; ground floor rear room has plaster panels and square-headed door openings with moulded timber architraves and shallow plaster cornice.
- Merrion Hotel, house, 1750–1770, Regional interest, registry number 50100448, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DU&regno=50100448. Attached three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1760, having recent four-storey tower to north end of rear shared with neighbouring building. Now in use as hotel and restaurant. House is last in row and building to south projects forward substantially. Pitched slate roof to front, behind rebuilt brick parapet with granite coping, and two pitched roofs to rear perpendicular to street and having hips to east end. Brick chimneystacks with clay pots, comprising long stack to party wall to north and two further stacks to party wall to south. Lead rainwater goods to north end. Flemish bond brown brick walls to front elevation on granite plinth course over dressed limestone basement walling; rear elevation is rendered. Camber-arch window openings to basement with dressed limestone reveals, and square-headed elsewhere, diminishing in height to upper floors, with raised rendered reveals and painted granite sills. Timber sliding sash windows, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane elsewhere. Round-headed limestone doorcase, with square-headed door opening having moulded limestone cornice, channelled Doric pilasters, open-bed pediment, batwing fanlight, and double-leaf eight-panel timber door. Granite platform with five bull's-nose granite steps. Basement area enclosed by cast-iron railings with decorative finials and feet on moulded granite plinth, curving southwards. Casey notes that its interior has good staircase, joinery and plasterwork cornices of 1750s.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3234.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Neighbouring parcels within 25 m (Tailte Éireann)

- Parcel 5467658: 1,002 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5467658.md
- Parcel 1876785: 949 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1876785.md
- Parcel 5754388: 771 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5754388.md
- Parcel 1876630: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1876630.md
- Parcel 1736306: 368 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1736306.md
- Parcel 5229405: 160 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5229405.md
- Parcel 1736401: 143 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1736401.md
- Parcel 4871749: 142 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4871749.md
- Parcel 5996547: 136 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5996547.md
- Parcel 5209837: 117 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5209837.md

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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