Land parcel 2588455

Area

171 m²

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 364 m².

Zoning

M2 Z5: City Centre (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 4 Jul 2019Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for development on a site of c.0.55 ha comprising "Mercantile Building", 26-27 Eden Quay, Dublin 1; Abbey Street Old and part of the extension to Scots Church, Abbey Street, Dublin 1. The site is bounded generally by Eden Quay to the south, Abbey Street to the north, the Wiley Fox Public House, 28 Eden Quay to the east and Koomo, 25 Eden Quay to the west. The existing Mercantile Building is a protected structure (Ref. No. 2492). Scots Church is also a protected structure (Ref. No. 6). The application comprises the conservation, modification and extension of the Mercantile Building to accommodate a new VHI Healthcare screening clinic providing consultation rooms, reception and office space. To the rear of the Mercantile Building a new 5 storey office extension over basement is proposed facing onto Abbey Street Old to provide an extension to VHI Healthcare Office Headquarters with connectivity between the existing and new offices provided at ground floor level across Abbey Street Old (with associated public realm improvements) and also via a new pedestrian glazed link bridge at second floor level. The connection to the existing offices will necessitate modifications to permitted development Reg. Ref. 1546/08 (as extended under Ref. 1546/08/x1(including provision of new accesses. Permission is also sought for lighting and signage to the Mercantile building, the extension, the public realm and the existing building. All other site development and services works as required to enable the development of the site.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3416/19

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

• An Oifig Mhuir-Thráchtála/Mercantile Marine Office, office, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay four-storey office building, built 1891-2, having central shallow breakfront to front (south) elevation. M-profile pitched slate roof, hipped to west, with rusticated granite chimneystacks, hidden behind rusticated coursed granite parapet wall having moulded granite coping. Cast-iron rainwater goods flanking front and forming overflow outlet to rear. Cut granite blocking course forming third floor lintel, surmounted by moulded deep cornice, pedimented to central breakfront. Coursed rusticated granite ashlar walls, ribbon dressed to quoins. Moulded string course forming continuous sill course to second floor. Deep moulded cornice over entablature, with central fascia flanked by shallow moulded consoles, having applied lettering, 'AN OIFIG MHUIR-THRÁCHTÁLA/MERCAN(TILE) MARINE OFFICE' to ground floor. Two-stage cut granite plinth course, surmounted by moulded string course forming first floor still course, channelled granite to upper part of wall to ground floor. Ruled-and-lined render to rear (north) elevation. Exposed red brick in Flemish bond where returns have been removed. Square-headed window openings, arranged in threes to centre bay, paired to flanking bays. Moulded granite sills to third floor windows, continuous to centre bay, cut granite mullions dividing openings. Panelled stepped masonry apron to centre window. Shouldered-and-kneed architrave surrounds and central mullions to first and second floor windows. Moulded cornice over centre window to second floor, masonry stepped apron under second floor centre window. Moulded cornice over centre window to first floor, having round-headed hood-moulding and keystone surmounted by urn finial with foliate wreath detail and fluted base. Timber sliding sash windows throughout, six-over-six pane flanked by four-over-four pane to breakfront, second and third floors, nine-over-nine pane flanked by six-over-six pane to breakfront, first floor, four-over-four pane to third floor side bays, six-over-six pane to second floor side bays, and nine-over-nine pane to first floor side bays. Plain glazed window openings to ground floor with steel balconettes. Square-headed window openings to rear having masonry sills, replacement uPVC windows to third floor, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to second floor, single-pane to first floor, some with steel grilles. Square-headed door openings to ground floor flanking breakfront with moulded architrave surrounds, surmounted by lintel cornices, having double-leaf timber panelled doors. Glazed rectangular overlights with timber-framed windows, flanked by engaged pilasters supporting round-headed lintel cornices.

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 gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3233 (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.