Land parcel 2847836

Area

2,238 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres)

Buildings

11 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,149 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

• 30 May 2025Grant permission

  The development, located to the rear of no 59 Eccles Street (a Protected Structure - NIAH Ref 50070468), and just off St Joseph's Parade, consists of the proposed replacement of the existing corrugated metal sliding vehicular gates with a pair of metal gates with timber infill. The proposal also includes the reopening of the original pedestrian gate (currently blocked up) and the installation of a new single metal gate with timber infill, metal cladding to the non-original concrete head above the gates and ancillary site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2223/25

• 17 Apr 2025Application declared invalid

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development, located to the rear of no 59 Eccles Street (a Protected Structure - NIAH Ref 50070468 ), and just off St Joseph's Parade, consists of the proposed replacement of the existing corrugated metal sliding vehicular gates with new 'period' style double metal gates. The proposal also includes the reopening of the original pedestrian gate (currently blocked up) and the installation of a new 'period' style single metal gate and ancillary site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1869/25

• 16 Oct 2023Grant permission

  Planning permission is sought for works to include demolition of existing single-storey rear extension and garden shed and construction of new part-single-storey / part-two-storey rear extension, along with associated internal alterations and refurbishments, landscaping and site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1888/23

• 19 May 2021Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission is sought for construction of a detached single-storey structure and associated works. The proposed building to the rear gardens of no's. 60-63 Eccles Street will extend the capacity of the existing childcare facility which serves the staff of the Mater Hospital and others.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2791/21

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

• Institute of Ophthalmology, University College Dublin, house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay four-storey over basement house, built c.1790, now in use as clinic. M-profile pitched roof having parapet with asphalt covered capping to front (north) elevation. Rendered chimneystack shared with property to east. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond, rendered walls to third floor. Painted cut granite plinth course over rendered walls to basement. Square-headed window openings having patent reveals and granite sills. Painted granite surround to basement level windows. Timber sash windows, three-over-three panes to third floor, six-over six panes to other openings. Round-arched door opening having painted masonry surround with engaged Ionic columns and respondent pilasters supporting fluted frieze with garlands. Cobweb fanlight, sidelights with recent patterned glass. Timber panelled door. Concrete steps to entrance platform. Cast-iron railings on rendered and granite plinth to steps. Basement area enclosed from pavement by granite plinth wall with cast-iron railings, recent metal gates. Square-headed door opening to basement having recent timber door. Recent external concrete steps to basement from pavement. Two cast iron coal-hole covers to granite paving in front of structure.

• Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Mater Hospital, house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay four-storey over basement former house, built c.1790, now in healthcare use. Pitched roof having parapet with granite capping to front (north) elevation. Brown brick chimneystack, partly rendered, shared with property to west. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond, recent red brick to parapet. Cut granite plinth course over rendered walls to basement. Square-headed window openings having patent reveals and granite sills. One-over-one pane timber sash windows. Round-arched door opening having painted masonry surround with engaged Ionic columns and respondent pilasters supporting fluted frieze with paterae and garlands. Cobweb fanlight, diamond pattern sidelights. Timber panelled door. Granite steps to entrance platform. Cast-iron railings on granite plinth to steps. Basement area enclosed from pavement by granite plinth wall with cast-iron railings. Square-headed door opening to basement having uPVC door. Two square-headed door openings to basement area to under pavement stores having timber battened doors. Three cast-iron coal-hole covers to granite paving in front of structure.

• Department of Adult Psychiatry, Mater Hospital, house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay four-storey over basement former house, built c.1790, now in healthcare use. M-profile pitched roof, hipped to west end, having parapet with granite capping to front (north) elevation. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond, recent red brick to parapet. Cut granite plinth course over rendered walls to basement. Square-headed window openings having patent reveals and granite sills. Painted cut granite surrounds to basement windows. Timber sash windows, three-over-three panes to third floor, nine-over-six panes to ground and first floors, six-over six panes to basement and second floor. Round-arched door opening having painted masonry surround with engaged Ionic columns and respondent pilasters supporting fluted frieze with garlands. Cobweb fanlight, wired-glass sidelights. Timber panelled door. Granite steps to entrance platform. Cast-iron railings on granite plinth to steps. Basement area shared with no.63 Eccles Street, enclosed from pavement having recent metal gate. Recent paved stairs to basement area.

• Department of Adult Psychiatry, Mater Hospital, house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay four-storey over basement former house, built c.1790, now in use as clinic. M-profile pitched roof, hipped to east end, having parapet with granite capping to front (north) elevation. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond. Cut granite plinth course over rendered walls to basement. Limestone plaque between ground floor windows noting the birth place of Frances Teresa Ball in 1794. Square-headed window openings having patent reveals and granite sills. Remains of wrought-iron balconettes to first floor windows. Painted cut granite surrounds to basement windows. Timber sash windows, three-over-three panes to third floor, nine-over-six panes to ground and first floors, six-over six panes to basement and second floor. Round-arched door opening having painted masonry surround with engaged Ionic columns and respondent pilasters supporting fluted frieze with garlands. Cobweb fanlight, wired-glass sidelights. Timber panelled door. Granite steps to entrance platform. Cast-iron railings on granite plinth to steps. Basement area shared with 62 Eccles Street, enclosed from pavement having recent metal gate. Recent paved stairs to basement area. Cast-iron coal-hole covers set in granite pavement to front of house.

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_3206 (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.

Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.

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.