Land parcel 5327345

Area

1,504,288 m² (150.43 ha, 371.72 acres)

Buildings

48 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 23,172 m².

Zoning

G3 HA - High Amenity (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
G5 Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network (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

• 11 Jun 2026Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, The Health Service Executive, intend to apply for permission for development at this site at Royal Hibernian Military Chapel (RPS 6756), (ridge height circa 11.7 Meters above ground level), a freestanding classical-style chapel with campanile, chancel and side vestry (264.5 sqm) and gallery (52 sqm). at Royal Hibernian Military Chapel, Saint Mary's Hospital, Acres Road, Phoenix Park, Chapelizod, Dublin 20 (Site Area 4134 sqm), the development will consist of works to 1860 Chancel (49 sqm) and Vestry (11 sqm) consisting of: The Developments will consist of • Repairs to roof including existing slates and lead roll ridge • Repairs to damaged sections of timber wall plates and rafters • Lift granite coping stone at gable and insert a lead dpc • Stabilisation and restraint to decorative lath and plaster ceiling to chancel • Repairs and repointing of granite chimney stack at the northwest corner • Remove areas of sand and cement render to the east, west and north elevations of the chancel and replace in a lime lined and ruled render. • Replace galvanised metal and PVC rainwater pipes with Cast Iron.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2439/26

• 29 May 2024Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS: 6756) : permission is sought by the Commissioners of Public Works for conservation works to the Royal Hibernian Military Chapel (ridge height circa 11.7 meters above ground level), a freestanding classical-style chapel with campanile, chancel and side vestry (264.5 sqm) and gallery (52 sqm) at Royal Hibernian Military Chapel, Saint Mary's Hospital, Chapelizod, Dublin 20 (site area 4134 sqm) as follows: demolition of existing mid-20th century single storey flat roofed vestry extension (7.5 sqm), removal of existing sand and cement render at rear of chancel (45 sqm) and to exterior of 1860 vestry (30 sqm) and replace with lime plaster render to match original, removal of existing galvanized steel rainwater goods and replace with cast iron rainwater goods with two additional rainwater pipes to the side elevations. Refurbishment of existing timber sliding sash windows, external door to the flat roofed vestry to be repaired and relocated to original position in the 1860 vestry.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3781/24

• 15 Feb 2024Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of the construction of a new two storey house on the existing tennis court including a new first floor terrace with screening, repair and re-alignment of the existing swept entrance walls and ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Dublin City Council, 3206/24

• 19 Jan 2024Application declared inva

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE :The development will consist of the construction of a new two storey house on the existing tennis court including a new first floor terrace with screening, repair and re-alignment of the existing swept entrance walls and ancillary site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3067/24

• 21 Jul 2023Grant permission and rete

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE - RETENTION: : RPS: 6755 : the proposed development consists of permission for the extension and amendment of the existing car parking area serving the Cuan Aoibheann building to provide 32 car parking spaces (25 of which are new spaces proposed to be constructed with grass concrete permeable surface) and covered cycle parking and associated external lighting and retention permission for an existing hardcore stone access road originally constructed as park of Covid 19 emergency works which will be improved to an approved road standard with a permeable asphalt surface and all associated site works necessary to complete the works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4202/23

• 26 Jun 2023Grant permission

  Permission is sought to demolish existing rear and gable chimneys, and dormers and bay windows to front, to straighten front roof slope and form new extended fully glazed dormer extension to front and form new windows to ground floor front and gable, to demolish existing rear conservatory and form new two storey rear extension, to relocate main entrance door from front to gable elevation, to remove part of existing stone boundary wall to front and form widened vehicular entrance and lower ground level to form new front driveway, to wrap exterior of house in external insulation and render finish, apart from stone cladding to front façade and burnt larch finish to rear two storey extension, to fit solar panels to roof at top of new dormer, to remove existing roof tiles , clean and re-lay, to modify internal layouts to ground and first floor and external gables and rear fenestration, all at 67, Martins Row, Chapelizod, Dublin 20 for Aideen Bodkin. No 67 is located in the `Chapelizod and Environs Architectural Conservation Area`

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1534/23

• 31 May 2023Application declared inva

  Permission is sought to demolish existing rear and gable chimneys, and dormers and bay windows to front, to straighten front roof slope and form new extended fully glazed dormer extension to front and form new windows to ground floor front and gable, to demolish existing rear conservatory and form new two storey rear extension, to relocate main entrance door from front to gable elevation, to remove part of existing stone boundary wall to front and form widened vehicular entrance and lower ground level to form new front driveway, to wrap exterior of house in external insulation and render finish, apart from stone cladding to front façade and burnt larch finish to rear two storey extension, to fit solar panels to roof at top of new dormer, to remove existing roof tiles , clean and re-lay, to modify internal layouts to ground and first floor and external gables and rear fenestration, all at 67, Martins Row, Chapelizod, Dublin 20 for Aideen Bodkin. No 67 is located in the 'Chapelizod and Environs Architectural Conservation Area'.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1467/23

• 1 Dec 2022Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of: (i) The installation of 8 no. wall vents at ground floor level and 8 no. wall vents at first floor level through the front facade of the main block; (ii) Removal of 4 no. door openings at ground floor level in the front facade of the main block and the reinstatement of four window openings at same with timber sash windows of the period; (iii) all associated ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 5329/22

• 20 Jun 2022Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: of:- Demolition of structures on site including a daycentre, a workshop, a glasshouse, steel container and 4 no. sheds; - Restoration of Leitrim Lodge to former use as a four-bed single occupancy residential dwelling with 2 no. car parking spaces; - Construction of a 5-storey apartment building with 23 no. units and associated balconies consisting of 15 no. duplex units and 8 no. apartment units providing 3 no. 1-bed units, 16 no. 2-bed units and 4 no. 3-bed units; - Construction of a bicycle store to provide 64 no. bicycle spaces and a parking shelter with a landscaped terrace above; 26 no. car parking spaces at surface level serving the apartment development; - Widening of existing access laneway on Church Lane requiring alteration to porches of existing dwellings and repositioning of a protected wall to 34 Main Street, Chapelizod, Dublin 20. Landscaping and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4260/22

• 9 Jun 2022Application declared inva

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE : Development at Leitrim Lodge, Martin's Row, Chapelizod, Dublin 20. Leitrim Lodge is a Protected Structure (Ref. 5047). The development will consist of: - Demolition of structures on site including a daycentre, a workshop, a glasshouse, steel container and 4 no. sheds; - Restoration of Leitrim Lodge to former use as a four-bed single occupancy residential dwelling with 2 no. car parking spaces; - Construction of a 5-storey apartment building with 23 no. units and associated balconies consisting of 15 no. duplex units and 8 no. apartment units providing 3 no. 1-bed units, 16 no. 2-bed units and 4 no. 3-bed units; - Construction of a bicycle store to provide 64 no. bicycle spaces and a parking shelter with a landscaped terrace above; - 26 no. car parking spaces at surface level serving the apartment development; - Widening of existing access laneway on Church Lane requiring alteration to porches of existing dwellings and repositioning of a protected wall to 34 Main Street, Chapelizod, Dublin 20. - Landscaping and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4188/22

• 22 Jun 2021Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission is sought for the refurbishment and convservation of Hibernian Cottage (ridge height circa 7 meters above ground level), a detached single-storey dwelling, with two-storey return to rear, consisting of ground floor (88 sqm), first floor (38 sqm) over basement (45 sqm) (No. 6754 on the record of Protected Structures) as follows: • Installation of insulation to underside of timber flooring void in raised ground floor and first floor rooms over basement, also to attic space/roof void. • Existing floor tiles in kitchen to be repaired and re-laid over new Platon basement waterproof tanking membrane. • Repair, sand and varnish all timber flooring. • Repair works to plaster-stabilize ceiling using stainless steel screws and washers and lime float coat to produce an even surface. • Painting and decorating to walls and ceilings throughout. • New bathroom fitings, new kitchen and utility fit-out. • Doors to be refurbished and ironmongery re-conditioned. • Mechanical upgrades to include installation of new heating system and radiators, new electrical wires and services throughout. • New concrete slab to external areas and laneway, boundary paths to be replaced on a like for like basis.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3011/21

• 9 Jun 2021Application declared inva

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission is sought for the refurbishment and conservation of Hibernian Cottage (ridge height circa 7 meters above ground level), a detached single-storey dwelling, with two-storey return to rear, consisting of ground floor (88 sqm), first floor (38 sqm) over basement (45 sqm) (No. 7654 on the record of protected structures), (site area 3504 sqm) as follows: • Installation of insulation to underside of timber flooring void in raised ground floor and first floor rooms over basement, also to attic space/roof void. • Existing floor tiles in kitchen to be repaired and re-laid over new platon basement waterproof tanking membrane. • Repair, sand and varnish all timber flooring. • Repair works to plaster-stabilize ceiling using stainless steel screws and washers and lime float coat to produce and even surface. • Painting and decorating to walls and ceilings throughout. • New bathroom fitings, new kitchen and utility fit-out. • Doors to be refurbished and ironmongery re-conditioned. • Mechanical upgrades to include installation of new heating system and radiators, new electrical wires and services throughout. • New concrete slab to external areas and laneway, boundary paths to be replaced on a like for like basis.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2921/21

• 6 May 2020Grant permission

  Permission: change of house plans from that previously approved under planning ref. 2194/19, granted on 28/03/2020. Permission also sought for the substantial demolition of the existing dwelling, walls and roof due to structural defects and water regress in the fabric. Permission is also sought for the construction of a two storey, five-bedroom, replacement dwelling, as well as widening of existing vehicular access, new parking area at front of house, internal and external alterations and associated site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2676/20

• 23 Dec 2019Refuse permission

  Planning permission at The Coach House, Park Lane, Dublin 20, D20K886 (The site located within the Chapelizod and Environs Architectural Conservation Area) for demolition of existing 2 storey building comprising commercial storage unit and dwelling and construction of 3 storey building comprising 1 no. x 2 bed own door at ground floor apartment & 2 no. x 2 bed duplex apartments with balconies over first and second floor, new boundary treatment and landscaping, pedestrian access gates, bins stores and 8 no. bicycle spaces and all associated site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4819/19

• 6 Nov 2019Grant permission

  a shed to rear garden

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1651/19

• 16 May 2019Refuse permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: the development will consist of:- (a) demolition of structures on site including a daycentre, a workshop, a glasshouse, steel container and 4 no.sheds; (b) Restoration of Leitrim Lodge to former use as a four-bed single occupancy residential dwelling with 2 no. car parking spaces; (c) Construction of a 5-storey apartment building with 23 no. units and associated balconies consisting of 15 no. duplex units and 8 no. apartment units providing 3 no. 1-bed units, 16 no. 2-bed units and 4 no. 3-bed units; (d) Construction of a bicycle store to provide 64 no. bicycle spaces and a parking shelter with a landscaped terrace above; (e) 29 no. car parking spaces at surface level serving the apartment development; (f) widening of existing access gateway on Church Lane, Landscaping and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3010/19

• 2 May 2019Application declared inva

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of:- - Demolition of structures on site including daycentre, a workshop, a glasshouse, steel container and 4 no. sheds; - Restoration of Leitrim Lodge to former use as a four-bed single occupancy residential dwelling with 2 no. car parking spaces; - Construction of a 5-storey apartment building with 23 no. units and associated balconies consisting of 15 no. duplex units and 8 no. apartment units providing 3 no. 1-bed units, 16 no. 2-bed units and 4 no. 3-bed units; - Construction of a bicycle store to provide 64 no. bicycle spaces and a parking shelter with a landscaped terrace above; - Widening of existing access gateway on Church Lane, landscaping and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2906/19

• 5 Mar 2019Refuse permission

  A detached 4-bedroom 2-storey-dwelling and all related works, accessible through an existing semi-private laneway.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1122/19

• 18 Feb 2015Grant permission

  Permission for site-works and erection of enclosing walls

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW14A/0046

• 4 May 2012Grant permission

  Partial demolition of single storey dwelling and construction of a two

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW12A/0039

• 19 May 2011App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months

  Partial demolition of single storey dwelling and construction of a two

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW11A/0057

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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 46 recorded monuments.

• DU018-007001 Deer park
  Description

  The lands of the Priory of Kilmainham were seised N of the Liffey by the crown in the early 17th century in order to create a royal deerpark around the Phoenix and viceregal country residence built on the site of the present magazine fort. Its construction began in 1662 with the erection of an enclosing stone wall. The deerpark wall was worked on by stonemason, Henry Gamble in 1664/5, an account of his petition regarding the commencement of these works was described in 1664/5. On the 6th February 1664 a petition from Henry Gamble (Gambel) for ‘his makeing parte of the Parke wall at the rate of fower shillings six pence per perch [5m] according as hee sets forth in his petition. And, the petitioner entred on the said worke, and did make parte of that which he agreed for about five foote [1.5m] high. Soe much as did amount unto the summe of fower hundred twentie-three pounds or thereaboutes according to the rates aforesaid. But, soe it is, may it please your Excellency, that two third partes of the said wall which was made by your petitioner as aforesaid was taken downe and made up againe, and cost the summe of one hundred thirty-two pounds or thereabouts, which summe added to his receipt makes up five hundred and twelve pounds. Soe that, as the state of the worke now standeth, the petitioner hath received, more than his agreement, the summe of eighty-nine pounds besides, some other parte of the wall made by the petitioner must be taken down and new wrought, and which is not in this account. And furthermore, may it please your Excellencie, I did severall times desire the petitioner to take the wall downe and to make it up againe himselfe, but I could not get him to doe it. All which I humbly submit to your Excellencie's further consideration. Dated this 28th day of February 1664-5 – William Dodson’ (Anon. 1884, 161). The dispute over the workmanship of the wall and payment for these works continued into 1663 when the following details were recorded; 'According to your Lordship's order of the 10th of June 1663, we have veiwed and measured soe much of the work in the certificate hereunto annexed as hath been performed by Henry Gamble, mason, in the said certificate also named, according to certaine articles of agreement made between William Dodson, Esquire, on behalfe of his Majestie and the said Henry Gamble, and wee find that soe much of his Majestie's park wall in the said certificate also mentioned as hath been erected by the said Gamble, pursuant to the said articles, extendeth itself from the river Liffie, beneath Bowbridge [DU018-020287-], by the old wall of St. John's Chapple [DU018-020286-] neere Killmainham, to the new bridge [DU018-027003-/074] of Chapple-Izod, and contayneth in length by measure 320 perches [1,600m], at the least, besides 43 perches [216m] more, the said Henry Gamble affirming and produceing witneses to prove the same to have bine done and performed by him, and the said Mr. Dodson utterly denying the same; wee likewise finde, upon serious view and consideration of the whole matter to us referred, that that part of the said wall which is now defective was not occasioned through any neglect of the surveyor, or the said Henry Gamble, or any others under them or either of them imployed in the said work, which was well and in workmanlike manner performed by the said Henry Gamble as a dry wall, but meerly occasioned by reason the stones were not laid in mortar, they being of a soft and mouldring condition and not able to endure the sunn and weather without it. And wee further find that that part of the wall which hath been since done and performed by the said Henry Gamble conteyneth throughout five foot from the ground upwards, and is of more thickness and substance than that upper part of the said wall which hah bine since and coped by other men at day-work, which the said Henry Gamble ought likewise to have performed; and therefore wee think it just and meet to allow unto the said Henry Gamble one perch in five in regard thereof throughout the said work, which cometh to 64 perches [321m] more, which makes the whole work performed by the said Henry Gamble besides the 43 perches [216m] in dispute to amount to 384 perches [1,931m] accounting the same at 22s. 6d. each perch [5m] grosse, which cometh in the whole to 432 pounds sterling, besides the said 43 perches [216m] in difference, whereof wee find the said Henry Gamble hath received of the said Mr. Dodson the summ of 380l. sterling and noe more; soe that there remaineth due to the said Henry Gamble from the said Mr. Dodson, upon the whole accompt, besides the said 43 perches [216m] in dispute, the summe of 52 pounds sterling. Dated 28 August 1665’ (Gilbert 1885, 4-5). However, there was a second phase of wall building in 1680 AD (Ball 1906, IV, 181, 184, 189). The present wall encloses an area of 1,752 acres. It is coursed masonry with a stone capping (H 2.74m). There are 8 gates; at Parkgate Street, Chapelizod, Castleknock, North Circular Road, Cabra, Ashtown, Knockmaroon and Island bridge (Lord Killanin & Duignan 1967, 258-259, Mc Lysaght 1979, 235; Litton-Falkiner 1901, 465-88). In 1662 the exact bounds of the stone wall ran along the old Castleknock road to the meadows of the Liffey where Heuston Station stands. In 1671 the walls were straightened and left until 1680 when the lands south of the Liffey enclosing the Royal Hospital were extended and the Chapelizod road was taken as the boundary. This section of wall was built by Sir John Temple. There are private entrances in the western portion at Farmleigh and Mount Sackville Convent and Marlborough Cavalry Barracks (Cosgrave-Dillon 1909, 17-25). Anon. 1884 Appendix to Ninth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts Commission, Part II. Gilbert, J.T. 1885 The Manuscripts of the Most Honourable the Marquis of Ormonde, Kilkenny Castle. Historical Manuscripts Commission, Tenth Report, Appendix, Part V, 1-106. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 31 January 2023

• DU018-007002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  A late tower house called Ashtown Castle stands beside the former Under Secretary's Lodge or Papal Nuncio, originally the manor of Castleknock and prior to the Dissolution was held by the Hospital of St. John Without, Newgate. The lands had been granted in the early 13th century to the Hospital by Hugh Tyrrell, First Baron of Castleknock (Ball 1906, 187). The castle stands in the townland and parish of Castleknock (Caisleán Cnucha), in the barony of Castleknock. John Connell, of Ashtown, was seneschal to the Duke of Ormond in the 17th century and was described by Lord Orrery as a 'notorious rogue and tory' who forfeited his lands in Kerry and Dublin including the Phoenix Park (O'Connell 1892, 312). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Dublin recorded that in 1641 the proprietor of the lands of Ashtown was 'John Connell of Dublin Protestant' who was in possession of 'one Castle with two Thatcht houses vallewed by the Jury at Eight Pounds. Theire is alsoe one smale Orchard'(Simington 1945, 247). In 1664 the forfeited estate was purchase by Sir William Flower, who was the second keeper of the Park (Ball 1906, 188). Ashtown Castle is depicted on Petty's 1685 Map of County Dublin where it is depicted as a tower house type building (Petty 1685). Today the castle stands beside the OPW Visitor's Centre to the Phoenix Park. Prior to it's restoration by the OPW in the late 1980's, the tower house was hidden within the walls of a Georgian house once occupied by the under-secretary for Ireland. When that house was demolished in the late 1980, the tower house was revealed. Ball (1906, 187) recorded the following details about Ashtown; 'a castle, stood on the ground now occupied by the Under-Secretary's Lodge, and some portion of it is still to be found incorporated in the modern structure'. The castle stands three storeys high with an attic level. It is roughly rectangular in plan (int. dims. L 6.37m; Wth 4.96m; wall Wth 0.92m) with a stair turret in the SE corner that projects externally. Built of coursed masonry with dressed quoins. The ground floor was defended on the W by a musket loop. There is a blocked entrance in the S wall W of the stair turret and another round-arched doorway in the W wall. The interior was lit by a square-headed opening in the S wall. Georgian windows had been inserted into the ground floor. A timber floor over ground is held with corbels. First floor interior is lit by a slit ope on the E wall. The lintel for the original fireplace is present in the E wall. The second floor also had a lintelled fireplace held with corbels and an interior lit by a square-headed ope in the E wall. An early 17th century roof-truss in the E gable provides a date for at least the construction of the roof. Castle described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a; 'Detached three-storey fortified tower house with square-plan stair tower to southeast, built c.1605. Now in use as heritage centre. Pitched and graded slate saddle-back roof behind parapets, with dressed stone chimneystack with recesses and coping and stone steps to upper west gable. Squared rainwater openings to base of parapets. Walling is uncoursed limestone rubble. Square-headed window openings, with roughly stepped and chamfered stone architraves and sills, and with hood-moulding over upper south window. Windows replacement metal casements. Loops to tower. In-stepped round-headed doorcase to south with dressed stone architraves and replacement timber studded door. Set within mature landscaped gardens of former Ashtown Demesne, with Phoenix Park Visitor Centre and walled garden to west. Ground plan of former Ashtown Lodge marked by low box hedging. Surrounding garden and trees laid out by Ninian Niven c.1840' (NIAH Reg. No. 50060048; https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50060048/ashtown-castle-castleknock-within-phoenix-park-dublin-city). See attached photos courtesy of the OPW https://heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/phoenix-park-visitor-centre-ashtown-castle/#gallery-2 DU018-007002-_03 By https://www.flickr.com/people/fwiffo/ - https://www.flickr.com/photos/fwiffo/442455869/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4570423 O'Connell, M.J. 1892 The Last Colonel of the Irish Brigade: Count O'Connell, and Old Irish Life at Home and Abroad, 1745-1833, Volume 2. K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited. London. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 26 January 2023

• DU018-007003 Mound
  Description

  In a low-lying situation in grassland, on the former grounds of the Apostolic Nunciature. The site comprises a flat-topped mound, roughly circular in plan (diam. 19m; H 2.5m). There is an elongated, waterlogged hollow along the S section of the site that may have been a source for the mound material. Along the SE section of the mound is a rectangular block of granite (L 0.76m; Wth 0.56m; H 0.4m) with a socket on the upper surface that may have held a cross or sign. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Upload date: 28 September 2011

• DU018-007004 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  According to Falkiner (1904, 59-60) in c. 1680 when the lands south of the Liffey were excluded from a re-organisation of Phoenix Park, a keepership was established at Castleknock Gate on the site of Mountjoy Barracks and the Ordnance Survey. There are no visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Upload date: 29 September 2011

• DU018-007005 Well
  Description

  According to Joyce (1912) near the Phoenix column and just outside the Viceregal Grounds behind the Gate Lodge there is a clear spring which is supposed to be the original 'Fionn Uisce'. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as an archaeological monument. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Upload date: 30 September 2011

• DU018-007006 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Arás an Uachtaráin (Residence of the President) formerly the Viceregal Lodge in the Phoenix Park (Newtown Park), is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Ireland. According to Scholes (1877, 35); 'This magnificent edifice was built in 1751 by the Right Honourable Nathaniel Clements, from whom in 1784, it was purchased by the Government, to serve as a country seat for the Lord Lieutenant'. D'Alton (1838, 537) recorded the following details about Nathaniel Clements; 'In 1751 Nathaniel Clements was appointed chief ranger and game-keeper of all his Majesty's parks, &c. in Ireland, and ranger of his Majesty's park the Phoenix, and keeper of the walk within said park called Newtown Park, in place of the Hon. Sir John Lewis Ligonier, Knight of the Bath, who had resigned'. This building is annotated 'the Lord Lieutenants' on Taylor's 1816 Map of Dublin. The house was described in 1818 as; 'The Vice-Regal Lodge was originally built by Mr. [Nathaniel] Clements, from whom it was purchased. It was a plain structure of brick. In 1802 Lord Hardwicke made the first important improvement, by adding the wings, in one of which is the great dining-hall. In 1808, the Duke of Richmond added the north portico, a structure of the Doric order and the lodges by which the demesne is entered on the side of Dublin. But the most striking addition to the building is the north front, added by Lord Whitworth. This is ornamented with a pediment supported by four Ionic pillars of Portland stone, from a design of Johnson's. The whole façade has been new faced to correspond with this portico, and it now stands a fair architectural ornament in the Park- a residence befitting a viceroy' (Warburton et. al. 1818, 1310). The building and landscaped surrounds were described by George Newenham Wright (1831, 26) as; 'The most extensive and beautiful of the enclosed demesnes in the Phoenix Park, is that appropriated as the summer residence of the Viceroy of Ireland. The building is spacious, and sufficiently architectural; the principal front consists of a centre and wings, the former a noble portico of the Ionic order, supporting a plain pediment of graceful proportions, the latter, perfectly plain, with the exception of six ornamented panels inserted between the upper and the basement stories. It is very singular, that such an agreeable and unassuming elevation could have been the result of so many alterations, and by so many different hands. The original mansion, the central portion of the present Lodge, was a simple brick building, erected by the Right Hon. Nathaniel Clements, ancestor of the Earl of Leitrim, in 1784, from whom it was purchased by the Crown. The present Earl of Hardwicke, when lord lieutenant of Ireland, added the wings, which contain the principal apartments in the Lodge, in the year 1802. The Duke of Richmond, in 1808, caused the north portico to be erected, a heavy structure of the Doric order: but, it was reserved for Lord Whitworth to embellish the whole by the addition of the beautiful, light Ionic colonnade, that stands prominent in the centre of the south front, the design of which was suggested by the late eminent architect F. Johnston, Esq. In 1821, his gracious Majesty, during his sojourn in Ireland, made this Lodge his constant residence, though he held his court at DUBLIN Castle, since which period it is most generally styled the Royal Lodge. The pleasure -grounds are very extensive, and highly improved: they contain two spacious ponds well - stocked with trout, tench, carp, and pike ; several noble gardens and orchards; many delightful rides through shrubberies and plantations; and, including what is considered to be his excellency's demesne, occupy an area of one hundred and sixty-one English acres. Around the south front we see lofty limes, and elms of stately and picturesque forms, between which, distant views of the Wicklow and Dublin mountains are occasionally presented; while the foreground and middle distance of the View from the Lodge and its pleasure-grounds, are occupied by a spacious area, broken and diversified by an undulating surface, and by a variety of luxuriant forest trees. The demesne of the Royal Lodge is entered between two gate-lodges of a very elegant and chaste design, where guards of honor are always placed; those, as well as the noble gates of entrance in Park-gate street, were erected by command of the late Duke of Richmond'. Photo © William Murphy https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%81ras_an_Uachtar%C3%A1in_2010.jpg DU018-007006-_03 courtesy https://www.archiseek.com/2010/1751-aras-an-uachtarain-phoenix-park-dublin/ See attached Taylor's 1816 Map showing the house annotated 'the Lord Lieutenants' Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile. Scholes, J.C. 1877 A Few Random Rambles in and about the City of Dublin. J. Stead. Bolton. Wright. G.N. 1831 Ireland Illustrated, from original drawings, by G. Petrie, R.H.A., W. H. Bartlett, & T. M. Baynes. With descriptions, by G. N. Wright. H. Fisher, Son & Jackson. London Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 26 January 2023

• DU018-007007 Designed landscape feature
  Description

  Located in flat terrain just NW of the cross erected for the arrival of Pope John Paul in Phoenix Park. This large enigmatic enclosure is shown on the 1837 edition OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval enclosure (Int. L 152m, E-W; Wth 123m N-S) and appears as a ditched feature on aerial photographic coverage (pers. comm. Leo Swan). It is visible on the ground as a curving flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3.2-4m; D 0.2-0.4m) which encloses a level, oval area. There is a causeway in the NE which opens onto an avenue-like feature extending from the Chief Secretary's house. It is disturbed by a number of later trackways that transect the site. A trough has been placed within the interior. The size, shape and form of this enclosure compares favourably with the landscaped areas in the park and it may be a landscaped feature of 18th-century date. On Rocque's map of County Dublin (1760) it is shown as part of the extensive gardens of the Chief Secretary's house. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Upload date: 30 September 2011

• DU018-007008 Well
  Description

  Formerly within Phoenix Park, this was a spa well called Feenisk (Fionn Uisge) which was famous for its curative powers. The site was levelled in the late Nineteenth century (Daly 1957, 17-18). There are no visible remains above ground. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Upload date: 28 September 2011

• DU018-007009 Megalithic structure (present location)
  Description

  The present megalithic structure which stands in the Zoological Gardens was originally uncovered in a sandpit close to Chapelizod not far from Knockmary in the Phoenix Park. A human skeleton was found within the tomb (Borlase 1897, 381, 2; Poe 1904, 5-6). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Upload date: 28 September 2011

• DU018-007010 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  The Down Survey (1655-6) map shows 'The Highway to Monnoth from Dublin' along the line of the present south road in Phoenix Park. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 28 September 2011

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Architectural heritage

• Phoenix Park, gates/railings/walls, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Two sets of identical iron gateways flanking gate lodge, erected c.1835. Each gateway comprises double-leaf wrought- and cast-iron vehicular gates hung on iron piers paired to either end with matching piers set on granite ashlar bases. Flanked by matching pedestrian gates hung on octagonal-profile granite ashlar piers supporting decorative cast-iron lamps with copper lanterns. Spear-headed gates have cross members while iron piers have rosette and anthemion cast elements with shallow pyramidal caps and supported to north elevation by large scrolled wrought-iron brackets. Matching pedestrian gates hung on octagonal-profile granite piers hewn from single block with shallow capstones and elaborately cast lamp bases with foliate details and replacement copper glazed lanterns. Short section of matching iron railing attaches both gateways to lodge. Bitmac roads pass through both gateways, while that to east is no longer in use. Terminated on outer sides by rubble stone boundary wall of Phoenix Park.

• Phoenix Park, gate lodge, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached octagonal-plan single-storey gate lodge, built 1838, extended to rear c.1865 with connecting entrance bay. Now in use as house. Roof hidden behind parapet wall with central octagonal-profiled rendered chimneystack with lipped clay pots. Hipped natural slate roof to rear block with roll-moulded lead ridges, rendered chimneystack with octagonal clay pots rising from rear elevation and cast-iron profiled guttering supported on decorative timber eaves brackets and cast-iron downpipes. Channel-rusticated rendered walls with continuous impost moulding. Round-headed window openings to octagonal part and segmental-headed window openings to rear block, set within recesses and having timber sliding sash windows with convex horns, two-over-two pane to rear block, and all having granite ashlar sills, apron panels incorporated fanlights and convex horns. Connecting entrance bay has pitched natural slate roof with segmental-headed door opening and flat-panelled timber door with glazed upper panel. Concrete path encircles building with gravel area enclosed by wrought-iron railings set in granite plinth. Large rear lawn enclosed by plainer iron railings and matching iron gates opening into tarmac driveway. Flanked on each side by associated cast-iron gateway abutting rubble stone boundary wall of Phoenix Park.

• Phoenix Park, gates/railings/walls, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Granite and iron gate screen, built 1836. Double geometric spear-headed cast-iron vehicular gates flanked by matching pedestrian gates (that to east side pivoting), supported on four square-section ashlar granite piers having corniced caps with blocking stone and plain plinth. Inner piers topped by brass lamps over cast-iron standards (maker's mark: Kilbride). Cast-iron railings over granite plinth to either side supported at rear by curlicue bracing supports; ensemble terminated at either end by granite piers attached to alcoved rubble stone south boundary wall of Phoenix park. Tarmac entrance road and footpath to front. Forms set-piece with neoclassical gate lodge within. Set at Chapelizod entrance to Phoenix Park.

• Phoenix Park, gate lodge, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan three-bay single-storey neoclassical gate lodge, built c.1830, having deep projecting central bay, and fully abutted to rear by mid-twentieth-century extension. Now in use as house. Hipped roof concealed behind parapet, with leaded ridges and hips (presumably natural slate). Two original ashlar granite chimneystacks with corniced coping, located to party walls between bays. Parapet gutters. Walling is ashlar limestone with granite dressings including V-jointed quoins, plinth, frieze and cornice. Distyle-in antis Doric portico with granite platform. Windows are replacement six-over-six pane horned timber sliding sashes, with dressed granite surrounds, slightly recessed into wall face. Replacement multi-panelled timber door, with recessed plain granite reveals, accessed from granite platform; additional full-width granite step partially submerged in tarmac road surface. Located within southern park boundary, adjacent to substantial gate screen (50060311). Fronts directly onto tarmac park entrance road and has small enclosed plot bounded by cast-iron railings, with double vehicular gates to north and pedestrian gate to south. Mature tree-lined boundary to east and north.

• Knockmary Lodge, worker's house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay former ranger's lodge, built c.1890, single-storey to eastern section and single-storey with dormer attic to western section, with projecting gabled porch to junction, canted bay window to west elevation, and with extensions to rear. Now in use as house. Pitched slate roofs. Brick and pebble-dashed chimneystack with clay chimneypots behind ridge, and modern brick chimneystack added to rear. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Decorative timber bargeboards. Pebble-dashed walls with smooth-rendered quoins. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to front of single-storey and first floor of higher part, and casement elsewhere, with transom-and-mullion frames to ground floor of higher part, with stucco label-mouldings to front elevation of higher part. Square-headed door opening to porch with timber panelled and glazed door and granite step. Sandstone flagstone to entrance with cast-iron boot-scraper. Round-plan grounds enclosed by wrought-iron railings with pedestrian entrance gate opening to path to south and vehicular gate to north. Late Neolithic burial cist located to east of site.

• Saint Mary's Hospital, gates/railings/walls, 1750–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Boundary wall and drainage ditch, built c.1765. Irregular plan random coursed and squared limestone rubble walls to inner perimeter, over rubble stone core and generally topped with render and inset with regular arrangement of pebbles; sloped grass banks to outer perimeter of ditch. Some sections of cast-iron railings retained. South and southeastern boundary formed by roughcast perimeter walls of farm buildings, gateway and former non-commissioned officers' quarters.

• Saint Mary's Hospital Chapel, church/chapel, 1845–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Victorian-Gothic Catholic chapel, built c.1850, with five bay nave, bell-cote and western bay added c.1870, and having projecting gabled porch to south elevation, lower chancel to east and single-storey gabled projections to south and to northeast for clergy, first being sacristy and second being vestry. five-bay. No longer in use. Slate to main roof, chancel and sacristies, roll topped clay ridge tiles to main roof and chancel, south porch and south sacristy, plain ridge tiles to north sacristy, half-round cat iron gutters on drive-in brackets to all roofs, cast iron hoppers and down-pipes; stepped stone verges to main roof and chancel with gabled springers and apex stones surmounted by stone crosses. Uncoursed rubble limestone walling with tooled ashlar buttresses, stepped caps, ashlar strings to plinth, ashlar canted eaves detail. Paired lancets to main part, with tooled ashlar limestone surrounds, diamond-paned quarried leaded lights; tripartite east window to chancel, with ashlar surrounds and sills, and decorative leaded lights; painted timber plain glazed sliding sash windows to sacristies; tripartite window to west gable, with lancets, having plain ashlar surrounds, moulded hood-mouldings with carved heads as springers, and decorative leaded lights. Pointed-arch main entrance, with tooled ashlar surround, moulded hip stone, ball stops, double-leaf timber battened door with decorative strap hinges, boot-scraper; pointed-arch door opening to sacristies, chamfered pointed-arch ashlar surrounds, timber sheeted beaded and framed doors; square-headed double-leaf door openings to north elevation, with splayed ashlar pre-cast concrete surrounds, vertically sheeted v-jointed double-leaf door. Set in grounds of Saint Mary's Hospital complex, bounded by lawns and mature trees. Modern single-storey hospital building to south, two-storey hospital buildings to east bounded by rubble stone boundary wall, and hospital road to east and north.

• Saint Mary's Hospital, church/chapel, 1770–1775 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding classical-style former Church of Ireland church, built 1771-3, having three-bay nave, lower chancel of c.1860 slightly recessed to nave north gable, entrance elevation having four-stage tower flanked by niches, and with single-bay vestry to north end of west elevation of nave with flat-roofed addition. Tower is square in plan to lower two stages and octagonal in plan above. Slated roofs, hipped to north end of nave and pitched to south, to chancel and to vestry. Diminishing course of slate to nave. Carved pediment to south elevation of nave, continuing as string course to sides of tower and as pediment to front. Moulded rendered pediment to chancel gable. Lead hip and ridges, half-round galvanized gutters on drive-in brackets, ashlar granite chimneystack to northwest; zinc or lead clad cupola surmounted with cross finial to tower; slate roofs to chancel and vestry; asphalt roof to addition. Coursed tooled ashlar granite walling with moulded architraves and keystones to openings and raised V-jointed quoins. Projecting plinth to church and tower, moulded eaves to main roof, smooth ruled cement-based render to chancel, with moulded surrounds to window openings to north, and ruled and lined cement-based render to vestry and addition. Tower has oculus openings to second stage and round-headed and louvered to top two stages, with moulded architraves and impost course to third stage and keystones to top stage, with granite sills. Round-headed window openings to nave, with granite sills, having fourteen-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to nave and to bottom stage of side walls of tower. Tripartite window to chancel gable with cement-rendered surrounds, keystone to higher central window, leaded lights, and memorial plaque dated 1906, flanking round-headed lights, plain quarried with coloured margined surround. No access to interior but evidence of gallery to south. Set in churchyard with grave markers to north, rubble stone boundary wall, wrought-iron gates with cast-iron embellishments hung on ashlar granite piers to southeast and southwest.

• Saint Mary's Hospital, building misc, 1765–1775 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay three-storey former boys military school, built 1766-70, with pedimented breakfront central bays, slightly-recessed two-bay flanking wings with slightly lower five- or six-bay three-storey projecting wings with four-bay gable-fronts and rear courtyard, and with various further extensions. Now in use as hospital. Main block modified in recent decades to have extra column of window openings between each bay. Modern clock inset to pediment, and four-sided cupola to apex with round-headed openings to each face and copper dome over. Flat parapeted roof to west wing, with recent concrete porch canopy and additional window openings inserted. Hipped M-profiled artificial slate roof to main block, with replacement terracotta ridge and hip-tiles. Cast-iron and replacement uPVC rainwater goods mounted on ashlar stone eaves cornice. Brick chimneystacks with copings and replacement clay pots. Ashlar coping to gables. Walling has painted roughcast over painted offset plinth, raised V-jointed quoins, and with painted and horizontally channelled walling to ground floor of breakfront. Carved limestone pediments to projecting blocks. Squared-headed window openings with stepped rendered architraves with keyed mouldings to lintels, and painted masonry sills. Inserted narrow window openings have plain surrounds. Replacement uPVC windows throughout. Ground floor openings enlarged to breakfront and to middle bay of flanking sections of main block. Square-headed window openings to forward projecting blocks have plain rendered linings and painted masonry sills. Square-headed door openings with raised smooth rendered surrounds over plinth, recent timber doors and generally four-pane over-lights. Parapeted flat-roofed porch abuts south gable of eastern projecting wing. East wing abutted by small two-storey parapeted range connecting to two-storey four-bay building with hipped roof and single-storey parapeted abutments, forming southwest corner of overall hospital building. L-plan seven-bay three-storey structure to west of west wing, built c.1860, southwest corner and central west elevations advanced, and having hipped artificial slate roof, ogee cast-iron rainwater goods on ashlar stone eaves, random coursed calp rubble walls with ashlar limestone dressings, and square-headed window openings with limestone sills, moulded reveals, stepped ashlar architraves and voussoirs, and replacement uPVC windows. Pedimented single-bay porch to south with granite step and square-headed doorway with matching surrounds and six-panel double-leaf timber door. Similar three-bay single-storey block, c.1860, abuts to east, connecting with west wing of main building, and having hipped artificial slate roof and enlarged central opening with modern timber canopy over concrete entrance ramp. Early twentieth-century L-plan structure abuts to rear re-entrant angle, having hipped artificial roof, rendered walls and combination of six-over-six pane timber sash and large metal-framed and replacement uPVC windows. Generally rear of building complex abutted by structures dating to early to mid-nineteenth century but now generally remodelled. Johnston's original sergeant' block to west end of rear of main block is symmetrical five-bay three-storey block with six-over-six pane timber sash windows with iron bars to ground floor and timber sheeted loading door and beam at first floor. Middle of rear of main block abutted by three-storey flat-roofed link block connecting to eight-bay three-storey wing with pitched roof, having glazed ceramic tile walling to southeast re-entrant angle, replacement uPVC windows, paired with inbuilt sills to south gable, enlarged to ground floor, with some multiple-pane timber sashes to east. Double-height structure abuts north gable (thought to be original dining hall), with pitched slate roof, and multiple-pane round-headed timber sash windows. Single-storey range to west extending north from rear of main building, contains gable-fronted central entrance bay with granite coping, recessed square-headed doorway with rusticated stone surround, east elevation lit by high-level ten-over-ten pane replacement timber sash windows. Northern range of northwest courtyard has single-bay building with hipped roof and rubble stone walls with stepped-brick architraves and voussoirs and pairs of twelve-over-twelve pane replacement timber sliding sash windows to north and south. Western range of northwest has two-storey flat-roofed structure to south with matching single-storey abutment to west, having glass bricks to window openings. North abutted by pitched single-storey range having roughly coursed and squared stone walls with stepped brick architraves and voussoirs to square-headed six-over-six pane timber sash windows with metal bars and granite sills. Tapered yellow brick chimney to west, rising from small mono-pitched structure, with blocked openings. Taller freestanding chimney to west with rusticated red brick walling. Interior has been entirely reworked for use as hospital facility.

• Saint Mary's Hospital, monument, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding First World War memorial, erected c.1930. Tapered eight-sided ashlar limestone column, topped with cross and supported on four-sided plinth, over three-stepped octagonal-plan base. Each face of pedestal inscribed with names of former pupils of the Royal Hibernian Military School, who died in 'The Great War 1914-1918'. School crest and motto 'Fear God, Honour the King' located at base of octagonal column. Centrally located on grassy forecourt in front of Saint Mary's Hospital, formerly the Royal Hibernian Military School.

• Saint Mary's Hospital, orphanage/children's home, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Parallel terraced rows of single-storey three-bay former staff accommodation buildings, built c.1810, now largely derelict and overgrown. Some to south row remain in residential use. Slate roofs, mono-pitched to north, pitched with hipped ends to south. Some derelict ranges to northwest overgrown but have gabled half-dormered attic and large segmental-headed archways. Generally yellow brick chimneystacks with replacement sections in red brick. Cast-iron and replacement rainwater goods on wall-driven brackets. Roughcast-rendered walling over cement plinth. Square-headed window openings, with rendered reveals and granite sills. Openings boarded to north range, sliding timber sashes to south range, three-over-three pane to south elevation behind wire grilles and four-over-four pane to north. Square-headed door openings with smooth rendered reveals, generally boarded to north, modern replacement doors to south range, with timber sheeted door to one. Flat-roofed parapeted two-bay building abuts to west of south range, with tall rendered chimneystack and metal windows. Barrel-shaped corrugated-iron roof to south central block, built c.1900, having red brick walling laid to English garden wall bond, rubble limestone west gable and yellow brick chimneystack, over-sized square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs and granite sills, windows removed/boarded, roller shutter to vehicular doorway. Abutted to west by ruinous mono-pitched red brick stores, roof structure largely collapsed, with segmental-headed openings with some remnants of timber sheeted double-leaf doors. Set into steep hillside to south of Saint Mary’s Hospital, surmounted by roughcast-rendered boundary wall with granite coping and modern steel railings. Rear of terraces forms boundary walls to south and east, with central street accessed to east via segmental-headed arch with calp limestone voussoirs and buttressed architraves. Remaining range to west heavily overgrown and collapsed, mature planting to west end of northern range. Former non-commissioned officers' quarters to west.

• Hibernian Cottage, school master's house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan three-bay single-storey former head master's house, built c.1850, with two-bay two-storey return to rear. Slated and rendered lean-to abuts northeast corner of return basement, having metal skylight. Now in use as house. M-profile hipped slate roof, with angled terracotta ridge and hip tiles, and yellow brick chimneystacks with moulded stone copings and clay pots. Ogee-profile cast-iron rainwater goods to over-sailing eaves, carried on painted and paired corbels. Walling is red brick to front block, laid to Flemish bond (generally tuck-pointed) over offset granite plinth. Smooth rendered walls to return, yellow brick wall to western cheek of return and part of rear elevation, laid to English garden wall bond. Generally round-headed window openings to front block, and square-headed to return. Paired round-headed openings to front elevation have rendered and painted surrounds, including coped pilasters over plinths, continuous moulded stone sills and moulded archivolts with projecting corniced key-mouldings. Remaining openings to front block have brick voussoirs, plain reveals and granite sills. Plain rendered openings with granite sills to return. Windows generally original four-over-four pane timber sliding sashes to front block, and six-over-six pane square-headed to return, with some multiple-pane timber casements. Round-headed offset brick with lettering 'CAPT. J.E. NOLAN'. Lower storey of return has square-headed opening with timber sheeted door and decorative iron hinges. West cheek has window and segmental-headed opening leading to basement passageway having whitewashed rubble stone walls, with outbuildings to north and front block to south. Basement level accessed via concrete ramp along northwest elevation, lined with combination of cast-iron railings, and sections of rendered and yellow brick walling. Bitmac path to building perimeter. Cast-iron boot-scraper retained outside main door. Cast-iron pedestrian gate with iron round arch over and granite steps leading to bitmac entrance path. Located in mature gardens, set back from Acres Road, behind coursed rubble stone boundary wall enclosing hospital complex.

• Saint Mary's Hospital, orphanage/children's home, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Group of three detached Edwardian Italianate buildings, comprising former school, built c.1904, gymnasium, built c.1906, and library with recreation room, built c.1909. Now in use as part of hospital. School building largely symmetrical three-bay single-storey building with advancing pedimented bay with keyed oculus to pediment, three windows wide to centre of south elevation. Similar lower return abuts to east. Hipped artificial slate roof with copper ridges and finials, replacement rainwater goods on projecting modillion bracketed painted timber eaves. Wet-dash rendered walling over smooth rendered plinth with horizontally channelled strip quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with dressed limestone sills, moulded and quoined rendered surrounds. Windows are six-over-six pane timber sliding sashes, generally with original glass. Diminutive two-over-two pane sashes to east return. Matching square-headed doorcase to north with timber panelled and glazed door, three-pane over-light and rendered step. Now used as laundry room. Gymnasium building to west comprises double-height eight-bay block with single-storey flat-roofed and parapeted bays abutting east and west gables. Pitched diminishing slate roof, with copper ridges, ogee cast-iron rainwater goods on projecting modillion bracketed painted timber eaves. Wet-dash rendered walling over smooth rendered plinth, with openings flanked by rendered piers with lower section horizontally channelled strip quoins. Segmental-headed window openings with dressed limestone sills, moulded surrounds and keyed heads. Windows have multiple-pane timber casements to heads, with lower parts alternating between full-height pairs of replacement timber sliding sashes and high-level tripartite multiple-pane casements. Door opening to south with matching surrounds and over-light, modern double-leaf door with plain four-pane additional over-light inserted. East and west abutments have square-headed window openings with moulded architraves and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Now used for storage. Library building to north comprises two-storey and three-bay block, with full-height single-bay return to south. Hipped slate roof, pitched to ridge-line, with timber louvers to north and south half-gables. Pitched roof to return with keyed oculus to tympanum. Similar lower return abuts to east. Leaded ridge-tiles, angled grey hip-tiles, rendered chimneystack with horizontal channelling, moulded coping and replacement clay pots. Leaded flat roof over central advancing bay to west. Ogee cast-iron rainwater goods on projecting modillion bracketed painted timber eaves. Wet-dash rendered walling over smooth rendered plinth, with horizontally channelled render to ground floor and first floor strip quoins. Square-headed window openings with moulded architraves, lugged and shouldered to ground floor, rendered stone sills, keyed heads and replacement timber sliding sashes (generally six-over-six pane). Matching surround to south doorcase, with six-panel timber door, moulded cornice and three-pane over-light. Moulded canopy over, carried on decorative painted iron brackets. Now in use as offices.

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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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3149 (ZIP).

Flooding

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