Land parcel 5328800

Area

1,069 m²

Buildings

4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 673 m².

Zoning

G5 Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
M3 Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 25 Jan 2019Grant permission

  Permission for development to amend the previously permitted development (Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 3750/17) at a site of c. 0.017 ha at Nos. 117-120 James's Street, Dublin 8. The development will consist of: the provision of signage and window manifestations at the front facade of Nos. 118-120 James's Street; the change of use at first floor level of Nos. 117-120 from permitted ancillary office use to gin school (59 sqm) and at part of the second floor level of Nos. 117-120 James's Street from permitted ancillary office use to whiskey school (77 sqm) (associated with the adjoining Pearse Lyons Distillery at Nos. 121-122 James's Street); and the provision of all site development works above and below ground.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2125/19

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

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 7 recorded monuments.

• DU018-020346 Church
  Description

  Present 19th-century disused C of I church now part of the Pearse Lyons Distillery was believed to have been built on the site of the medieval parish church and cemetery of St. James the Apostle on land donated by Henry Tirel c. 1190, which was granted to St Thomas's Augustinian Abbey congregation of St. Victor c. 1196 (Gilbert 1889, 383; Clarke 2002, 18). However on the de Gomme 1673 Map of Dublin, the church is depicted standing on a plot of land which appears to match the plot land to the W of the present 19th century church close to the house (DU018-440----) on the corner of Steeven's Lane and Bow Lane West. If the 1673 map is correct the site of the medieval St James's Church stood between the 19th century church and the house on the corner of Steeven's Lane. The church of St James the Apostle was under the patronage of the Archbishop of Dublin and had been granted to the abbots and canons of St. Thomas the Martyr (White 1941, 181). In 1540 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the possessions of the Augustinian abbey of St. Thomas called Thomas Courte near Dublin included the 'Rectory of St. James in the suburbs. Tithes, 2 copp. [couples of grain), 26.s. 8.d. Altarages, 53.s. 4.d. Total, 4. li. All leased to John Butteler chaplain, for life, without rent' (White 1943, 29). In 1948 the Church of Ireland church on St James Street was described as follows; 'The parish is of very great antiquity, though by 1707 we find it united with Kilmainham as part of St Catherine's. In that year it was separated, and a new church erected. This church was long, low and narrow, and survived till 1861, when the present church was built from the designs of J. Welland. It is an unpretentious but not very interesting building, cruciform, with a SW spire and a small W gallery. The arcading between nave and S aisle is not without merit. In the tower lobby is an interesting mural tablet of 1691-1693 [DU018-471----] and against the N wall inside, two good examples of the XVIIIth century. The church plate is for some reason now in St Catherine's. The parish records (unprinted) go back to 1736. Curious ceremonies with cut paper shapes were formerly observed in the graveyard during St James's Fair. Toby Butler, who framed the Articles of Limerick, is buried here beneath an ivy-grown monument. The church is almost entirely surrounded by Guinness's Brewery, and owing to the absence of a sexton, it is very rarely open' (Wheeler and Craig 1948, 21). St James' Parish Church site was described in the Urban Survey of Dublin City as follows; 'The precise foundation date of this church is unknown but the earliest reference to it occurs during the episcopate of John Comyn (1181-1212), when it formed part of the property of St Thomas' abbey. Comyn fixed its parochial boundaries as Newgate on the east and the land of Kilmainham on the west, while excepting the area around Francis Street (McNeill 1950, 31-2). Archbishop Bulkeley described it as ruined in his visitation of 1630. Almost entirely surrounded by Guinness' Brewery the present church was built in 1861' (Bradley & King 1987, Vol. 2, 113). Church was described by Ní Mharcaigh (1997, 276) as follows; 'In 1192 the church of St James was granted to the Abbey of St Thomas the Martyr near Dublin as a parish church (Ronan 1941, 13-14). A new church, built in 1707, collapsed in 1761 (Costello 1989, 207). There is no known description of this church. The site is occupied by a nineteenth-century church building, now used as a commercial lighting emporium. The old graveyard (DU018-474----), which has some sixteenth-century burials, surrounds it on three sides'. Saint James's Church, James's Street, Dublin 8, was described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a; 'Freestanding cruciform-plan double-height former Church of Ireland church, dated 1861, comprising three-bay nave, gabled chancel to east, gabled transepts to north and south elevations, square-profile four-stage entrance tower to south-west of nave, vestry to south of chancel, and side-aisle with pitched roof to south of nave. Subsequently in use as shop, now disused. The parish of Saint James dates to the twelfth century, and the predecessor of the current church was erected on this site in 1707, with some of the original foundations re-used for this building. It was designed by Joseph Welland, who had been architect to the Board of First Fruits and later to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and was built by Thomas Henry Carroll. The spire was removed in 1948 and the church was deconsecrated in 1963, and the parish united with Saint Catherine’s to the east. The graveyard to the rear of the site, which dates from the sixteenth century, provides contextual interest' (https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50080312/saint-jamess-church-jamess-street-dublin-8-dublin; NIAH reg. No. 50080312). See attached section of Rocque's 1756 Map of Dublin City showing St James' Church and graveyard to the N. See attached section of 1673 Map of Dublin showing the location of St James's Church - © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London De Gomme, B. 1673 The citty and suburbs of Dublin from Kilmainham to Rings-End, werein the rivers, streets, lanes, allys, churches, gates &c are exactly described 15th No. 1673. P/49(11). © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Costello, P. 1989 Dublin churches. Dublin. Gill and Macmillan. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 June 2023

• DU018-440 House - 18th century
  Description

  A two-bay, four-storey-over-basemen end-of-terrace former house with a frontage of c. 9.6m with a widening plot of c. 14m to the rear, and c.14m height to top of front parapet. The external chimneystack, bowed extension, arched ground floor window, open-well staircase with ramped handrail, and unusual plan form suggest an early date.

• DU018-468 Well
  Description

  The Obelisk Fountain (NIAH Reg. No. 50080307) on the W end of James's Street opposite St James' Church (DU018-020346-) was locally believed to have been built on the site of the medieval St James' Well that was described in 1610 (Branigan 2012, 82). However the fountain stands 320m W of St. James's Gate and this location does not match the description of the well in the 1620 lease to James Veldon which states that the well was around 14m away from the medieval gate. A medieval well (DU018-020055-) to the S of St. James's Gate matches the location described in the 1620 lease. In 1620 the Dublin Assembly Rolls recorded that; 'James Veldon, tanner, shall have a lease for tearme of fourscore and nyneteene yeares uppon a voyd plott of ground without Saint James gate [DU018-020035-], on the north side thereof, bonding from the said gate to a howse which the said James houldeth neere thereunto, contayneing in breadth from the said gate in the east to the said howse in the west twentie three foote [7m], and in the sowth and north end twentie eight foote [8.5m], and in length from the said gate in the sowth to the well called Saint James well in the north fortie five foote [13.7m] at the yearelie rent of twentie shillinges, sterling current mony in England (CARD Vol. 3, 127). The fountain was described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a; 'Freestanding drinking fountain, erected 1790, comprising fluted Portland stone obelisk with projecting block and oval sundials to each face, ball finial to top, set on painted masonry plinth having carved human masks to each elevation, cast-iron wall-fountains to north, south and west elevations, plaque to east elevation. Surrounded by cast-iron bollards. Restored 1995' (www.builginsofireland.ie) Cross-reference with DU018-020055- Branigan, G. 2012 Ancient and Holy Wells of Ireland. The History Press Ireland. Dublin. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 April 2023

• DU018-471 Armorial plaque
  Description

  Late 17th-century armorial plaque in the lobby of the tower of St James' Parish Church (DU018-020346-) described in the Urban Survey of Dublin City as follows; 'Mark Ranford. 1693. In the tower lobby. Mural plaque with achievement of arms and inscription below: THIS MONUMENT ERECTED BY MARK RANFORD OF THE CITY OF' DUBLIN ALDERMAN WHERE IN' THE VAULT LIETH THE BODIES OF 5 OF HIS CHILDREN ALSO THE BODY OF ALDER'MAN GILES MEE WHO DEPARTED THE 18 DAY OF JUNE 1691 AGED 63 YEARS IN THE YEAR HE WAS THEN LORD MAYER OF THIS CITY OF DUBLIN AND ALSO THE' BODY OF Mrs MARK RANFORD WIFE TO ALDERMan' MARK RANFORD WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 11th DAY OF NOVEMBER 1693 AGED 36 YEARS' (Bradley & King 1987, Vol. 2, 114). See attached drawing by Miss C. L. Long of the Ranford mural plaque taken from the Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, 239. Anon. 1898-1900 St James' Parish. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland 4, 239. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 June 2023

• DU018-472 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  17th-century chest-tomb located inside St James' Parish Church (DU018-020346-) that was described by Thomas Dineley as follows; 'St. James hath besides the above monument of my Lord of Tarrah, the following, with these arms and Inscripcon: [Arms] Here under lyeth interr'd the body of Thomas Waterhouse, late Alderman of the city of Dublin, also the bodies of his beloved wives Rose and Anne; the sayd Alderma departed this life the 17 day of february Anno Domini mdclxiv [1664]. Virtus Post Funera Vivit' (Ball 1913, 293). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 June 2023

• DU018-473 Graveslab
  Description

  17th-century memorial located inside St James' Parish Church (DU018-020346-) that was described by Thomas Dineley as follows; 'In the same Church is also this monument and Inscription : Here lyeth the body of [Anthony] Stoughton of the city of Dublin, Esqr, sometimes clerk of his Maties High court of Chancery Starr-Chamber in this Kingdome, who having bin officer thereof for the space of [forty] yeers together ended this life the 5th of September Anno Domini mdcxxvi [1626], being the 82 yeer of his age; as also the body of his dear and loving wife Margaret Stoughton who deceased the 17 day of May in the year of our Lord God mdcxxxiii [1633], being the 67 yeer of her age, for whose memory this monument was erected.' (Ball 1913, 293). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 June 2023

• DU018-474 Graveyard
  Description

  Rectangular-shaped graveyard (dims. 96m N-S x 60m E-W) to the N of St James' Parish Church (DU018-020346-) which is enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall. Described by Ní Mharcaigh (1997, 276) as; 'The old graveyard, which has some sixteenth-century burials, surrounds it on three sides'. See attached section of Rocque's 1756 Map of Dublin City showing St James' Church and graveyard to the N Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 June 2023

Architectural heritage

• Saint James's Church, church/chapel, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan double-height former Church of Ireland church, dated 1861, comprising three-bay nave, gabled chancel to east, gabled transepts to north and south elevations, square-profile four-stage entrance tower to south-west of nave, vestry to south of chancel, and side-aisle with pitched roof to south of nave. Subsequently in use as shop, now disused. Pitched slate roofs, artificial slate roof to side aisle. Carved limestone capping over second and third stages of tower, tapered to top, spire removed. Carved limestone coping with cross finials and chimneystacks, some fleur-de-lys ridge cresting remaining. Cast-iron rainwater goods and carved limestone eaves brackets. Snecked tooled calp limestone walls, plinth course having carved limestone capping and string course forming continuous sill course. Stepped tooled calp limestone buttresses having tooled limestone capping and quoins to corners, those to front (south) elevation partially rebuilt to lower halves. Carved date plaque over door to front, ‘A. 1861 D.’ Carved limestone panels to apices of gables, recessed trefoils. Pointed arch window openings to nave and transepts, carved limestone surrounds, tooled calp limestone voussoirs, carved limestone tracery, leaded lancet windows, paired to nave, four to transepts, stained glass to trefoils. Some nave windows blocked. Triple arrangements of pointed arch lancet windows to west elevation of nave and east elevation of chancel, carved limestone surrounds, tooled calp limestone voussoirs and leaded windows. Blocked to chancel. Pair of trefoilated window openings to east elevation of sacristy, carved limestone surrounds, blocked. Triple arrangements of trefoilated window openings to second stage of tower, single opening to first stage to east, carved limestone surrounds, calp limestone voussoirs and leaded windows. Paired pointed arch openings to third stage of tower, carved limestone surrounds, tracery and hood mouldings, tooled calp limestone voussoirs, and timber louvered vents. Square-headed openings to top of tower, chamfered jambs, carved colonnettes. Pointed arch door openings to front and west elevation, carved chamfered tooled limestone surrounds with roll mouldings, string course forming hood moulding and double-leaf timber battened doors with strap hinges, timber tympanum to west elevation. Trefoilated door opening to front of vestry, carved chamfered limestone surround, hood moulding, tooled calp limestone voussoirs and timber battened door with strap hinges. Plastered walls to interior, engaged columns, pointed arcade supported on columns to north. Scissors truss roof. Some window tracery visible. Set in own grounds with graveyard to rear and sides. Double-leaf cast-iron gates to front, flanked by square-profile gabled painted piers having limestone capping, matching railings on calp limestone wall with carved limestone capping.

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 rates the landslide susceptibility here as low. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3180 (ZIP).

Flooding

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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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