# Land parcel 5339992, Ireland

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

- Parcel number at Tailte Éireann (SP_ID): 5339992
- Area: 7 m², as Tailte Éireann measures it
- Buildings (Tailte Éireann): 2 buildings touch it, 855 m² on the ground
- Townland: none: the statutory boundaries draw no townland here, as in the centres of Dublin, Cork and Galway

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

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

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

No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

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

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

- DU018-020346: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU018-020346-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU018-440----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU018-468----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU018-471----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU018-472----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU018-473----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU018-474----. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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

- Radon: at the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map 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_3180, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3180.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

## Neighbouring parcels within 25 m (Tailte Éireann)

- Parcel 4669511: 5,235 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4669511.md
- Parcel 5328800: 1,069 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5328800.md
- Parcel 5175731: 77 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5175731.md
- Parcel 5337068: 73 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5337068.md
- Parcel 2560433: 27 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2560433.md

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/parcel/5339992.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/parcel/5339992.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/parcel/5339992.kml

---

Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

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

- Page: https://everytownland.com/parcel/5339992
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/parcel/5339992