Land parcel 5379774

Area

542 m²

Buildings

5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 946 m².

Zoning

O2 Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
R2 Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 13 Dec 2022Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: development will consist of repointing of the front elevation with lime mortars and a traditional wigged finish.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 5422/22

• 8 Jul 2021Planners report

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for development at a site of c. 0.05 hectares at No. 8 Leeson Close and 29 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2. No. 29 Fitzwilliam Place is a protected structure (RPS No. 2780) The proposed development comprises: 1. demolition of non-original two storey office mews building. The existing side boundary walls which wil be retained. Demolition of existing redundant oil tank & enclosure to rear garden, 2. construction of a 3 storey over basement dwelling including setback at first floor (second storey) to front (north west) elevation and setback at first floor (second storey) to part of the side (north east) elevation, 3. the provision of 2no. car parking spaces. One space to be provided at basement level via a scissors lift and one space to be provided within the curtilage of the proposed dwelling at ground floor level accessed from Leeson Close, 4. the provision of private open space, second floor terrace on rear (south east) elevation, 5. all other associated landscaping and ancillary works. No works are proposed to No. 29 Fitzwilliam Place.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3117/21

• 12 Apr 2019Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for external remedial works. The works will involve structural repairs to the rear facade to include localised dismantling and rebuilding of the rear parapet, pinning and stitching of window heads and comprehensive repointing of the brick facade using lime-based mortars.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2753/19

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments around it

No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay four-storey former townhouse over basement, built c. 1860, as a unified terrace of five houses, Nos 29-33. North bay of rear elevation bowed and two-stage flat-roofed return to south-bay rear. Now in use as offices. M-profiled natural slate roof with angled terracotta ridge tiles, recent skylight inserted to west pitch, roof concealed by ashlar granite parapet with moulded cornice and granite cornice, cement rendered shared chimneystack to north party wall having clay pots. Parapet gutters, cast-iron rainwater goods to rear. Red brick walls in Flemish bond over rusticated granite walling to ground floor over random ashlar stone basement, beneath pole-moulded granite stringcourse. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, patent reveals, projecting granite sills, replacement one-over-one timber sashes with horns and decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor windows. Bipartite window opening to basement with block-and-start granite surround, granite lintel, timber transom and pair of one-over-one timber sashes. Iron guard rails affixed to surround at second floor windows. Horizontally aligned two-over-two timber sashes to rear, round-headed two-over-two sash to third floor with coloured glass margin lights. Copper-clad flat-roof to split-level return, with two-over-two sash window and iron balconies to bowed bay, connecting to fire escape stair. Round-headed opening to main (east) elevation with rendered reveals, projecting Ionic columned entablature, with replacement plain glass fanlight and timber four-panelled painted beaded muntin door with brass door ornament. Granite entrance platform approached by one granite step. Original cast-iron railings to basement area on granite plinth. Recent steel stairs to basement level. Pavement with coal hole cover. Recent brick boundary wall to rear Two-storey converted office mews building to rear having pitched slate roof with rendered walling, carriage-arch and multi-paned timber sash windows (some tripartite). Street-fronted on western side of Fitzwilliam Place.

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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3234 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.