Land parcel 5491762

Area

227 m²

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 200 m².

Zoning

O2 Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 30 Mar 2021Refuse retention permissi

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION: The development will consist of the retention of high level illuminators at front parapet level and back illumination of previously approved (Pl Reg. Ref. 3208/19) corporate name plate to right hand side of main front entrance.

  Retention permission · Dublin City Council, 2495/21

• 7 Jun 2019Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of demolition of a modern single storey flat roof extension to the rear of existing return at ground floor garden level, essential internal and external repairs and maintenance work, minor material alterations and new refurbishment works to an existing 4 storey over basement and 3 storeys over basement rear return office building. External works to include: • Removal of an external water tank on second floor rear flat roof return. • Removal and replacement of second floor flat roof on rear return. • Existing parapets and valleys to be re-pointed and relined with appropriated materials. • Roof slates to be replaced where required and roof access to be refurbished. • Removal of later modern window interventions and replacement with appropriate style 'like for like' windows in the front lower ground floor return. • Provision of wall vent openings for room ventilation to front and rear elevations. • Upgrade of rainwater goods in appropriate style. • Local brick repairs to the front and rear elevations including pointing repairs. • Repairs to existing windows and lintels to front and rear. • Opening and blocking up walls under the footpath store. • Repairs to existing railings and window guards to front and rear elevations. • Removal of redundant services/cables on the front and rear elevations. • Proposed application to include for new external glazed/steel staircase from upper ground floor front footpath on Herbert Street to lower ground basement area to include opening of railings to provide for a replica gate, to match the railings. • Proposed hard and soft landscaping to rear garden areas including the provision of a screen fence separating the mews property at the rear. • Proposed air conditioning unit in the rear lower ground floor courtyard. • Removal of non-original hard landscaping and provision of new landscaping. • Provision of new guarding rails to existing rear retaining wall at steps. • New replacement business wall plaque at front entrance. Internal works to include: Replacement and upgrading of all existing services, including plumbing, electrics, lighting, heating, radiators, ventilation fire alarm and fire escape signs. • Floor strengthening where required. • Removal and upgrading of toilets on 2nd floor return and lower ground floor. • Provision of new disabled toilet and coffee area to upper ground floor with adjustment of later stud walls. • Removal of later picture rails in all principle rooms. • Removal of later open string staircase to lower ground floor and replacement with 'like for like' traditional staircase. • Removal of later dividing studwork to the front room on the second floor. • Removal of lower ground floor later concrete floor and replacement with an insulated concrete floor complete with underfloor heating. • Removal and replacement of later plaster board ceilings in the lower ground floor. • Removal of all later furniture fittings including kitchen and cupboards. • Provision of new insulated stud walls and panelling to the front entrance hall upper ground floor, where walls have been removed. • Removal and replacement glazed lobby door at entrance hall, upper ground floor and later floor tiles. • Provision for sound proofing party walls and floors and between offices on party walls. • Refurbishment of all original fireplaces and removal of all non-original fire surrounds. • New internal desk layout and fitted furniture and services. • New floor finishes and complete redecoration. • Upgrading of existing internal doors to provide required fire resistance. • General internal improvement works and other minor associated alterations at 4 Herbert Street.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3208/19

• 22 Jan 2019Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission is being sought for external repairs and alterations including replacement of non-original windows and doors and internal alterations at 5 Herbert Street, Dublin 2, and associated landscape works and change of use of mews building (5 Herbert Lane) from a mechanics garage to office use, external and internal alterations including insertion of rooflights and raising the roof and wall to Herbert Lane and provision of a mezzanine floor.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2094/19

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

• College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, house, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1840 as one of pair (Nos. 5-6) within row of similar houses, and having two-storey return and lower addition to north end of rear. Now in use as offices. M-profile roof behind blind brick parapet with masonry coping, parapet gutters, and rendered shouldered chimneystacks with terracotta pots. Flemish bond dark red brick walling on granite plinth course over painted rendered basement walling. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, having patent reveals, painted masonry sills and brick voussoirs. Timber sliding sash windows with profiled horns and secondary uPVC glazing, one-over-one pane to ground floor, six-over-one pane to first floor with historic glass to upper section, six-over-six pane to second floor, three-over-three pane to top floor and fifteen-over-ten pane to basement. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor with scrolled, scalloped cast-iron trimmings to window heads and wrought-iron window-guards to second floor. Timber sash windows to rear, three-over-three pane to top floor, north bay having round-headed six-over-six pane window and south bay having eight-over-eight pane window to second floor and tripartite six-over-six pane below. Round-headed doorway with render surround and painted masonry doorcase comprising pro-style Ionic columns, plain entablature, plain fanlight and eleven-panel timber door with replacement brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot-scrape and five convex bull-nosed granite steps. Basement area enclosed by decorative cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth. Plain square-headed door and window openings beneath entrance platform. Cast-iron gate and concrete steps lead down to basement. Yard to rear, with modernized two-storey mews building to rear of plot with single-pitched addition to lane side.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_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.

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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.