Land parcel 5978026
Registered freehold, where the statutory boundaries draw no townland, as in the centres of Dublin, Cork and Galway
Parcel 5978026
- Area
- 1,148 m²
- Buildings
- 6 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 930 m².
- Zoning
- M3 Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
S5 Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective - Townland
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Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
- Marino College, college, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Detached multiple-bay two-storey former technical institute and public library, built 1935-6, having attic accommodation, with single-storey bow-fronted pavilions to east and west ends; main block raised by additional storey c. 1975. Now in use as second and third level college, and public library. Oversailing mansard roof to central block, and flat roofs to pavilions having brick parapets with concrete copings. Brown brick walling, laid in Flemish bond, to pavilions and to side (east and west) elevations of main block; brickwork in herringbone pattern to main block over raised ashlar granite plinth and having carved limestone plaques to east and west ends. Double, triple and quadruple-light square-headed window openings with carved granite mullions, continuous granite sill courses and replacement metal windows. Square-headed doorway set in ashlar granite surround with concave edges, glazed double-leaf door, glazed sidelights and overlight, three granite steps and platform to front (south) elevation, and square-headed doorway in east elevation set in curved ashlar granite surround with projecting granite canopy, with timber double-leaf doors with glazed overlight and metal sign with lettering 'Leabharlann' above.
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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3232 (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.