Land parcel 6001973

Area

178 m²

Buildings

3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,415 m².

Zoning

M2 Z5: City Centre (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 16 May 2024Withdrawn article 33 (no

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE / RETENTION: retention planning permission is sought for the continuance of the previously approved time limited table and chairs permission reg ref 4126/16, including the erection of a wind barrier with umbrellas and approximately 4 to 6 tables and up to 20 chairs in an area approximately 20sq. m. to the front of The Oval public house at number 78 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1, a protected structure RPS No. 17. The wind barrier is steel and glass self supporting and demountable, bearing the logo The Oval Bar.

  Retention permission · Dublin City Council, 3696/24

• 17 Apr 2024Application declared inva

  RETENTION: permission is sought for the continuance of the previously approved time limited table and chairs permission reg ref 4126/16, including the erection of a wind barrier with umbrellas and approximately 4 to 6 tables and up to 20 chairs in an area approximately 20 sq.m. to the front of The Oval public house at number 78 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1. The wind barrier is steel and glass and demountable, bearing the logo The Oval Bar.

  Retention permission · Dublin City Council, 3542/24

• 13 Mar 2020Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE - A Protected Structure within the O'Connell Street Architectural Conservation Area. The development will consist of the fit-out of the Ground Floor area as a footwear/clothing retail unit. The works also include for the restoration of the original historic ceiling including the provision of 3 no. 900mm wide x 300mm high internally and halo illuminated signs consisting of 180mm high stainless steel individual letters and 300mm high stainless steel logo all halo illuminated with internal LED fittings to stand off fascia by 35mm. The proposed signage to be located over the existing entrance door and on the Lower O'Connell Street and Middle Abbey Street elevations.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2495/20

• 27 Jan 2020Grant retention permissio

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE & RETENTION: Permission for the retention of infill of existing first floor void (24m2) at Eason, 40-42 Lower O'Connell Street and 78/82 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1 (a Protected Structure).

  Retention permission · Dublin City Council, 2118/20

• 7 Jan 2020Application declared inva

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE & RETENTION: Permission for the retention of infill of existing first floor void (24m2) at Easons, 40-42 Lower O'Connell Street and 78/ 82 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1 (A Protected Structure).

  Retention permission · Dublin City Council, 2018/20

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

• Manfield Chambers, shop/retail outlet, 1915–1925 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited five-storey seven-bay retail building over concealed basement, built 1917-20, on corner of Abbey Street Middle and O'Connell Street Lower. Still in retail use. Flat roof hidden behind parapet wall with four limestone-clad chimneystacks having terracotta pots, two to north party wall, one to west party wall and one to O'Connell Street Lower. Walls clad in Stradbally limestone, channelled at ground, first and second floors, with ashlar above. Fluted cornice to parapet on each main elevation having plain cornice over canted bay. Dentillated entablature forming base of fourth floor. Decorative lion and ram's head fluted consoles on both street elevations flanking third floor windows. Double-height fluted Ionic columns spanning first and second floors. Decorative festoon to second floor window risers, separating second and first floor windows. Fluted platband between first and ground floor with nail-head decoration. Superimposed granite pilasters to ground floor having guilloche detail to frieze and polished brown granite base. Polished brown granite engaged pilaster at north of east elevation. Raised and fielded panelling to timber shopfront surrounding three large square-headed window openings with modern plate-glass windows to each main elevation. Square-headed window openings to upper floors having top-hung replacement uPVC windows to third and fourth floors, surrounded by carved border. Steel margined windows to second and first floor, surrounded by carved tulip border with garland and paterae. Recessed square-headed doorway to canted elevation with segment of granite paving at doorway and housing modern fittings. Side entrance on Abbey Street Middle to Manfield Chambers having square-headed door opening behind modern concertina security gate. Carved panel over doorway flanked by fasces depicting two lions on either side of castle with three machicolated turrets over carved lettering "MANFIELD CHAMBERS". Carved square-headed door surround having fluted border and paterae surrounding obscure glazed door which reads "43-44 O'Connell St.". Granite pavement to O'Connell Street Lower introduced c.2003, concrete pavement to Abbey Street Middle having granite kerbing.

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_3206 (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.