Land parcel 6016681

Area

1,219 m²

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 410 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

• 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

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, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay four-storey polychromatic brick house over basement, built 1854-5, with two-storey three-bay chapel with canted chancel across rear built c. 1880. Single pitched three-storey return to centre rear (north-west). Now in use as offices. U-plan hipped slate roof concealed by parapet with deep machicolated dogtooth eaves cornice in red brick, three yellow-brown stock brick chimneys with terracotta pots, ornamental red brick cornices and granite coping. South-gable chimneystack includes triple-H monogram (initials of Hans Henry Hamilton) in red brick. Parapet gutters leading to ornate cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow-brown stock brick walls laid to Flemish bond, squared and roughly coursed limestone rubble walls to basement level with cut granite stringcourse. Granite stringcourse to first floor sill level, over cogged red bricks. Chamfered segmental-headed window openings with granite sills, voussoirs of red brick alternating with yellow-brown stock bricks; additional pointed-arched voussoirs over first floor and ground floor openings. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to ground floor, first floor and second floor levels (except rear), with continuous balconette to first floor of south-west elevation, having wrought-iron foliation. Dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds and voussoirs to basement windows, having metal grilles affixed. Windows mainly timber sashes with horns; one-over-one to ground floor, paired one-over-two to third floor, paired two-over-two to second floor and six-over-three to basement. Two-over-four sashes to third floor rear (remaining windows could not be seen). South-west elevation contains one-over-two sashes to second floor and three eight-paned French windows to first floor which break through sill course. Lancet-headed door opening having recessed ashlar Caen limestone surround flanked by triple chamfered-piers over plinths, rising to moulded cornice with carved stops, supporting billet brick pavior. Doorway framed by brick voussoirs and stepped red-brick architraves. Twin paned cusp-headed ashlar Caen stone overlight with billet-moulded transom, above dentilled timber cornice and moulded jamb with twelve-panelled timber door. Granite platform and cut steps, with cast-iron bootscraper, flanked by pierced Caen limestone balustrade, having cusped-headed openings over granite plinth, surmounted by granite coping, similarly detailed to cogged brick of roof cornice. Recent glazed timber door to basement to south side of main entrance platform, having rendered walls. Chapel abuts to rear (north-west) elevation, rectangular-plan with canted chancel to southern end. Hipped natural slate roof with angled black ridge tiles, concealed behind brick parapet with cut granite coping and moulded red brick eaves course. Brick walls matching main building, lancet headed window openings with flush red brick paviors and sill course, splayed ashlar stone sills, canted block-and-start limestone architraves and voussoirs. Masonry pavior over canted south-end openings, merging with parapet coping and terminated by carved stops. Generally replacement windows; fixed single-pane timber casements to canted south-end with incorporated overlight, bipartite timber casements to north-west with overlight. Oriel window in ashlar stone to north-end of north-west elevation having decorative panels to upper section featuring carved quatrefoil motifs, carried on pole-moulded architraves. Twin-paned fixed timber windows having cusped-heads to resemble stone tracery. Boundary wall of squared granite rubble stone with splayed limestone coping bounds site to south and west. Street-fronted on prominent corner site, located on the western side of Fitzwilliam Place and abutted by uniform terrace of red brick and limestone Georgian-style townhouses. Associated stable building located to west at No. 62 Leeson Street Lower (50930260), executed in limestone.

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.

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