O’ Connell Street, Dublin
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The last Georgian house on the street is to be finally restored.
A planning application in the window of the doorcase of the house, erected about 10 weeks ago, indiates the owners of the Royal Dublin Hotel wish to change it’s use for offices.
Changes include the strengthening of the floors and the removal of a concrete stairs to the basement with a wooden version to ‘historic detail’.
The sashes to the rear are also to be restored to ‘historic detail’ as are other features.
Interestingly they also intend to remove 20th century additions to the rear and replace them with an original garden – whether this will also be ‘to historic detail’ is unclear.
A 19th century mews building called Moore Hall is to be restored and significantly extended by building on top of it – again for office use.
There is no mention of plans to restore the damaged doorcase or public access issues.
Perhaps these are included in the overall plans.
I think the IAP stipulates that tax incentives designated to this property will only be offered if public access is granted.
Is the reception room on the ground floor currently being used by the hotel as a public space? I’ve never gone inside to find out…Yes, the ground floor is “the Georgian Room” of the Hotel. You can tell by the tart’s knickers curtains in the window.
Devin,
Are you sure it isn’t the Hideous in Harlods cross post you were talking about?
That imagery!!!!!!
https://archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2532&pagenumber=2
Graham,
To get any grants for the restoration of property under section 482 of the 1997 Finance act you must open your property to the public on 60 days per year.
Including 45 days between the 1st of May and the 30th of September. You must also inform the local tourist board on which days you intend to open.
After a period of five years you no longer are required to open the property for public admission, you may at all times charge a reasonable admission fee generally in the €3-10Euro range.
Re: The Closing of Dame St yesterday
Yesterday the changes spoken of on Tuesday happened, the cities traffic functioned and the only unhappy people were the retailers who were not consulted.
It will be interesting to see the traffic levels on other work days when the Castle is in a similar use, and Dame St is closed again.
But did they close all of Dame Street or just the portion from the bottom of Georges Street upwards….
They only closed from Georges St up
But with the no right turn at the bottom of Georges St and the small flows that go up Georges St from Dame St.
It would be pretty close in volume terms to preventing cars using the Street between College Green and Parliment St.
I think that after more of these meetings have taken place the situation will become clearer.
But so far so good
Cars were allowed to turn right at the end of George’s Street. The turn ban was waived for the day…
Retailers, though, I ask you. ALWAYS groaning about something. Middle Abbey Street looks great now with its completed Luas lines. And all the whingeing shopkeepers are about to make millions from having hundreds of Luas passengers disgorged on their doorsteps. Will they say “Thank you?” Will they f***!
Well in this case the traders in Cow lane kinda had a point… the Gardaà were INTERVIEWING people who wished to walk through Cow lane (at either end) so obviously people were intimidated into not going near that area.
They also closed Merrion Street later on, diverting buses any which way with no warning. A 50% longer bus commute last evening and shoals of passengers left at the bus stops
I think this thread should be called the lack of Co-ordination thread.
It is just one example after the other of un-cordinated solo runs by our various public institutions.
While reading the letters page of that great achedemic journal the Southside people I discovered that our Royston has sat on the O’Connell St Committee of the Corporation since 1999.
He is right at least one of them is a muppet and a waste of space
http://www.barrymasonphoto.com
There is a great picture of the spike taken from the new building (former Irish Press) on Eden Quay. It gives a real feel of the North Inner Cities Skyline.
Here’s a good one of the Spire (pre light break down ….ie when it had a white light adorning the top, unlike the cheap regular sodium street light yoke at the mo)
Does anyone know what the story is with the lights half way up. Is it some sort of aviation regulation? I think they break the simple form of the spire a bit.
Are thoes photos taken using filters or is it down to the development that the colours are so rich esp. the sky is so blue?
Natural autumnal dusky light!
Although Barry Mason’s look kinda synthetic, almost as if they were reproduced in 3D Max..aka hence the kinda super realism, almost plastic synthetic CGI effect!
(in a Chuck Close kinda way)
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