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Where did you come by these? Was it an open letter to a paper or journal or something? They seem to be rather crudely structured and worded for a politician!!!
Must say I’m not a fan of cleaning facades just for the sake of it.
Repointing alone would have given it a crisper look. The brick now has a coarser, bleached look to it, and there appears to be some residual staining left on the stonework in places. Anyone know how / with what it was cleaned?
The council should be discouraging this type of nonsence in my opinion. Its overall appearance now reminds me of pastiche Georgian.
Referring to an earlier post of mine, dated last January, I said that DCC were due to carry out emergency repair works to prevent any more deterioration of No 3:
Elevations as they currently stand.
The plinth wall to the front elevation is and has been considerably loose for at least the last 12 months, with no lime mortar binder between a large expanse of masonry.
The front elevation is suffering from a severe case of dandruff.
To the right hand side of the front door, a brick unit has been removed, presumably for analysis of some sort, but the void hasn’t been filled, leaving the inner core of the wall exposed. Thus allowing the elements to bypass the (intended) protective outer skin.
Further to the right, the ground floor window has been boxed out to prevent further collapse of the soldier course and ingoes, although the cracking and crumbling have progressed far more than one could ever have expected, given that “emergency repairs” were apparently imminent as of last January.
To the left hand side of the front door, remedial works around one of the ground floor windows, to fill in a developing crack, appear to have been carried out (poorly) in cement.
DCC pay yet more two-fingered homage to this sorry structure with the copious amounts of broken glazing and a widespread lack of weather protection. Still, I suppose the room gets plenty of natural daylight and ventilation. The rotting floor boards and joists will no doubt undermine the structural stability of the facade given time.
I dread to think what it will look like by December 2008. It’s an utter disgrace that DCCs limitless incompetence and inability to fulfill their responsibility can continue with impunity in this day and age 😡
PS; thanks to all who helped out with the photos!!
Flickr has changed since I last used it. If someone could let me know how to upload some pics I’d appreciate it !! DJM
Referring to an earlier post of mine, dated last January, I said that DCC were due to carry out emergency repair works to prevent any more deterioration of No 3:
Elevations as they currently stand.
The plinth wall to the front elevation is and has been considerably loose for at least the last 12 months, with no lime mortar binder between a large expanse of masonry.
The front elevation is suffering from a severe case of dandruff.
To the right hand side of the front door, a brick unit has been removed, presumably for analysis of some sort, but the void hasn’t been filled, leaving the inner core of the wall exposed. Thus allowing the elements to bypass the (intended) protective outer skin.
Further to the right, the ground floor window has been boxed out to prevent further collapse of the soldier course and ingoes, although the cracking and crumbling have progressed far more than one could ever have expected, given that “emergency repairs” :rolleyes: were apparently imminent as of last January.
To the left hand side of the front door, remedial works around one of the ground floor windows, to fill in a developing crack, appear to have been carried out in cement.
DCC pay yet more two-fingered homage to this sorry structure with the copious amounts of broken glazing and a widespread lack of weather protection. Still, I suppose the room gets plenty of natural daylight and ventilation. The rotting floor boards and joists will no doubt undermine the structural stability of the facade given time.
I dread to think what it will look like by December 2008. It’s an utter disgrace.
Sweet Jesus!!! Zaha Hadid’s design is absolutely horiffic. Hawkins House MkII for the 21st century. Absolutely love Foster’s design though. Top marks 🙂
In my opinion, facade retention is acceptable in only very few cases, and in this instance it would be somewhat futile. It´s often carried out by greedy developers aided by the ignorance of planning officials. In this case however there may be arguements for facade retention, and possibly full demolition.
Perhaps the idea of facade retention was mentioned in light of the fact that little or nothing remains within the shell? If that´s the case then, is it to be restored? (which given the current condition would be economically unrealistic) Rebuilding a new structure behind the facade may be the only realistic proposal in this case, whereby facade retention becomes an option.
But given the limited amount of original material that would be retained, and considering the necessary rebuilding of a substantial part of the facade and the addition of a new roof, doors and fenestration, facade retention is of questionable merit in this case and a valid arguement for full demolition could in theory be made.
I was informed in late January, that emergency works were to be undertaken on No.3 to consolidate the most critical areas of its facade. They were due to commence within a few days as of that date…
Anyone know whether anything has been done?
I think that the new section of cobbles ties in very well with the rest of the roadway. That said, the workmanship of the 1990s cobbles is pretty woeful.
As far as I’m concerned the bollards look awful and should be removed. Is it not the case that many of the cellars that they’re supposedly protecting from heavy traffic have been filled in with concrete – and therefore strong enough to carry heavy loads?
The street should be pedestrianised and the bollards removed either way. Provision for parking could easily be made elsewhere.
A friend of mine was on the roof of the apartments during their construction and took it. Gives a great overview of the street alright 🙂
Since the cellar collapses of No 7 the pavement & road above had been tarmacked over. As far as I can tell, the kerb was just cast insitu concrete.
In light of the above, the link below should be of interest. It outlines what a Conservation Plan actually is!
http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/consplans/conserve.htm
I had a read through it there a few days ago.
There’s a lot of duplication throughout the doc (cut & pasting of whole sections) and it seems to be more of a wishlist rather than a plan of action. Having said that though, at least it recognises the importance of the street and will hopefully make any more DCC inaction difficult to justify.
I think the plan to leave the lampposts painted black is crazy, as would be the rebuilding of No 15 / 16 ???
Meanwhile, the brick soldier course of No 3 has started to disintegrate (ground floor front right) and it looks rather perilous.
I’ve got some pics taken over the last few days. I’ll try and attach em later.
Here’s a stab in the dark…
A – Pearse St Station
B – An Iveagh Trust building
C – Pepper Cannister
D – Civic Offices Wood QuayMy appologies for that. Thanks phil, I wasn’t aware of that case at all I’m afraid!
A quick search on Google brought up the following though:
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2000/1116/prop9.htm
Gardiner Street could be a runner surely? Lots of Georgian townhouses used as B&B accommodation. Havn’t been there for ages, but I’d imagine there’s plenty of PVC windows to see. (hopefully I’m wrong on this though:) )
Bolton Street, Capel Street & Dorset Street too perhaps??
I’ve been writing to DCC about this topic since mid January. Four letters have been sent, but I’ve not received any acknowledgements of receipt, nor any replys.
A telephone call to Planning Enforcement told me that my letter had in fact arrived some 6 weeks previously, but that its content was the responsibility of Building Control…and that the letter would be sent on to them in the next few weeks. :confused: (How’s that for efficiency!) No joy here either I’m afraid.
