PROTECTED STRUCTURE: the development will consist of the following…
53 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, D02 HX33
Proposed development
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: the development will consist of the following: (1) change of use of the first, second and third floors from office to residential and the construction of the 3no. apartment, 1no. on each level, (2) replacement of the shopfront and associated improvements to the area to the front, refurbishment of the facade over including repainting, (3) renewal of services with sustainable options, upgrade of existing staff WC on ground floor and inclusion of new additional staff services at basement level, (4) conservation works including - removal of inappropriate modern insertions including partitions, bulkheads, fixtures and fittings and internal secondary glazing - removal of two toilet spaces projecting from the rear wall of the building, - overhaul and repair of historic joinery including window cases and door cases, - overhaul and repair of 4no. timber up-and-down sash windows on first and second floors facing Dawson Street, - in locations where historic windows are missing, installation of 8 no. timber up-and-down sash windows complete with window cases, detailed to match the historic examples in the building: 2no. non-original windows at third-floor level facing Dawson Street with new to match existing 6no. to rear facade to match surviving original window on the second-floor rear facade, reinstatement of historic pattern doors and doorcases where these are missing, 6 no., - local repair of plaster cornices on the first floor and in the staircase and restatement of a cornice on the second floor, - local repair of the roof, - removal of fake greenery from the front railings and repair and reinstatement of railings.
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