PROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland…
National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, D02 P638
Proposed development
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, intend to apply for permission, for works to the National Library of Ireland, Nos.7-8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. PROTECTED STRUCTURE – The development will consist of works to the Main Reading Room (351 sqm) East lobby (13sqm), Reprographics Room (36 sqm ) and gallery area (44sq m) to the first floor of the National Library of Ireland, Nos.7-8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.Protected Structure (Reference RPS 4197). The proposal is to provide an enclosed glazed visitors viewing area (33 sq m) at the existing gallery in the Main Reading Room. The proposed glazed gallery is to be 1800mm wide and 2540mm internal height and set back from the existing timber balustrade. Refurbishment works to include repainting the internal walls, windows and dome area, removal of section of non-historic free standing shelving units and desks from the late 20th C. Repairs and redecoration to the 13 number late 20th C single glazed replacement timber windows to the base of the dome. Building services upgrades to include fitting controls to the non-historic column radiators located within the bookshelves, the fitting of actuators to high-level non-historic late 20th C replacement timber windows and to also include new heating , lighting and ventilation to the proposed glazed gallery. The original herring bone oak flooring is to be repaired with the mid -20th C flooring tracks removed to restore the floor to its original condition. Works to consist of lifting damaged sections of herring bone oak flooring, rerouting electrical cables below and replacing the flooring with salvaged timber from the adjacent Reprographics Room (36 m2). The floor is to be lightly sanded to remove scuff marks and finished in an appropriate conservation water-based floor Lacquer. The floor to the Reprographics Room (36 m2) is to be replaced with an oak floor of the same species, grain, size and appearance of the original.
What happens next
Permission was granted on 7 Jul 2025. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.
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