St. Patrick's Cathedral, St. Patrick's Close, Dublin 8
Relocation of the font and resealing of a burial crypt at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
0476/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 31 October 2025
- Reference
- 0476/25
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Received
- 31 October 2025
Summary
AI-generatedProposed works at the cathedral include moving the font to the north wall of the baptistry and removing mid-twentieth-century additions. It also includes resealing a recently discovered burial crypt in the west front with Kilkenny limestone.
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Development description
- Expp: protected structure
- Moving of the font from its current, free-standing location, onto the north wall of the baptistry to replicate its original design intention; together with the removal of mid twentieth-century accretions - plinth, rear capitals and columns, together with the replacement of unsightly cement pointing with lime and sand mortar
- Resealing of the recently-discovered burial crypt in the west front with a neatly-fitting single piece of honed, kilkenny limestone
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received31 October 2025
- Decision due27 November 2025
- Decision issued24 November 2025
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