6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, D02 E434
Creation of a Medicine Museum in the basement of a protected structure on Kildare Street.
3522/24 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 11 April 2024
- Reference
- 3522/24
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 11 April 2024
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to establish a Medicine Museum at basement and lower ground floor levels of a protected structure. Works include lowering a front window to form a new entrance, removing a lecture theatre floor to create a double-height space, and upgrading visitor facilities.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
- Protected structure: for the creation of a medicine museum at basement and lower ground floor levels at 6 kildare street, dublin 2, d02 e434, which is a protected structure. The creation of the museum includes for
- Forming a new entrance by lowering an existing window ope on the front (kildare street) façade at basement level
- Renewing the existing disabled hoist from kildare street level down to basement level
- Removing the floor within the lower ground floor lecture theatre to create a double height exhibition space at basement level, and forming two new opes into this new double height exhibition space
- Remodelling of the existing basement plantroom to facilitate the installation of exhibition cases
- Removing the spiral stairs from the reception at ground level down to basement level
- Providing new toilet facilities for use by museum visitors at basement level
- Modifying air systems, fire detection and alarm, small power and it infrastructure to suit the museum, and installing specialist lighting
- Sundry associated upgrading, conservation and renovation works
- Other associated works that are not part of the creation of the museum
- Upgrading the existing passanger lift
- Removing the obsolete service hoist within the building and so provide increased storage space at basement level o a staff changing room for the kitchen staff at lower ground floor level o increased storage at upper ground floor level
- Creating a new furniture store at lower ground floor level, within the winter hall
- Converting the food servery beside dun library back to being the librarian's office
- Providing a new ship's ladder access up to the existing open plant deck at roof level
- Sundry associated upgrading, conservation and renovation works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with the conservation objective.”
National zoning type: General
Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
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Recent sales nearby
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|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 3, 20 Clare Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €442,666 | 185 m |
| Apartment 1, 20 Clare Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €442,666 | 185 m |
| Apartment 2, 20 Clare Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €442,666 | 185 m |
| 16 Clare Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €350,000 | 208 m |
| Apt 14, Dunloe Hall, Merrion St | Sept 2025 | €830,000 | 296 m |
| 23 Dunloe Hall 27 Merrion St, Dublin 2, Dublin | Feb 2025 | €950,000 | 296 m |
| Apt 3, 12b Merrion Court, Merrion Row | Dec 2025 | €1,700,000 | 365 m |
| 16 Hume Street, Dublin 2 | Jul 2025 | €400,000 | 383 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received11 April 2024
- Decision due5 June 2024
- Decision issued15 April 2024
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