lotts a r c h i t e c t u r e a n d u r b a n i s m l t d 22 William Street South, Dublin D02 H394 email: [email protected] Tel 01 677 1006 www.lotts.ie R I A I A C C R E D I T E D C O N S E R V A T I O N P R A C T I C E G R A D E I GLASLOUGH VILLAGE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION AREA Client: Monaghan County Council Compiled by: Lotts Architecture Date: February 2018 D i r e c t o r s Desmond Byrne BArch MRIAI – Richard McLoughlin BArch MSc MRIAI Registered in Ireland no. 408083 VAT no. 6428083T GLASLOUGH VILLAGE FEBRUARY 2018 ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION AREA PREFACE This report for the Glaslough Village Architectural Conservation Area was prepared in 2017 by Lotts Architecture and Urbanism. The study was commissioned by Monaghan County Council and its progress was guided by Máire Cullinan, Planning and Economic Development Officer at Monaghan County Council. Desmond Byrne Lotts Architecture and Urbanism Ltd. February 2018 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under the OSI licence number 2013/03/CCMA/Monaghan County Council, 2017. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Ordnance Survey Ireland and Government of Ireland copyright. The extract from the above licence has been reproduced with the permission of Monaghan County Council. lotts architecture and urbanism ltd 2 of 57 GLASLOUGH VILLAGE FEBRUARY 2018 ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION AREA CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Architectural Conservation Areas .......................................................................................... 5 1.2 Justification for ACA designation ........................................................................................... 5 1.3 Location & extent of Glaslough ACA ...................................................................................... 6 2.0 HISTORICAL RESEARCH .......................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Setting ................................................................................................................................. 7 2.2 Early Development and Seventeenth Century ....................................................................... 7 2.3 Eighteenth Century ............................................................................................................... 9 2.4 Nineteenth Century ............................................................................................................ 12 2.5 Twentieth Century.............................................................................................................. 20 3.0 STATUTORY PROTECTION AND PLANNING OBJECTIVES......................................................... 24 3.1 Protected Structures within the ACA ................................................................................... 24 3.2 Recorded Monuments ........................................................................................................ 25 3.3 Monaghan County Development Plan 2013-2019 ................................................................ 25 4.0 DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING BUILT ENVIRONMENT ................................................................. 27 4.1 Defining Characteristics ...................................................................................................... 27 4.1.1 Layout ........................................................................................................................................... 27 4.1.2 Socio-economic Functions ............................................................................................................ 27 4.1.3 Building Types and Materials ........................................................................................................ 27 4.1.4 Quality and Treatment of Open Space ......................................................................................... 30 4.2 Street by Street Appraisal ................................................................................................... 35 4.2.1 Upper Main Street ........................................................................................................................ 35 4.2.2 The Diamond ................................................................................................................................. 36 4.2.3 Lower part of Main Street ............................................................................................................ 38 4.2.4 Area to northwest of Main Street................................................................................................. 39 4.2.5 South approach to Main Street .................................................................................................... 42 5.0 SUMMARY OF SPECIAL CHARACTER ..................................................................................... 43 6.0 IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ............................................................. 45 6.1 Guidance on works that may require planning permission ................................................... 46 lotts architecture and urbanism ltd 3 of 57 GLASLOUGH VILLAGE FEBRUARY 2018 ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION AREA 6.1.1 External Walls: .............................................................................................................................. 46 6.1.2 Roofs: ............................................................................................................................................ 47 6.1.3 Windows and Doors ...................................................................................................................... 48 6.1.4 Commercial Frontages .................................................................................................................. 49 6.1.5 New Build Interventions ............................................................................................................... 51 6.1.6 Amalgamation of Properties or Sites ............................................................................................ 52 6.1.7 Demolition .................................................................................................................................... 52 6.1.8 Boundary Treatments ................................................................................................................... 52 6.1.9 External Lighting ........................................................................................................................... 52 6.1.10 Views ............................................................................................................................................. 53 6.1.11 Energy Efficiency ........................................................................................................................... 53 6.1.12 Restoration of Character .............................................................................................................. 53 6.2 Works not Requiring Planning Permission ........................................................................... 53 6.2.1 Maintenance & Repairs ................................................................................................................ 53 6.2.2 Internal Alterations ....................................................................................................................... 53 6.3 Works to the Public Realm .................................................................................................. 53 6.3.1 Historic Paving & Street Furniture ................................................................................................ 54 6.3.2 New Paving & Street Furniture ..................................................................................................... 54 6.3.3 Tactile Paving and Universal Access ............................................................................................. 54 6.3.4 Traffic & Parking Signage .............................................................................................................. 54 6.3.5 Planting & Landscaping ................................................................................................................. 55 6.3.6 Management of Parking ............................................................................................................... 55 6.3.7 Wires and Distribution Poles ........................................................................................................ 56 6.3.8 Service Utilities ............................................................................................................................. 56 7.0 SOURCES OF GUIDANCE & INFORMATION ............................................................................ 57 lotts architecture and urbanism ltd 4 of 57 GLASLOUGH VILLAGE FEBRUARY 2018 ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION AREA 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Architectural Conservation Areas The Planning and Development Act 2000 introduced the Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) to Irish planning legislation. Under the Act, a local authority must include an objective to ‘preserve the character of a place, area, group of structures or townscape [….] that is of special architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientific, social or technical interest or value, or which contributes to the appreciation of protected structures.’ An ACA could be an