Plans for Coach House and Stables at Belgard Castle
PLANS for the Coach House and Stables buildings at Belgard Castle Demesne on Belgard Road to be restored “to their earlier character when used as stables and coach house” have been lodged.
The planning application by CRH Group Services details the restoration of the structures, and the Cart House and Gardener’s Cottage, to all be used as exhibition spaces.
Works to the Coach House and Stables buildings, which are currently in office use, include the removal of existing modern interventions internally and externally.
This is in order to restore the buildings to their earlier character when used as stables and a coach house.
Works include the replacement of modern windows and doors with historically accurate ones and the lime rendering of external walls.
The replacement of concrete roof tiles with natural slate and of modern gutters and downpipes, and some modern wall opes being used as blind windows are included.
Internally, the modern office layouts will be removed and replaced with earlier stables and loft layouts, facilitating the change of use of the buildings from office to exhibition/display spaces.
Works to the derelict Gardener’s Cottage will include its reconstruction based on photographic evidence to reflect its earlier appearance.
The modern windows and doors will be removed from the adjacent Cart House to return it to its earlier form, all for use as exhibition/display spaces.
Works to the existing two-storey finance building include altering its south-eastern facade to align with a new courtyard dividing wall, replacing the existing facade with a new glazing system along with solid elements of render, stone and zinc cladding.
The internal layout will be reordered to change the use of the ground floor from office to exhibition spaces with retained office and meeting spaces on the first floor in a revised layout.
A new plant area enclosure with PV array is to be at roof level, while the ancillary building to its west will be redeveloped to include a kitchen area on the ground floor and WC facilities at first floor level.
An existing single storey storage building will be redeveloped and extended for use as a staff office with meeting room, kitchenette, storage room, and WC spaces.
A new exhibition building will be constructed, south of the Coach House, white forming a new courtyard between the two buildings.
This two-storey pitched roof building will house refurbished antique farm machinery in an exhibition of early farm equipment.
The first-floor mezzanine will contain an audio-visual display area and open landings overlooking the ground floor exhibition space.
The building will have a PV array at roof level, and the building and adjacent landscaped areas will replace an existing car park area of 35 spaces.
A decision on the application is due from South Dublin County Council by May 24.
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