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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

MOTION NO. 13

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

"To compliment the Heritage Officer, Architectural Conservation Officer and Council staff for their work and support in relation to The Medieval Graveyard in Mill Lane Palmerstown and to request that the remedial works now required on the Historic Buildings due to vandalism over the summer months be carried out as a matter of extreme urgency. This, in addition to preserving the building which if left over the winter months may deteriorate further, would also compliment the extraordinary work done by the Pink Ladies+1 on a voluntary basis?"

REPORT:

Previous reports have been given to the Lucan Area Committee with regard to this site.  The most recent update was provided at Septembers Area Committee Meeting which included the following information.  A site meeting was held with the Councils Architectural Conservation Officer and Consultant Conservation engineer during July 2016 after a site inspection was carried out by the consultant conservation engineer on the 14th June 2016 following reports of damage to the lower gable of the church ruin at Palmerstown (Church and Graveyard, Mill Lane, Palmerstown RPS Ref. 039).

The professional opinion of the Conservation Engineer on inspecting the gable section of the church was that it is not cause for concern re structural stability of gable but he would recommend some remedial repair works in the form of rebuilding this section. Due to budget constraints there is currently no means to engage a contractor, however the Councils Architectural Conservation Officer contacted Public Realm in order to ascertain if this work could be done in-house by Councils stonemasons and is currently waiting for confirmation of this. However Palmerstown Church is one of the structures/sites included on the list of priority structures for works under Architectural Conservation Projects 2017 which is funded under the budget for council owned protected structures-Land Use Planning and Transportation Dept.  A full scope of works will be identified for the church structure as previous identified under phase two works during 2015."