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360 St Columba’s Church (19th century church plus ecclesiastical remains, Round Tower, Graveyard, Whetstone, Cross, Sheela-na-gig) St. Columba’s Church of Ireland is a detached gable-fronted ashlar limestone Gothic style single-cell Church of Ireland church dating from c.1815. It was designed by Francis Johnston. It has six-bay side elevations with stepped buttresses, pinnacles and crenellated roof parapet. The adjoining round tower is an instantly recognisable landmark from the town centre of Swords. The tower is 26m high with a stone cross at its apex, an unusual feature in Irish round towers. 361 Sexton’s House A detached three-bay single-storey ashlar limestone Tudor style sexton’s house built around 1870 with a central single-bay projecting porch on a triangular plan. The roof is double pitched and hipped with slate, concrete ridge tiles, a cutlimestone chimney stack, timber eaves, cast-iron rainwater goods and decorative timber barge boards to left gable end. The walls consist of coursed cut-limestone and cut-limestone quoins. The openings consist of pointed-arch window openings with cut-stone chamfered sills and surrounds. 362 Old Vicarage A detached three-bay two-storey former vicarage built around 1675, with projecting two-bay two-storey block attached to right-hand side. The building has been extensively renovated and around 1990 the building was developed into apartments. The roof is gable fronted, double-pitched and hipped, slated with some replacement fibre-cement slate with rendered chimney stacks, yellow clay pots, timber eaves and uPVC rainwater goods. The walls are random coursed rubble stone with traces of roughcast/nap render to right side elevation. The openings are square-headed with granite sills with replacement uPVC casement windows and replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. 372 National Irish Bank This is a five-bay single-storey ashlar granite bank built around 1920, with a hipped roof behind a parapet wall. The walls are granite ashlar to the front. The openings are square-headed with granite sills. 362 372 S W O R D S M A S T E R P L A N CIVIC/COMMUNITY – Seatown Road This character area around Seatown Road has a different character, and primarily consists of historic community and civic buildings with a loose urban grain. St Columcille’s Church is located within the area and represents the town’s most readily identifiable landmark. Both the church and its setting should be protected, with particular attention given to key views of the steeple. The following Protected Structures include: Record No. Description 350 Courthouse 353 Former Teacher’s Residence – Accord 354 Swords Youth & Resource Centre 356 St. Columcille’s Church (RC) 358 Parochial House Protected Structures of note include: 350 Swords Courthouse This detached three-bay single-storey courthouse was built around 1843, with a double-height central block and flanking single-storey recessed wings. The walls are coursed limestone with limestone quoinings with square headed window openings. 353 Former Teacher’s Residence – Accord This building is a detached three-bay two-storey roughly dressed rubble stone house built around 1890 a with gable over its central bay. 354 Swords Youth & Resource Centre A detached six-bay two-storey former school built around 1865, with recessed end bays. The building has recently been sensitively refurbished. The roof is hipped and slated. The openings are square headed with rendered architraves. The door entrance is square headed and flanked by rendered Tuscan pilasters and a timber boarded doors with overlight above. 356 St Colmcille’s Roman Catholic Church The Church is a detached three-bay gable-fronted single-cell Roman Catholic church built around 1830 a with single central bay having a tower and spire. The walls are nap rendered, ruled and lined with a granite course and coping. 358 Swords Parochial House This is a detached three-bay two-storey red brick house built around 1895, with recessed entrance porch flanked by projecting full height bays. The walls are red bricked with a flemish bond, rubble stone plinth course, with chamfered yellow brick coping, red brick chevron string courses and moulded brick string courses. 1 1 6 358 350 354 353 356 358 350 353 354 356
COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL The North Street area has a strong and disti ncti ve streetscape of protected buildings dati ng from the late 19c to the early 20c. The buildings consist of fi ne frontages with disti ncti ve limestone and red brick detailing. The following Protected Structures include: Record No. Description 346 Carnegie Library 347/348 42-44 North Street 349 Former New Borough Female School Structures of note include: 346 Swords Carnegie Free Library The library is a detached three-bay two-storey yellow and red brick building built around 1908 with a projecting canted central bay. The walls consist of a limestone plinth course with a yellow brick laid in an English garden wall bond. 349 Former New Borough Female School, Swords, Fingal The training centre is a detached thirteen-bay single-storey former school built around 1890. The roof is double pitched roof with over hanging timber eaves supported by timber brackets with a natural slate roof and rendered chimney stacks. The openings are square headed windows with granite cills. 347/348 42-44 North Street This pair of semi-detached three-bay two-storey former school residences were built around 1890 in the same fashion as the former teachers residence on Seatown Road. The roof is double pitched slate with projecting eaves and timber barge boards. The walls are coursed limestone rubble walls with a red brick chimney breast to gable wall. 346 347/348 349 346 347/348 349 S W O R D S M A S T E R P L A N Schedule of Monuments and Records There are a number of monuments and places within Swords that are included in the Record of Monuments and Places (RMP) produced by the DoEHLG. These monuments and places are afforded statutory protection under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994 and Policy 133 and 137 of the GCDP 2003-2009. Section 12 (3) of the above Act requires that any interference/work to a known archaeological site should be notified in writing to the Minister two months prior to the commencement of work. The following provides a list of the Record of Monuments and Places within Swords Town Centre: SMR No. Classification DU011-034002 Ecclesiastical Enclosure DU011-034003 Graveyard DU011-034004 Church DU011-034005 Round Tower DU011-034006 Cross DU011-034007 Cross-Slab DU011-034008 Sheela-Na-Gig DU011-034009 Graveslab DU011-034010 Graveslab DU011-034014 Architectural Fragment DU011-034017 Burial DU011-034018 Burial Ground DU011-034001 Castle – Anglo-Norman DU011-034012 Mill – Unclassified DU011-070 Font 0 25m 100m N Includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSI Licence No. 2003/07/CCMA/Fingal County Council. © Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2006. 1 1 7 Development Block Size THE RETAIL/COMMERCIAL CORE Swords Town Centre block layout is typically organic in form and layout,with a variety of block sizes. As a result they exhibit a human scale and finer pedestrian grain, with a choice of interconnecting streets and routes. Example of block sizes that exist within the Town Centre vary in dimension east and west of the Main Street. To the west they are typically 80m in depth and 140m wide. In contrast the east of the Main Street displays proportions in the range of 40m in depth by 50m wide. New block structures should include some flexibility and variation in size and shape, to promote the organic form of the Town Centre, whilst generally maintaining prevailing block dimensions. CIVIC/COMMUNITY CORE Example of block sizes that exist within the civic/community character area are similar in dimension to those west of the Main Street. COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL Block sizes that exist within the commercial character are quite large in comparison to the character areas found at Main Street and Seatown Road. Typical Development Blocks Size 0 25m 100m N Includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSI Licence No. 2003/07/CCMA/Fingal County Council. © Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2006.
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1.0.1 LOCAL CONTEXT: FINGAL COUNTY
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Local Objectives to CDP Swords Maps
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● An accessible public transport
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SECURITY SHUTTERS The appearance of
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Summary The Urban Design Guidelines
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3.7 Riverside Walk THE RIVERSIDE
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