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Head Gardener’s House Birr Castle Demesne , Birr , Co. Offaly

Oct 24 2025

Application Received

Dec 17 2025

Further Info. Requested

May 19 2026

Further Info. Received
  • Submitted: 24 / 10 / 2025
  • Application Type:
    PERMISSION
  • Application Status:
    FURTHER INFORMATION
  • Council Decision:
    N/A (Unknown)

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Development Description:

change of use of the existing derelict Head Gardener’s House to short-term letting accommodation. The works will include alterations, conservation and restoration of the existing structure and will be carried out in accordance with best conservation practice. No material alterations will be made to the architectural character of the building. All existing services are to be reused and not altered at Head Gardener’s House, Birr Castle Demesne, Birr, Co. Offaly, which is a protected structure listed on the Record of Protected Structures under OCC RPS Ref: 49-308 and is located within the curtilage of additional protected structures listed under Offaly County Council Record of Protected Structures Nos. 49-302 to 49-311 and National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Reg. Nos. 14819257, 14819258, 14819269, 14819270, 14819272, 14819275, 14819276, 14819277, 14819278, and 14819279

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