SEA Environmental Report for the Draft Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028
4.12.2 Architectural Heritage The term architectural heritage is defined in the Architectural Heritage (National Inventory) and Historic Monuments Act 1999 as meaning all: structures and buildings together with their settings and attendant grounds, fixtures and fittings; groups of structures and buildings; and, sites which are of technical, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientific, social, or technical interest. Records of Protected Structures are legislated for under Section 12 and Section 51 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended. Protected structures are defined in the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended as structures, or parts of structures that are of special interest from an architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientific, social or technical point of view. Examples of Protected Structures in the Plan area include churches, markets, gaols, post boxes and building fronts. Clusters of architectural heritage can be found in Cork City Centre and in settlements such as Blarney, Ballincollig and Glanmire. Architectural heritage within Cork City is shown on Figure 4.19. In relation to a protected structure or proposed protected structure, the following are encompassed:
within the centres of other settlements in the Plan area. The City’s historic core consists of the Medieval City and Georgian City with many sites of significant archaeological interest. Cork City Centre is also designated a Zone of Archaeological Potential. Cork’s unique industrial heritage include: a range of mill complexes including those in the riverside villages of Douglas and Glanmire; the gunpowder mills in Ballincollig, with its range of surviving buildings and canal system; and examples of industrial -maritime heritage , such as Butter Market in Shandon and the Bonded Warehouses in the Port of Cork. There are two Sites of National Importance in the ownership of Cork City Council (mapped on Figure 4.18), Elizabeth Fort and Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills. The Underwater Archaeology Unit was established within the National Monuments Service to manage and protect Ireland's underwater cultural heritage, including the quantification of the underwater resource and assessing development impacts in order to manage and protect this aspect of Ireland's heritage. The Shipwreck Inventory is principally a desktop survey with information gathered from a broad range of cartographic, archaeological and historical sources, both documentary and pictorial. Wrecks over 100 years old and archaeological objects found underwater are protected under the National Monuments (Amendment) Acts 1987 and 1994. Significant wrecks less than 100 years old can be designated by Underwater Heritage Order on account of their historical, archaeological or artistic importance. Such Orders can also be used to designate areas of seabed or land covered by water to more clearly define and protect wreck sites and archaeological objects. Under the legislation all diving on known protected wreck sites or with the intention of searching for underwater cultural heritage is subject to licensing requirements. Rivers, estuaries and marine and coastal areas within and adjacent to Cork City may contain many features and finds associated with riverine heritage such as shipwrecks, piers, quay walls, fords, stepping stones and associated archaeological objects and features. 56 Curtilage is normally taken to be the parcel of ground immediately associated with the Protected Structure, or in use for the purposes of the structure. Protection extends to the buildings and land lying within the curtilage. While the curtilage sometimes coincides with the present property boundary, it can originally have included lands, features or
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The interior of the structure;
The land lying within the curtilage 56 of the structure; Any other structures lying within that curtilage and their interiors; and All fixtures and features that form part of the interior or exterior of any structure or structures referred to in subparagraph (i) or (iii).
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Cork City has an important vernacular heritage with many important historic buildings and structures. Historic Street Character Areas are designated within Cork City and consist of groups of buildings with architectural and social interest, including a number of older residential areas outside the City Centre. Individual buildings of character are also identified, including farmhouses, cottages, stone walls and even buildings now in separate ownership, e.g. the lodge of a former country house, or the garden features located in land subsequently sold off. Such lands are described as being attendant grounds, and the protection extends to them just as if they were still within the curtilage of the Protected Structure.
CAAS for Cork City Council
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