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PROTECTED STRUCTURE : Development at this site No.15-20 Grafton Street, no.1-7 Duke Street, no.2 Duke Lane, Dublin 2, located within an architectural conservation area. Numbers 15-20 Grafton Street and no.1 Duke Street are noted as 'Protected Structures' (RPS Ref: 3243, 2394). The development will consist/consists of: 1. Specialist conservation and restoration works to the west (Grafton Street) south (Duke Street) and east (Duke Lane) facades as follows: No.15-17 Grafton Street: Repairs and cleaning to existing plaster detailing at 2nd floor level. No.18 Grafton Street: Cleaning of brickwork / cornice to remove soiling, repair damaged/spalled bricks and repoint in hydraulic lime at 2nd floor level. No.19-20 Grafton Street: Cleaning to existing plaster detailing, removal of soiling at 2nd floor level and proposed new lead protection at capping level. No.1 Duke Street: Cleaning of soiling on flat render sections at 1st floor and 2nd floor. No.2-4 Duke Street: Cleaning of soiling to facade, capping and cills, removal of vegetation, repairs to cracks around windows at 1st and 2nd floor level and repointing of cappings. No.5, 6, 7 Duke Street and no.2 Duke Lane: Removal of cracked and blown cementitious render sections at 1st and 2nd floor level with replacement in hydraulic lime render. Repairs to plaster moulds around windows, repairs to cills, repainting, repointing of joints in cappings and proposed new lead protection at capping level. General repairs to existing timber sash windows throughout, as required, with like for like details. 2. Material alteration at No.1 Duke Street consisting of the installation of a modern replica 'midshipman' statue in place of the original statue (removed for its protection and conservation) and relocation of the conserved original statue internally, all in accordance with appropriate conservation methodology.