Howth Urban Centre Strategy Fingal County Council

2.0 Howth in Context
2.3 Character Areas
Howth contains fairly disti ncti ve ‘character areas’ – these are parts of
the village, which are disti ncti ve in their own right or vary from other
parts of village. Three character areas have been identi fi ed in Howth
village.
• The Village Core
The Village Core is designated as an Architectural Conservati on Area
(ACA). The Main Street as a whole forms the main commercial/retail
area of Howth village and as such development has followed the linear
structure of the main access route through the village - the R105.
The Main Street is composed of mainly two storey terraced buildings
dati ng from the late 19th to early 20th century. Interspersed amongst
these are more recent modern infi ll developments. Focal buildings of
note include St Mary’s Abbey, the Church of the Assumpti on and the
Martello Tower.
• The Harbour Area
The main building typologies in this character area are marine related
terraced and detached buildings. The buildings are of widely varying
sizes with newer buildings such as the Aucti on House rising to
approximately 15 metres, whilst the older buildings of brickwork and
stone constructi on rise to no more than two storeys in scale.
• Howth Road
This character area is made up of 19th/20th century terraced detached
buildings. The majority of these buildings are no more than two storey
in height with spacious rear gardens. To the northern edge of the
Howth Road the ‘Techrete’ site creates an extreme contrast in scale
within the predominantly low rise housing immediately east, south and
west of the site.
Character Areas
Howth Road
Harbour Area
Includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSI Licence No. 2003/07/CCMA/Fingal County Council. © Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2006.
Map 2.4 Map of Character Areas
Village Core
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