Plans have been submitted for a massive expansion of the popular Taylor’s Bar in Galway City, along with a new café and apartments.
A planning application has been made by BRTW Investments for the demolition of No. 5 & 6 on Dominick Street, and renovations to No. 7, Taylor’s Bar.
In their place, the new building will have a large extension to Taylor’s on the ground floor, and the first floor will be a licenced café.
The second and third floors of the building will comprise two penthouse apartments, one single bed unit and one two bed unit.
Outbuildings in the rear yard of Taylor’s, including sheds, toilets, and a lounge building will also be demolished.
This is to make way for a two storey extension to Taylor’s with toilets, a kitchen and storerooms, as well as a new basement below the bar’s yard which will have more toilets and storage areas.
Other works will include refurbishments to the upper floors of Taylor’s and the Beer Garden in the rear yard.
A cover letter for the application states that including No. 5 in the plans will reduce the material impact of the development on Taylor’s, a protected structure, as an alternative fire escape can be located there.’
It says that the two buildings have “exceptionally small” plot sizes, and it would not be financially viable to develop them individually.
“This collective development enables the redevelopment of otherwise dilapidated small premises which have become unsustainable on their own.
“The new design of the building retains a ‘hole in the wall’ traditional element to respect the proportions and plot sizes similar in scale and expression (although simplified) as No. 7”.
“The additional side section continuing at the penthouse expression is a more contemporary expression of the crescent era’s contribution to the streetscape.”
A decision on this planning application is due from Galway City Council by April 20 of this year.
