Permission has been granted to develop St John's Presbytery in Waterford City.
The application to transform the protected structure was submitted back in early December.
A residential home is what's planned for the former Presbytery on New Street.
The works will involve the select demolition and reconfiguration of the existing parochial house, which was built around the year 1765.
The house is described in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as a building that's of "significance as evidence of the growing prosperity of the merchant class in Waterford in the mid to late 18th century."
It's also significant because of its conversion later to an ecclesiastical residence.
This new chapter in the site's history will see a 13-bedroom home developed by Walsh Sheehan Investments Limited.
Planning permission has been granted but with a number of conditions attached.
They include that the building will only be used for residential purposes and that fresh planning will be sought if any other use is intended.
Many of the remaining conditions centre around conservation, with an instruction that all changes must be approved by a Conservation Officer.
The services of an archaeologist will also have to be engaged.
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