Survey Data
Reg No
15004187
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical
Previous Name
Athlone Barracks
Original Use
Store/warehouse
Date
1800 - 1820
Coordinates
203399, 241498
Date Recorded
10/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Powder magazine, c.1810, composing a number of individual single-storey buildings with single-storey extensions to the rear of each building. Now out of use and derelict. Constructed of coursed limestone rubble with natural slate roofs. Square-headed door openings with red brick surrounds to most buildings with narrow slit openings to side elevations. Located in a sunken compound to the west of the barrack complex and bounded by high rubble limestone wall.
Appraisal
An interesting complex of modest early nineteenth-century functional buildings, formerly used to store ammunition and gun powder. They are located in a sunken compound at the edge of Custume Barracks and surrounded by a high wall to minimise damage in the event of an explosion.