Survey Data
Reg No
15316007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical
Original Use
House
Historical Use
RIC barracks
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1820
Coordinates
259900, 245236
Date Recorded
14/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Semi-detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1810. Possibly formerly in use as a Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, c.1830 to c.1922. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles, two rendered chimneystacks (one to the centre and one to the west end shared with adjacent property) and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-line rendered walls over chamfered plinth with raised quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with shouldered stucco surrounds, cut stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Tripartite window to the west end of the front façade (north) having coloured glass to side panels flanking central timber sash window. Iron security bars to ground floor window openings. Round-headed doorway with rendered block-and-start surround having projecting keystone over. Replacement timber door with a spoke/radial fanlight over. Road-fronted to the centre of Kinnegad. Modern metal gate to the east gable end gives access to the rear.
Appraisal
This is a well-maintained dwelling on the main street of Kinnegad. It retains much of its original fabric and charm and is an important element within the streetscape. The rendered surrounds, the good quality doorcase and the tripartite window opening with coloured glass panels are noteworthy features that help to elevate this building above its neighbours and many of its contemporaries. The low pitch roof and widely spaced windows suggests a relatively early date. This building may have been in use as a Royal Irish Constabulary barracks during the nineteenth century (map information 1838, 1914– barracks marked in this vicinity but actual building hard to discern). The iron security bars to the ground floor openings are a common feature of barrack buildings in Ireland and support the possibility that this is a former RIC barracks. This building is a worthy addition to the built heritage of the local area.