Reg No
16303017
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
Garda station/constabulary barracks
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
298099, 214284
Date Recorded
06/08/2003
Date Updated
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End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey former house, built c.1830 now in use as Garda Síochána station. The building is finished in render. The replacement front door is set within a flat-headed opening. Over the door is a projecting flat roofed portico with Tuscan order columns. Window openings are flat-headed with one over one timber sash frames. The pitched roof is finished with natural slate and cast-iron rainwater goods. Chimneystacks are rendered with slightly corbelled bands and caps and clay pots. The building has a street frontage.
This symmetrical composition adds quality and formality to the streetscape. The building is well preserved. It adds rhythm to the streetscape.