Survey Data
Reg No
16323001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Shillelagh Constabulary Barrack
Original Use
RIC barracks
In Use As
Garda station/constabulary barracks
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
298797, 168017
Date Recorded
05/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, built c.1850, now in use as a Garda Station. The building is roughly L-plan but with a small single-bay single-storey projection to the west side and a gabled porch to the front. The front elevation is largely constructed in a mixture of squared granite rubble and a darker field stone rubble, with granite quoins and window surrounds, whilst the other elevations and the front face of the single-storey projection are finished in plain unpainted render. The hipped roof is slated and has plain ridge tiles and brick chimneystacks with pronounced corbelling. The porch roof is also slated but has a slight overhang with plain bargeboards and finial. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door, whilst the windows are flat-headed and have two over two timber sash and replacement uPVC frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building faces onto a street but is separated from it by a small garden enclosed by a low rubble wall and small wrought-iron gate.
Appraisal
Largely well preserved mid 19th-century former Royal Irish constabulary barracks with original boundary walling, which along with the two rows of estate workers’ houses to the east, gives this street its memorable rustic aspect.