Survey Data
Reg No
21521083
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Scientific, Social, Technical
Previous Name
New Barracks
Original Use
Barracks
In Use As
Barracks
Date
1795 - 1800
Coordinates
157313, 156060
Date Recorded
07/07/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Barracks, built 1797-8; rebuilt 1926, including attached three-bay single-storey guardhouse on a rectangular plan centred on single-bay full-height pedimented breakfront.
Appraisal
This barracks was built at the turn of the nineteenth century to designs by Graham Myers (1746-c.1801) and, known as "New Barracks", featured a somewhat standardised arrangement with officers' quarters blockhouses and soldiers' quarters blockhouses arranged around a large parade ground. A garrison chapel was added to the complex in 1850. The barracks was reconstructed and renamed in honour of Patrick Sarsfield (1655-93).