Survey Data
Reg No
22206208
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Barracks
In Use As
House
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
216792, 139284
Date Recorded
21/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former constabulary barracks, built c. 1880, now disused. Hipped slate roof with ridge tiles, brick chimneystacks, overhanging eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings, barred to gound floor, with timber sliding sash six-over-six pane windows and cut limestone sills. Square-headed door openings to front and rear elevations with timber battened doors and having paned overlight to front.
Appraisal
This former constabulary barracks occupies a prominent site at Knockbrit crossroads. Though now disused, the building retains its original form and survives intact with its timber sliding sash windows and battened door.