Survey Data
Reg No
22207510
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Garda station/constabulary barracks
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1820
Coordinates
197957, 128433
Date Recorded
26/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached L-plan two-storey former RIC barracks, built c. 1810, now in use as house. Comprises six-bay front elevation, westmost bay having window straddling floors and having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed extension to rear, three-bay east elevation having lower two-bay lean-to to rear. Hipped and pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge crestings. Painted roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth course and eaves course. Square-headed openings, tripartite to west end bay of front elevation, with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted sills. Replacement timber windows to gable and rear elevations. Square-headed opening with timber panelled and glazed door with overlight. Coursed rubble sandstone masonry walls with double-leaf cast-iron gates to front and single-leaf cast-iron gate to rear.
Appraisal
This former RIC barracks retains much of its original form and structure despite additions and alterations. The simple façade is enlivened by the subtly diminishing windows which emphasise the vertical thrust of the house. The use of this motif is a common feature of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century higher status buildings in South Tipperary. The tripartite window adds further interest to the façade. The house retains its timber sliding sash windows which may date from the mid- to late- nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The manufacture of such windows became possible with advances in technology whereby large panes of glass became readily available and increasingly affordable.