Survey Data
Reg No
30409417
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Renmore Barracks
Original Use
Barracks
In Use As
Barracks
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
131333, 225066
Date Recorded
01/02/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Detached thirty-bay two-storey limestone-built barracks accommodation block, built c.1880, entrances being set into shallow three-bay advances with gable-fronted bays flanking entrance bays. Pitched slate roof with cut-stone copings and kneelers to gables, cut-stone eaves course and red brick chimneystacks, slightly projecting to gables. Coursed snecked squared limestone with plinth. Advances have round-headed windows to first floor and segmental-headed to middle bay of first floor and to ground floor with voussoirs, and square-headed window openings elsewhere with cut-stone lintels, all openings having stone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Recessed segmental-headed doorways with stone voussoirs and having double-leaf timber panelled doors with stone steps.
Appraisal
This substantial barrack addommodation block occupies the whole west side of the quadrangle at Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa and presents a symmetrical appearance, emphasised by the repeated three-bay entrance projections. The rhythm of windows and gables enhances the effect and the varied window and door heads adds interest. The masonry construction in stone and brick displays the good craftsmanship so evident in the nineteenth century.