Survey Data
Reg No
30808024
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Drumshanbo Constabulary Barrack
Original Use
Barracks
In Use As
Garda station/constabulary barracks
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
197429, 310806
Date Recorded
07/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over basement former RIC barracks, built c.1830, with two-bay flat-roofed porch. Now in use as garda station. Pitched slate roof with yellow brick chimneystacks. Pebbledashed walls with rendered plinth. Six-over-six timber sash and tripartite timber sashes and replacement timber casement windows and with double sash windows to rear. Replacement timber door. Single-storey outbuilding to rear.
Appraisal
The symmetrical form and fenestration create a pleasant architectural design, which is enhanced by the retention of original features such as the six-over-six tripartite timber sash windows. Since its foundation in the early decades of the nineteenth century, this purpose-built police station has played a significant role within the community and as such is of social significance.