Survey Data
Reg No
32012022
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Sligo Constabulary Barrack
Original Use
RIC barracks
In Use As
Garda station/constabulary barracks
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
169338, 335734
Date Recorded
27/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Attached corner-sited three-bay three-storey former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, built 1848, now in use as Garda Station. Extensively refurbished 1995. Projecting gable-fronted single-bay two-storey entrance porch to west elevation. Hipped artificial slate main roof, pitched roof to porch, clay hip and ridge tiles, smooth-rendered chimneystack to south, cast-iron gutters on overhanging eaves. Random rubble limestone walling to front elevation, straight quoins to corners, projecting plinth. Unpainted smooth-rendered walling to other elevations. Square-headed window openings, red brick block-and-start surrounds, concrete sills, one-over-one uPVC casement windows. Round-headed first floor window opening to entrance porch, uPVC casement window. Square-headed door opening to entrance porch, uPVC door in glazed screen. Street fronted, at busy intersection opposite courthouse.
Appraisal
Although much altered, this building represents a continuing tradition of a police presence at this important corner site. The building is inextricably linked with the courthouse opposite.