Survey Data
Reg No
20829013
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Previous Name
Killeagh Constabulary Barrack
Original Use
House
Historical Use
Garda station/constabulary barracks
In Use As
House
Date
1765 - 1770
Coordinates
200521, 76624
Date Recorded
24/09/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay three-storey house, built 1767, having timber porch to front (east) elevation and multiple-bay two-storey extension to rear (west) elevation. Formerly in use as constabulary barracks. Pitched slate roof with render over brick chimneystacks and limestone eaves course. Roughcast rendered walls to first and second floors having inscribed limestone date stone. Render walls with plat band to ground floor. Square-headed openings having render surrounds, limestone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to extension, north elevation having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Segmental-headed opening having overlight and timber panelled door.
Appraisal
Substantial house of characteristic late eighteenth-century appearance, incorporating distinctive features, such as the sash windows, limestone sills and date stone which significantly enhance the architectural value of the composition. The house has been well maintained, throughout its interesting history, as house and barracks, and remains an important component of the architectural heritage of the locality.