Survey Data
Reg No
20830016
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Prison/jail
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
188080, 73777
Date Recorded
10/02/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay single-storey former bridewell, built c. 1830, having single-bay single-storey extension to north. Pitched slate roof with limestone chimneystack. Ashlar limestone walls. Square-headed openings over four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills. Square-headed openings having timber louvered doors. Square-profile ashlar limestone piers to south with carved caps and single-leaf cast-iron gate. Dressed limestone boundary walls having limestone cappings.
Appraisal
Solidly built, well-designed former bridewell retaining its original form. Once associated with the courthouse, the pair form an interesting reminder of the local judicial system which operated throughout Ireland in the nineteenth century.