Survey Data
Reg No
60260246
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Garda station/constabulary barracks
In Use As
Garda station/constabulary barracks
Date
1925 - 1930
Coordinates
323462, 224951
Date Recorded
12/04/2016
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay two-storey Garda Síochána station, built 1926, on an L-shaped plan; two-bay two-storey side (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on rendered bases having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, slightly sprocketed eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on timber boarded eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with concrete threshold, and rendered surround framing glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Road fronted on a corner site with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.
Appraisal
A Garda Síochána station erected to a standardised design produced by the Office of Public Works (established 1831) representing an integral component of the early twentieth-century built heritage of Cabinteely with the architectural value of the composition, one allegedly repurposing the shell of a constabulary barrack attacked during "The Troubles" (1919-23), suggested by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a restrained doorcase; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a feint graduated tiered visual effect. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, thus upholding the character or integrity of a Garda Síochána station making a pleasing visual statement in an urbanised village street scene.