Survey Data
Reg No
13622077
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Barracks
Historical Use
House
In Use As
Clubhouse
Date
1710 - 1730
Coordinates
308950, 274794
Date Recorded
05/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
U-plan ten-bay two-storey former soldiers' billeting house with gabled end-bays, built c. 1720, later used as terrace of seven houses, now in use shops and clubhouse. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, red brick corbelled chimneystacks, cast-iron gutters fixed to stone corbelled course, circular cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast-rendered walling, cast-iron wall vents. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered slightly projecting surrounds, painted tooled stone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows, c. 1850, some painted timber casement window to first floor; tooled stone sills, painted timber one-over-one and six-over-six sliding sash windows to west elevation. Square-headed and round-headed door openings, painted smooth rendered surround, patterned glass overlight, painted timber panelled and glazed doors. Set facing Millmount Square, wrought-iron railings at rear.
Appraisal
This structure, built as part of Richmond Fort Barracks which was given to the Crown by William of Orange after the Battle of the Boyne, was originally soldiers' billeting houses. This building forms an important and significant piece of Drogheda's history and architectural heritage.