Survey Data
Reg No
13622079
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Barracks
In Use As
Office
Date
1700 - 1740
Coordinates
308978, 274780
Date Recorded
05/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay two-storey former soldiers' billeting house, built c. 1720, now in office use. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth rendered flat-capped chimneystack, cast-iron gutters fixed to painted smooth rendered continuous eaves course, circular cast-iron downpipes, lead verge coping to north gable. Painted roughcast-rendered walling, decorative cast-iron wall vents. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered surrounds, painted tooled stone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows, c. 1820, painted timber pivot window to west elevation. Square-headed door opening, painted smooth rendered surround, painted timber doorcase comprising recessed margin panels, plain-glazed overlight with vertical glazing bars, painted timber panelled door, concrete step. Set on a slope to south of Millmount Square, cobbled walkway to east, attached painted roughcast-rendered wall to south-east, lattice tooled stone steps leading to cobbles to north-east.
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 one of the soldiers' billeting houses. The modest scale of the building is enlivened by the sliding sash windows with their simple surrounds. As part of the former military site this structure forms an important and significant piece of Drogheda's history and architectural heritage.