Survey Data
Reg No
22108106
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Scientific
Previous Name
Tipperary Infantry Barracks
Original Use
Barracks
In Use As
Park
Date
1870 - 1880
Coordinates
189310, 135225
Date Recorded
21/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Random rubble limestone walls, built c. 1875, enclosing precinct of former barracks, with several entrance points. Square-plan bastion at north-west corner. Recessed entrance at east, defended by side walls with gun loops and having dressed limestone gate piers with caps and plinths and lacking gates, with cast-iron bollards. Modern gateway at west with painted roughcast rendered walls with rendered capped piers and wrought-iron double-leaf gates. Square-headed pedestrian openings with wrought-iron gates. To south west, rendered piers with bracketed caps and moulded string course and having decorative wrought-iron double-leaf gates with pedestrian gates to side separated by decorative cast-iron piers.
Appraisal
Largely intact walled area, which is a reminder of the social history of the town. The retention of fabric to the various entrances is significant, the south-west gate being particularly well-detailed.