Survey Data
Reg No
22208403
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Kilsheelan Constabulary Barrack
Original Use
Garda station/constabulary barracks
In Use As
Garda station/constabulary barracks
Date
1810 - 1840
Coordinates
228664, 123363
Date Recorded
02/05/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, with single-storey extension to south-east. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge-tiles, rendered chimneystacks and terracotta pots. Pebbledashed walls with alternating plain and ruxticated render quoins to front, smooth rendered walls to rear, side elevations and extension. Square-headed window openings with render surrounds, label mouldings and painted sills. One-over-one timber sliding sash windows to first floor, tripartite timber sliding sash windows to ground floor and replacement aluminium windows to extension and rear. Segmental-headed door opening with render surround and label-moulding to timber panelled door with overlight and sidelights. Outbuildings to south-east with pitched slate roofs and pebble-dashed walls having timber battened doors and louvered openings. Outbuilding to south-west with barrel-shaped corrugated-iron roof. Decoratively-rendered piers and decorative cast-iron gates to plinth and railing boundary.
Appraisal
The pointed-arched window is an unusual feature in a secular building. Occupying a prominent position in Kilsheelan, and still in use as a police station, this former RIC barracks adds interest to the streetscape due to its notable T-plan massing.