Survey Data
Reg No
15704012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Garda station/constabulary barracks
In Use As
Garda station/constabulary barracks
Date
1935 - 1940
Coordinates
279277, 114719
Date Recorded
21/01/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey Garda Síochána station, built 1938, on a rectangular plan with five-bay two-storey rear (west) elevation. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped fibre-cement tile roof with lichen-covered ridge tiles, red brick Running bond off-central chimney stack having shallow stringcourse below concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, sproketed eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed central window openings in segmental-headed recesses (ground floor) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement two-over-two sash windows having horizontal glazing bars. Square-headed flanking door openings approached by two steps with rendered monolithic surrounds framing timber panelled doors. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement two-over-two sash windows having horizontal glazing bars. Set back from line of road in landscaped grounds with roughcast boundary wall to perimeter having concrete "saddleback" coping.
Appraisal
A Garda Síochána station erected to a standardised design by the Office of Public Works (established 1831) representing an important component of the early twentieth-century built heritage of Ballycullane with the architectural value of the composition, one recalling the contemporary Baldwinstown Garda Síochána Station (1938; see 15704710); and Kilmore Quay Garda Síochána Station (1939; see 15621009), confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a streamlined "arcade"; the uniform proportions of the openings on each floor; and the sprocketed roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original or replicated fabric, thus upholding the character or integrity of a Garda Síochána station making a pleasing visual statement in a rural village street scene.