Survey Data
Reg No
12005015
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Cultural, Social
Original Use
Handball alley
In Use As
Handball alley
Date
1945 - 1955
Coordinates
250065, 156174
Date Recorded
07/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of mass-concrete handball alleys, c.1950. Unpainted mass-concrete walls with square-headed door openings having no fittings, and rendered rounded coping having iron posts supporting iron mesh panels. Set back from line of road.
Appraisal
A pair of handball alleys representing an element of the cultural nation-building of the early Irish Republic while forming part of the vernacular heritage of County Kilkenny on account of the status as a building type indigenous to Ireland. Imbued with a pared-down functional, almost Brutalist quality the handball alleys make a distinct impression in the streetscape of Water Barrack.