Survey Data
Reg No
21809031
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Doon Constabulary Barrack
Original Use
RIC barracks
Historical Use
Garda station/constabulary barracks
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
183054, 150304
Date Recorded
22/11/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former Royal Irish Constabularly barracks, built c. 1800, comprising gable-fronted porch to front (north) elevation, single-bay single-storey extension to west elevation and lean-to to rear (south) elevation. Now in disuse. Pitched slate roof having render chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rubble stone walls. Roughcast rendered walls to porch, lean-to and extension. Square-headed openings with painted stone sills, now blocked up. Square-headed opening to rear, ground floor having painted stone sill, one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window and cast-iron sill guards. Square-headed opening to porch, west elevation with timber battened door. Pair of rendered square-profile piers to north having single-leaf cast-iron gate and rubble limestone boundary walls with render copings. Pair of recent square-profile rendered piers with render caps and double-leaf metal gates to east.
Appraisal
This former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, which retains most of its original, simple form, acts as a physical reminder of the military presence which once contributed to the social, historical and economic development of the town. The buildings retain notable features and materials, such as the slate roofs, sash window to rear and painted stone sills. The boundary walls with cast-iron gate contributes to the historic setting of the site.