Survey Data
Reg No
21901238
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Patrickswell Constabulary Barrack
Original Use
RIC barracks
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
152078, 149825
Date Recorded
26/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay three-storey former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, built c. 1890, having single-storey extension to rear (west) elevation. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted concrete sills. Square-headed openings having timber panelled doors and flanking square-headed openings with fixed windows and concrete sills. Pair of square-profile piers to south-east having single-leaf cast-iron gate and rendered boundary walls.
Appraisal
This substantial former barracks has retained much of its original character, due in part to the retention of timber sash windows, slate roof and brick chimneystacks. Its three-storey construction in a streetscape of predominantly two-storey buildings makes it a striking building within Patrickswell.