Survey Data
Reg No
22105021
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Garda station/constabulary barracks
In Use As
Garda station/constabulary barracks
Date
1925 - 1930
Coordinates
207496, 140515
Date Recorded
30/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached six-bay two-storey Garda station, built 1927. Sprocketed hipped slate roof with yellow brick chimneystacks, render eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls, banded to ground floor, with render plinth. Square-headed openings with limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows, openings originally tripartite to ground floor. Square-headed door openings with timber panelled doors, dressed limestone surrounds and plinth blocks with carved limestone cornices above. Enamelled Garda Síochána plaque and cast-iron lamp, with emblem, above main doorway.
Appraisal
This large and imposing building forms an administrative ensemble with the Vocational Educational Committee opposite, the courthouse to the north and the post office to the south. Its regular form and horizontal emphasis are enhanced by the banded render.