Survey Data
Reg No
22118001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Clonmel Infantry Barracks
Original Use
Building misc
In Use As
Museum/gallery
Date
1800 - 1810
Coordinates
220808, 122691
Date Recorded
03/11/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-pile five-bay single-storey building, rear block dated 1805 and front being c.1830. In use as museum (November 2006). Hipped slate roof to front block and pitched slate roof to rear, with cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble sandstone walls to front block, with buttresses to south elevation having slate capping, and coursed dressed sandstone walls to rear block having blocked window to east gable with keystone having inscribed date 1805. Square-headed openings with brick surrounds and barred six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and timber battened doors. Four-over-four pane window to east gable of front pile.
Appraisal
This is one of the oldest buildings in the barracks, its rear block having a date of 1805. It displays varying stonework, that to the rear part being finely dressed sandstone. The buttresses are an unusual feature.