Survey Data
Reg No
22400612
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Ballinderry Constabulary Barrack
Original Use
Unknown
Historical Use
RIC barracks
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
185053, 196973
Date Recorded
07/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey RIC barracks with basement and attic, built c.1800. Gabled porch to front carried on arched possible former millrace and has carved timber bargeboards and finial and cast-iron cresting. Lean-to extension to rear and with remains of lean-to structure to northwest gable. Pitched slate roof with central rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered wall to front, smooth rendered elsewhere. Timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows, doubled to front elevation, with stone sills. Double-leaf timber panelled front door. Walls of single-storey lean-to to northwest gable, now roofless.
Appraisal
Prior to being used as an RIC barracks and more recently a Garda station, this building is likely to have had an industrial function and may have been associated with the mill or distillery in the village. Although currently not in use this building is in good condition and retains interesting elements such as the archway beneath the porch which may date from an earlier use.