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Baldoyle Library

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Baldoyle Library
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Originally house; recorded by the architectural inventory as library/archive
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Semi-detached six-bay two-storey house, c.1880, retaining original fenestration, single-bay two-storey return to rear. Single-bay single-storey projecting porch, c.1920. Formerly in use as constabulary barrack and now in use as library.ROOF: Double-pitched; gable-fronted to return; concrete ridge tiles; nap rendered and brick chimney stacks; yellow clay pots; cast-iron rainwater goods; flat-roof to porch. WALLS: Nap rendered; unpainted. OPENINGS: Square-headed openings; granite sills; 2/2 timber sash windows; round-headed window opening to porch; concrete sill, timber fixed-pane window; timber panelled door.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11358040

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Jonjobaker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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