Overview
barracks — Roscommon is recorded as barracks in Roscommon. Detached U-plan eight-bay three-storey former barracks, built c.1700, now derelict. Hipped slate roofs with ridge tiles and rendered brick chimneystacks with terracotta pots.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached U-plan eight-bay three-storey former barracks, built c.1700, now derelict.
People and work
The saved account records: Hipped slate roofs with ridge tiles and rendered brick chimneystacks with terracotta pots.
How it changed
The saved account records: Six-over-six timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes, some with original panes, and with stone sills.
What survives
The saved account records: Site bounded by random coursed limestone wall, which is battered to the south.
Why it mattered
barracks — Roscommon matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This former military barracks is a striking building and landmark in the area. It is a fine example of military-related architectural design. The barracks housed Dragoons or Cavalrymen. The simple and functional design with a place for assembly surrounded by a boundary wall is typical of military barracks in Ireland. The site is enhanced by the retention of many original materials such as the windows, limestone flags and outbuildings. The building is one of the oldest surviving structures in area, having been in situ since at least 1700 and has many associations with the rich history of the town. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
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- Roscommon Railway Station — Galway Roadbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- The Abbey — Abbeytownbuilding0.2 miles
- Architectural fragment in Ballypheasanmonument0.2 miles
- Children's playground — County Roscommonattraction0.2 miles
- Roscommon Christian Brothers Monastery — Galway Roadbuilding0.2 miles
- Indicated — Ballypheasanmonument0.2 miles
- Graveslab in Ballypheasanmonument0.2 miles
- Abbey — Ballypheasanmonument0.2 miles
- graveyard/cemetery — Circular Roadbuilding0.2 miles
- Mapped graveyard — County Roscommonmemorial0.2 miles
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