Glenisland Garda Síochána Station

Detached three-bay two-storey constabulary barrack, extant 1897, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor; three-bay two-storey rear (west) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued occasional use. Hipped slate roof; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), clay ridge tiles, paired repointed snecked sandstone central chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, coping to gable (porch), and replacement plastic rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on cut-sandstone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Repointed coursed or snecked sandstone walls with cut-sandstone flush quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-sandstone block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing replacement timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-sandstone sills, and cut-sandstone lintels framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (west) elevation centred on square-headed window opening (half-landing) with cut-sandstone sills, and cut-sandstone lintels framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in overgrown grounds on a corner site with piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping.

A constabulary barrack representing an important component of the later nineteenth-century built heritage of County Mayo with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on an expressed porch; the construction in a ruby-coloured sandstone with sheer dressings demonstrating good quality workmanship; and the uniform or near-uniform proportions of the widely spaced openings on each floor. Having been well maintained, the form and massing survive intact together with quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the utilitarian interior: however, the introduction of replacement fittings to the openings has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of a constabulary barrack making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan setting.