
What is recorded here
Terraced five-bay two-storey former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, built c. 1840. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls and render plinth course. Square-headed openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Tripartite square-headed opening to centre-bay first floor having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window and flanking two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, all with painted stone sills. Slightly recessed niche to ground floor having inset square-headed bipartite four-over-four pane timber sliding sash window and painted stone sill. Slightly recessed openings having square-headed timber battened doors with limestone thresholds. Square-headed integral carriage arch with corrugated-iron doors.
This former contabulary barracks is well proportioned. It retains much of its original form as well as salient features such as the sash windows. Well maintained, the building contributes to the quality of the architectural heritage in Glin.
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