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McDonagh Barracks and Pearse Barracks — Collins Road East

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McDonagh Barracks and Pearse Barracks — Collins Road East
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Group of eight twenty-eight-bay two-storey soldiers' quarters blockhouses, built 1898-1903, on symmetrical plans. Hipped roofs. Replacement artificial slate. Concrete ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walls. Red brick sill and stringcourses. Open iron verandas to both storeys with cast-iron pillars. Segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. 4/4 bipartite timber sash windows. Segmental-headed door openings. Timber panelled doors. Overlights. Sited in Curragh Camp complex set back from road with four ranges arranged in pairs about a central communal tarmacadam courtyard.

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