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Portlaoise Garda Síochána Station — Old Abbeyleix Road

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Portlaoise Garda Síochána Station — Old Abbeyleix Road
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Detached nine-bay two-storey limestone former military barracks, built c. 1808, now in use as Garda station. Composed of five bays, flanked by two-bay advanced projections with lean-to porch between. Hipped slate roof, black clay ridge tiles with a pair of large limestone and brick chimneystacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods to limestone eaves course. Rough-hewn limestone walling with tooled limestone ashlar quoins and plinth course and continuous sill course, cement strap-pointing. Square-headed window openings formed in yellow brick with limestone sills and uPVC windows. Central square-headed door opening with limestone ashlar block-and-start surround. Replacement hardwood vertically-sheeted door and granite threshold stone. Six cast-iron Doric columns on shallow painted stone bases supporting lean-to canopy with upvc gutter and tongue-and-groove timber soffit. Hardscaped and tarmacadam to all four sides enclosed by tall coursed rough-hewn limestone wall with cement coping and arched entrance to east (sec Reg. Nos. 12506348, 12506349, 12506163). Yellowbrick two-storey extension attached to rear c.1980.

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