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Corner-sited detached six-bay two-storey former police barrack, built c. 1830, converted to use as shop and retail outlet c. 1925, now disused. Single-bay open porch, c. 1925, located towards the south end of the main façade (east) and two single-storey extensions to rear (west), both having pitched natural slate roofs. Pitched natural slate roof with three (clustered) rendered brick chimneystacks, one to either gable end (north and south) and one to the centre, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls to first floor, with painted render platband, painted smooth rendered ground floor walls and with painted smooth rendered plinth. Rendered eaves course brought around gable ends to form string course. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Recessed square-headed door opening to porch with half-glazed timber panelled door having decorative stained glass panel. Painted rendered shopfront to the north end of the main façade (east), comprising central square-headed doorway with early timber panelled door, square-headed window openings with fixed-pane display windows and with render pilasters surmounted by pedimented brackets supporting fascia with moulded cornice over. Road-fronted at road-junction at the centre of Abbeylara.
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