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Rathowen Garda Síochána Station

garda station/constabulary barracks
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Rathowen Garda Síochána Station
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Detached two-storey three-bay former RIC barracks, built c.1880, with central single-bay two-storey projecting bay to centre of front façade (east). Reconstructed as a Garda Barracks by the Office of Public Works in 1926. Hipped natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles, remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods and two central brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with replacement windows. Square-headed doorcase with replacement door to south-side of projecting breakfront. Cast-iron boot scraper adjacent to entrance. Single-storey rubble limestone outbuildings to rear with pitched corrugated metal roofs. Flat panel wrought-iron gates to south. Road-fronted with single-storey return to rear and central attached chimney to northeast wall.

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