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prison/jail, building misc — Mount Street

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Detached five-bay two-storey building formerly associated with Mullingar Jail (15310078), built c.1825. Originally two semi-detached buildings but now joined in a single unit. Now in use as county council offices associated with County Buildings (15310076). Pitched slate roof with a projecting cut stone eaves course and stone chimneystacks. Constructed of roughly dressed limestone over a chamfered plinth. Square-headed window openings with cut limestone dressings and replacement windows. Square-headed doorway to the south end of the main façade having a replacement door and with a projecting limestone lintel over separating door for a square-headed overlight with iron security bars. Set back from road to the southwest corner of Mount Street with County Buildings adjacent to the east. Adjacent to the north is the site of a former graveyard associated with the jail.

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