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Glencree Barrack — AURORA

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Glencree Barrack — AURORA
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Detached eleven-bay three-storey former barracks with two-bay four-storey end blocks, built in 1806, used as a Reformatory School from 1858 to c.1940, and, since 1972, a reconciliation centre. The main three-storey section of the building is basically rectangular in plan with a full-height projection to the rear, whilst the four-storey end blocks are gable-ended and set at right angles to the main section. The walls are finished in lime render with granite (Gibbs-like) surrounds to the openings. The pitched roofs are slated and have stone parapets and rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door and semi-circular arched fanlight with ‘spoke’ tracery. The windows are a mixture of flat-headed and semi-circular headed and have six over six and eight over six timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. To the west there is a large U-shaped building, presently roofless, whilst other buildings to the east and south have been converted to offices, meeting rooms etc. To the north there is a chapel, built in c.1860 when the complex was serving as a Reformatory School.

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