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Glin Library — Main Street

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Glin Library — Main Street
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Detached former bridewell, built in 1829, comprising three-bay two-storey centre bay with flanking recessed two-bay single-storey wings to north and south elevations. Hipped slate roof to centre bay, pitched slate roofs having rendered chimneystacks to wings. Roughly dressed limestone and sandstone walls. Square-headed openings to centre-bay those to first floor with four-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and roughly dressed limestone voussoirs, four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor having limestone lintels, all with limestone sills. Round-headed openings to wings with carved limestone voussoirs and four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Square-headed opening to centre-bay having carved limestone block-and-start surround with keystone and replacement timber panelled door. Ashlar limestone pedestrian arch to east having carved cornice, impost course and single-leaf cast-iron gate. Rubble limestone boundary walls with carved copings and cast-iron railings.

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