Athea Garda Síochána Station — Barrack Street

Detached three-bay single-storey garda station, built c. 1920, having gable-fronted end bays to front (west). Hipped slate roof to central block with pitched slate roofs to gable-fronted end bays, having brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Course of dog-tooth bricks below rendered eaves course with timber facia. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth throughout. Recent intercom insert with rendered reveals to side (south) elevation. Square-headed window openings with raised render reveals and render sills throughout. Timber-framed tripartite windows to front and rear elevations with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows flanked by two-over-two pane timber sliding sash sidelights to front elevation. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows flanked by two-over-two pane timber sliding sash sidelights to rear elevation. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to front elevation of gable-fronted end-bays. Four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows to side (north, south) elevations. Timber casement windows to rear and side (north) elevation of southern gable-fronted end-bay. Round-headed recessed tympanums over windows to front elevation of gable-fronted end-bays. Square-headed door openings having raised render reveals throughout, with glazed timber door to rear and side (south) elevation openings. Tooled limestone step to side (south) elevation opening. Render surround and glazed timber door surmounted by single-pane overlight to side (north) elevation. Rendered footpath surrounding house. Recent corrugated-iron outbuilding to south-east. Roughcast rendered enclosing walls with render coping and square-profile piers having render capping, double-leaf galvanised-iron and single-leaf wrought-iron gates.